Dr Richard H. Yang passed away peacefully at the age of 93 on Thursday, October 12, 2018 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Dr. Yang was an emeritus professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
“The Stanley Spector and Richard Yang Undergraduate Student Awards for Studies in East Asian Languages and Cultures”
Three EALC students enjoyed summers in East Asia thanks in part to “The Stanley Spector and Richard Yang Undergraduate Student Awards for Studies in East Asian Languages and Cultures.” This new fund, established by WashU alumnus, helps support undergraduates interested in deepening their understanding of East Asian languages and cultures.
Nathan Vedal, assistant professor, and Taewoong Kim, lecturer
Nathan Vedal, PhD, joins the East Asian languages and cultures department as an assistant professor. His research interests include early modern Chinese cultural and intellectual history, with a particular focus on the history of knowledge production and the history of the book. His current research extends his dissertation, Scholarly Culture in Late Imperial China, into the history of language study and the circulation of censored books. He earned his doctorate at Harvard University and was a postdoctoral fellow at Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Humanities & Information.
Taewoong Kim, PhD, joins the East Asian Languages and Cultures department as a lecturer in Korean. His research interests include Korean language, second language acquisition, technology-mediated language learning, social justice through education, and learner identity. His most recent publication is "Metacognitive Instruction Using Web 2.0 Technologies in an Adult ESL Speaking Course." Previously, he worked in the School of Korean at Middlebury College. He earned his doctorate majoring in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum from the University of Oklahoma.
Laurel Taylor, (second year PhD student in Japanese and Comparative Literature) has won the 2018 Percy Buchanan Prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper in Northeast Asia for her paper "I'm Telling the Truth I Swear: Metafictional Steps in Tanizaki." She will have the opportunity to present the paper at the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA), October 19-20, 2018, as well as the opportunity to publish her paper in Studies on Asia.
Ling Kang, Chinese and Comparative Literature PhD candidate
“Voicing China: The Technologies of Speaking and the Sonic Modernity in China” Kang’s project investigates the techniques and technologies of four major mediums of human voice in modern Chinese enlightenment and revolutions: public speaking, poetry recitation, literary writing, and cinematic sound reproduction.
Ginger Marcus has co-authored both a textbook and workbook for the second volume of Japanese: The Written Language which guides high-beginning learners toward proficiency in reading and composing Japanese in realistic contexts.
With the recent launch of our new major in Korean language and culture in 2016, we wanted to celebrate the accomplished history of Korean language study at Washington University by profiling a number of our alumni who have gone on to win Fulbright
Co-edited with Dr. Laura Miller, Eiichi Shibusawa-Seigo Arai Endowed Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Diva Nation explores the constructed nature of female iconicity in Japan. From ancient goddesses and queens to modern singers and writers, this edited volume critically reconsiders the female icon, tracing how she has been offered up for emulation, debate or censure.
