Teaching & Research
Teaching
CAPS has over 30 affiliated faculty teaching over 200 courses of East Asian languages and cultures in around different departments and colleges. Through fundraising and external grants, CAPS has played an active role in increasing the number of faculty with expertise in Asia, encouraging course development, and promoting study abroad programs in Asia.
CAPS regularly sponsors lectures, seminars and workshops that bring prominent scholars to campus to share their research with University of Iowa students and faculty.
Research
CAPS sponsors student and faculty research on Asia by providing grants to graduate students for dissertation research and to faculty for research-related expenses.
In addition, CAPS hosts scholars from Asia who come to The University of Iowa with funding from their home institutions to pursue academic and public interest research projects. Visiting fellows are provided office space, access to the library’s collections, and assistance with finding housing. Currently, CAPS hosts the following visiting fellows from East Asia and U. S.
Akiko Anson
Ms. Akiko Anson holds a master degree from the University of Iowa in history and her research focuses on U. S. involvement in Japanese history.
Jun Cheol Cha
Mr. Jun Cheol Cha is a journalist from Kyunghyang Daily News in South Korea. He does research on new media writing of various styles.
Yaping Fan
Mr. Yaping Fan is an associate professor of journalist at the Lanzhou University, China. His research on professionalism of Chinese journalist through different periods of recent Chinese history.
Rustin Gates
Rustin Gates is an assistant professor of modern Japanese history at Bradley University. His research areas include Japanese Meiji diplomacy and Japan foreign policies in the 1930's.
Reon Kim
Ms. Reon Kim is novelist and an author of several award-wining stories. She participated in the International Writing Program in 2007 and is currently doing research for her new book.
Newell Ann Van Auken
Ms. Van Auken holds a Ph.D from the University of Washington (Seattle).
She recently completed a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Grinnell College, where she taught courses in Chinese language, traditional Chinese literature, and linguistics. Her research focuses on the literature and culture of early China, and she is currently completing a book manuscript on the Spring and Autumn Classic.
Academic Conferences of East and Southeast Asian Studies
American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, Nov. 17-20, San Diego
Panel A18-264: Chinese Religions Group. Sunday, Nov. 18 - 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
Theme: Electronic Resources for the Study of Chinese Religions: Reflections on Current and Future Impact and Directions
Panel Background Materials:
Morten Schlutter: Databases of Secular Sources Useful for the Study of Chinese Religion
Huimin Bhiksu: From CBETA (Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association) lectronic Tripitaka Collection to BIP (Buddhist Informatics Program) and IBA (Integrated Buddhist Archives)