asian-studies

Professors participate in faculty development program in China

Sixteen Furman University faculty members will participate in a Faculty Development Program in China this June as part of the Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (LIASE) grant awarded in 2016 from the...

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Professor Kate Kaup elected to board of National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

Katherine Palmer Kaup, the James B. Duke Professor of Asian Studies and Politics and International Affairs at Furman University, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Committee on United States-China Relations...

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Furman announces 2018 spring term Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2018 spring term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade-point average of at least 3.4 during the university’s fall and...

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Furman’s 10th Engaged! happens April 10

Furman University will hold its annual Furman Engaged! Day on Tuesday, April 10 at various locations on campus. Furman Engaged! celebrates the wide-ranging research, scholarship and creativity of Furman University undergraduates. The exhibits and performances...

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Meet the newest members of Phi Beta Kappa

Seventy-four Furman University students have been elected to the school’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic society. The newest members were inducted during a special initiation ceremony on campus...

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In praise of faculty scholarship

Watch a video about the 2018 Faculty Scholarship Reception Faculty scholarship is happening all around Furman. Even on top of classroom requirements, advising, grading, serving on committees and attending meetings, professors from all disciplines are...

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University announces 2017 fall term Dean’s List

Here are the students who made the Dean’s List for the 2017 fall term. The honor is awarded to full-time undergraduates who earn a grade point average of at least 3.4 during the university’s fall...

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The Furman-Gallup and The Duke Endowment study

Furman University will partner with global analytics firm Gallup to study more deeply the impact of the university’s undergraduate experience and measure the effectiveness of its signature approach to education, The Furman Advantage, thanks to...

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More famous than you knew

When the Daily Mail of London published a list of five “famous sites across the world [that] started life in another country,” Furman’s Place of Peace made the list. The structure, which is located on...

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Lane Harris publishes “Translations of the Peking Gazette Online”

Furman History professor Lane Harris has released an 8,500-page electronic database, Translations of the Peking Gazette Online, through Brill as part of a digital humanities project. The database includes English-language renderings of official edicts and memorials from...

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Furman to hold summer commencement Aug. 12

Kate Kaup, the James B. Duke Professor of Asian Studies and Politics and International Affairs at Furman University, will serve as speaker when Furman holds its summer commencement exercises Saturday, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m....

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Standing Rock youth and the Dakota Access Pipeline

Justin Fox borrowed some of his big brother’s clothes for his first trip to Furman. He was both “nervous and excited” to perform in front of a big group of college students. [caption id="attachment_31869" align="alignright"...

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