Lauren Collins

Lauren Collins is the Program Director of Asian Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has lived and worked in Japan, Taiwan, China, and Macau and led study tours for teachers and students throughout East and Southeast Asia. She has been affiliated with NCTA since 2008.

Lauren’s recent programs

• Seminar Teaching with Memory Politics: Museums, Memorials, and Asian Histories – NCTA Online Seminar (2025)
• • Book Group Global Asia Book Group – NCTA Online Series (2024)
  • • Seminar Real and Imaged Rivers of Japan and China – Online NCTA Seminar (2023)
      • Workshop The Dalai Lama at 89: Looking Back and Reflecting Toward the Future – NCTA Online Program (2023)
        • Workshop Disaster and Resilience: Lessons from Minamata – NCTA Online Program (2023)
          • Seminar East Asia Beyond the Headlines: Contemporary Issues in China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea (2021)
            • Workshop Disillusionment, Dystopia, and Dreams: Insights from Three Contemporary East Asian Films (2020)