Graduate Student Conference

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The CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA) will be held fully in-person on the CU Boulder campus on February 07 & 08, 2026.
The conference will include keynote addresses from two prominent scholars in Chinese and Japanese studies:ÌýProfessor David SchabergÌý(Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of California, Los Angeles)ÌýandÌýProfessor Erin BrightwellÌý(Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Michigan).Ìý
Sean Ang, President
Haruka Fujii, Vice President
CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association (CUBASGA)
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CUBASGA 2025
February 22-23, 2025
Keynote speakers:
Professor Ronald Egan, Stanford ³Ô¹ÏÍø
Professor David Atherton, Harvard ³Ô¹ÏÍø
Program 2025 (pdf)
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CUBASGA 2024
February 24-25, 2024
Keynote speakers:
Professor Wai-Yee Li, Harvard ³Ô¹ÏÍø
Professor Zev Handel, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Washington
CUBASGA 2023
February 4-5, 2023
Keynote speakers:
Professor Tina Lu, Yale ³Ô¹ÏÍøÌý
Professor Sabine Frühstück, UC Santa BarbaraÌý
CUBASGA 2022
February 19-20, 2022
Keynote speakers:
Professor Lucas Bender, Yale ³Ô¹ÏÍøÌý
Professor Fabio Rambelli, UC Santa BarbaraÌý
CUBASGA 2021
January 30-31, 2021
Keynote speakers:
Professor Xiaofei Tian, Harvard ³Ô¹ÏÍø
Professor Wiebke Denecke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CUBASGA 2020
February 14-15, 2020
Keynote speakers:
ProfessorÌýDavid C. Schaberg, UCLA
ProfessorÌýDavid L. Howell, Harvard ³Ô¹ÏÍø
CUBASGA 2019
February 15-16, 2019
Keynote speakers:
ProfessorÌýChristopher Rea,Ìý³Ô¹ÏÍø of British Columbia
ProfessorÌýTomiko Yoda,ÌýHarvard ³Ô¹ÏÍø
CUBASGA 2018
February 23-24, 2018
Keynote speakers:
Professor Michael Nylan,Ìý³Ô¹ÏÍø of California, Berkeley
ProfessorÌýDavid Atherton,ÌýHarvard ³Ô¹ÏÍø
CUBASGA 2017
February 3-4, 2017
Keynote speakers:
Professor Wai-yee Li, Harvard ³Ô¹ÏÍø
Professor Michele Mason, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Maryland College Park
CUBASGA 2016
February 19-20, 2016
Keynote speakers:
Professor Adam Kern, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor Ronald Egan, Stanford ³Ô¹ÏÍø
CUBASGA 2015
February 27-28, 2015
Keynote speakers:
Professor Michael Emmerich, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of California
Professor Ding Xiang Warner, Cornell ³Ô¹ÏÍø
CUBASGA 2014Ìý
March 7-8, 2014
Keynote speaker:
Professor William G. Boltz, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Washington
CUBASGA 2013
March 8-9, 2013
Keynote speakers:
Professor Michael Puett, Harvard ³Ô¹ÏÍø
Professor Sharalyn Orbaugh, ³Ô¹ÏÍø British Columbia
CUBASGA 2012
March 2-3, 2012
Keynote speaker:
Professor R. Joe Cutter, Arizona State ³Ô¹ÏÍø
CUBASGA 2011
February 18-19, 2011
Keynote speakers:
Professor Michael Nylan
ProfessorÌýMichael Dylan Foster
CUBASGA 2010
February 26-28, 2010
Keynote presenters:
Professor Martin Kern, Princeton ³Ô¹ÏÍø
ProfessorÌýJanet Ikeda, Washington & Lee ³Ô¹ÏÍø
CUBASGA 2009
Friday March 6th, 2009 - Saturday March 7th, 2009