Vol. 12 No. 1 (2025): Colorado Journal of Asian Studies 2025

This 12th annual issue of the Colorado Journal of Asian Studies, brought to you by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for Asian Studies, features original undergraduate scholarship and creative work on Asia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33011/cjas.v12i1

Published: 2025-08-05

Short Form Academic Essays

The Sinicization of Manchu Women in the Qing Dynasty Evaluating from Marriage Custom, Chaste Widow, and Manchu Clothing

Jiaheng Lyu
- SinicizationofManchuWomen
Gender and Power: Manifestations of Women’s Status in the Discourse of Reform

Abigail Ellis
- GenderandPower
Local Deities, Lamas, and Festivals Experiencing the Sentient Beings of Manang Valley, Nepal

Luke Stumpfl
- LocalDietiesLamasFestivals
Orphan of Taiwan: The Importance of Identity and Upbringing in the Mid-20th Century.

Hayden Fox
- OrphanofTaiwan
Post-1987 Education Reform & the Search for National Identity in Taiwan

Shelby Glenn
- Post1987EducationReform

Photo Essays

Long Form Academic Essays

Inventing an Empire: The Role of Migration in the Fabrication of Curry in Colonial India and Legacies of Food Colonization

Marguerite Laplant
- InventinganEmpire
Farmers in Modernity Local Responses to Agricultural Policy in Bhutan

Lorelei Smillie
- FarmersinModernity
The Legacies of State Shinto and Aum Shinrikyo on Japanese Religious Politics as seen Through the Unification Church

L.H. Scheppy
- StateShinto
ADHD in Translation The English to Chinese Translation Distinctions

Chloe Nowak
- ADHDinTranslation

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2025): Colorado Journal of Asian Studies 2025

Short Form Academic Essays

The Sinicization of Manchu Women in the Qing Dynasty Evaluating from Marriage Custom, Chaste Widow, and Manchu Clothing

Gender and Power: Manifestations of Women’s Status in the Discourse of Reform

Local Deities, Lamas, and Festivals Experiencing the Sentient Beings of Manang Valley, Nepal

Orphan of Taiwan: The Importance of Identity and Upbringing in the Mid-20th Century.

Post-1987 Education Reform & the Search for National Identity in Taiwan

Photo Essays

Understanding the East Malaysian Perspective of Local History

Focusing People Not Objects Photography and Selective Narratives in Colonial India

The Female Gaze The Aurangabad Photo Budget No. 7 as a Lens for Exploring Missionary Women and Their Work in Local Communities

Long Form Academic Essays

Inventing an Empire: The Role of Migration in the Fabrication of Curry in Colonial India and Legacies of Food Colonization

Farmers in Modernity Local Responses to Agricultural Policy in Bhutan

The Legacies of State Shinto and Aum Shinrikyo on Japanese Religious Politics as seen Through the Unification Church

ADHD in Translation The English to Chinese Translation Distinctions