Wei Wang, senior lecturer in Chinese, was chosen as the First Year Center's recipient for the Outstanding Faculty Award for her impact on their lives during their first two semesters at Washington University.
K-Pop, a genre of music best known for its intricately choreographed music videos, has inspired “cover” groups throughout the world. For one such group at WashU, the dance movement provides students with a stepping-stone into the field of cultural studies.
Katie Lawhon is currently in her third year in the PhD program in Japanese Language and Literature. Her research is focused on modern Japanese literature and film, particularly the horror genre. Katie has taught in courses ranging from introduct
David Weisner (WashU alumnus, '87) recently visited our campus to talk with students about career paths for those interested in living/working in Asia. We caught up with him after his talk to learn more about his career and how studying about East Asia has influenced his trajectory.
In this episode, Dr. Copeland documents several cases of "unruly women" who disrupt Japanese social norms, from mythical goddess Izanami to popular activists and female writers in the Meiji and Taishō Periods like Kishida Toshiko and Miyake Kaho, and finally to contemporary writer Kirino Natsuo. We discuss formalist versus historicist literary analysis, questions of agency and individuality in Meiji women's cultural production, and the importance of translation in the field of literary studies.
“I tell students: ‘This is not a knowing class; it’s a doing class,’” said Mijeong Mimi Kim, Teaching Professor of Korean Language and Korean Language Coordinator in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Washington University in St. Louis. Kim has a master’s degree in linguistics from State University of New York and a doctorate degree in education from the University of San Francisco. She teaches first level, second level, and third level modern Korean courses at Washington University. Her first- and second-level classes meet five times a week to build fluency.
