The Sigur Center of The Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University is the largest academic institute devoted to Asian Studies in Washington, DC. Its mission is to increase the quality and broaden the scope of scholarly and policy research on Asian affairs, promote U.S.-Asian scholarly interaction and educate a new generation of students, scholars, analysts, and policymakers. The Center draws strength and resources from the largest core faculty of Asianists of any institution in Washington, D.C. The center has been designated a "center of academic excellence" by George Washington University since 2003 because of the quality and productivity of its faculty and programs. The center boasts a national and international reputation.

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Awards

Designated a Center of Academic Excellence by GW.

The U.S. Department of Education awarded the Sigur Center seven Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships

 

News

News Archive

13 November 2009
Professor Karl F. Inderfurth has published an article in the International Herald Tribune, "Listen to the Afghan People," in collaboration with Theodore L. Eliot, Jr., former Ambassador to Afghanistan, and dean emeritus of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

13 November 2009
NPR has quoted Professor David Shambaugh in an article entitled "As U.S. Power Wanes, China Considers its New Place."

11 November 2009
The Brookings Institution's website has posted an article by Professor David Shambaugh entitled "The China Awaiting President Obama."

10 November 2009
An article by Professor David Shambaugh, entitled "Is China Ready to be a Global Power?" was published in the Global Times.

9 November 2009
Korean 24-hour news station YTN recently featured the 17th Annual Hahn Moo Sook Colloquium. The clip can be seen here.

 

 

New on the Website

A new Asia Report, "Obama from a Southeast Asian Perspective," has been published, based on the November 12, 2009 event with Amitav Acharya.

The audio recordings for the November 12th and November 16th events, "Obama from a Southeast Asian Perspective" with Amitav Acharya and "Rising India's Great Power Burden" with C. Raja Mohan, have been added to the website and are available here.

The Spring 2010 Asian Studies Course List is now available here.

The audio recording of the November 4th event "Japan's New Government: Looking Under the Hood" is available here.

 

 

Upcoming Deadlines

Nov. 9: Spring Registration for Graduate Students begins.

Dec. 18: Critical Language Scholarship Applications due. Applications will be available November 9th at the CLS website.