This multi-volume History of Civilizations of Central Asia is the first attempt to present a comprehensive picture of the cultures that flourished and vanished at the heart of the Eurasian continent ...

The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations (ALC), founded in 1982, offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Chinese and Japanese, five minor programs, as well as language, literature and ...

Celebrating a history of over 30 years, the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations at CU Boulder brings global diversity to the curriculum and the Boulder campus. Our department’s focus on a ...

While we certainly encourage you to visit the neighborhoods of Little India, Chinatown and Kampong Glam (the Malay district), there's one place to preview the enormous diversity of Asian societies ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...

The 1938 excavation of the tomb of Zhang Qian, a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk Road across Central Asia, launched the study of archaeology at Northwest University in China ...

Ancient India wasn’t isolated from the world—it was, in fact, a central node in the vibrant trade networks connecting regions ...