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The BU Center for the Study of Asia (BUCSA), created in 2008, coordinates and supports the activities of scholars and students across the university.  Its mission is to foster communications and build community within the university, while also expanding the public outreach efforts of faculty and students in order to contribute to interest in Asia among the broader community.

Boston University is home to a vibrant community of scholars and students of Asia working across the university in disciplines ranging from language, literature, music, archeology, and philosophy to geography, politics, and public health.  Its Asia-related resources are among the largest and most comprehensive in the northeastern United States, and BU scholars, students, and alumni have made significant contributions to the study of Asia at both the national and international levels.

BUCSA Featured News

• Liberty and Security in a Time of Global Re-ordering

  

  A number of BUCSA faculty will be participating in an international conference on human security at Boston University on March 5 and 6, 2012. The two-day event is organized by the Center for the Study of Europe at Boston University - in cooperation with the Center for the Study of Asia and the Center for International Relations - with funding from GR:EEN - a European Commission Seventh Framework program examining the current and future role of the EU in an emerging multi-polar world. Boston University is one of 16 universities around the world participating in the program. The... [ More ]

• Awash in Debt: Chinese State Liabilities and Monetary and Welfare Implications

  

  In recent years, Boston University's Center for the Study of Asia has hosted a number of conversations with renowned political economists. Joining them, on Tuesday, December 6, was Victor Shih, Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and author of Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation, the first book to inquire about the linkages between elite politics and banking policies in China. Shih is a frequent adviser to the financial community on the banking industry in China. In his talk at BU, Shih focussed on Chinese state liabilities, a weak spot in China's "miracle economy"... [ More ]