Archived News
Sat, Nov 1, 2008
November Graduate Student Spotlight: Nhu Truong, Masters student
Tue, Sep 30, 2008
October Graduate Student Spotlight: Dean Accardi, Ph.D. student
Mon, Sep 22, 2008
Asian Studies Welcomes Three New Japanese Lecturers
Chikako Cooke, Yuko Kato-Gast, and Maki Shimotani join the Department beginning fall 2008. Learn more about these new faculty members in the interview below.
Fri, Sep 5, 2008
Asian Studies Welcomes its New Graduate Students
This semester, we welcomed four new Ph.D. students and fourteen new Masters students.
Thu, Aug 14, 2008
Education Notes: Islamic History and Culture Experts
Wed, Jun 25, 2008
Doctoral Candidates Receive Grants to Conduct Research in India
Peter Knapczyk and Nathan Tabor received multiple grants to conduct research in India during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Mon, Jun 2, 2008
Graduate Student Summer Plans
Mon, May 19, 2008
Graduation 2008
The Department of Asian Studies congratulates its undergraduate and graduate students who graduated this academic year!
View photos from the graduation luncheon
Wed, May 14, 2008
Ph.D. Students Awarded Fellowships by the Office of Graduate Studies
Congratulations to Urmila Patil, Shaohua Guo, David Brick, and Maeri Megumi, all of whom will receive fellowships from Graduate Studies for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Mon, May 12, 2008
Graduate Students Receive Fellowships and Awards
Congratulations to our Masters and Ph.D. students on their awards
Tue, May 6, 2008
Ishan Chakrabarti receives University Co-op / George H. Mitchell Award
Award recognizes academic excellence
Thu, May 1, 2008
Devon Reynolds receives Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship
Award recognizes outstanding academic achievement
Wed, Apr 23, 2008
Awards for Best Telugu Language Students
Thu, Apr 17, 2008
Asian Studies Spring Festival 2008!
The 2008 Asian Studies Spring Festival was held April 15, 2008. Asian Studies faculty, staff, and students were on hand to recognize outstanding students--both majors and non-majors--currently enrolled in Asian Studies courses.
View Photos
Wed, Apr 2, 2008
Patrick Olivelle interviewed by ABC in Australia on King Asoka
King Asoka was the ancient king of India who converted to Buddhism and initiated a sweeping moral reform. Legends of Asoka are numerous but it's only in the last century that his real history has become known as historian of Sanskrit literature at the University Texas, Patrick Olivelle, explains.
