News | East Asian Languages and Cultures

The Center for the Literary Arts, a signature initiative of the Arts & Sciences Strategic Plan, has named its first cohort of Creative Practice Workshop Fellows.

2.15.23

Faculty

How to build a Qing Dynasty bed

The acquisition of a 19th-century Chinese bed allows Arts & Sciences students to study cultural history up close, from furniture assembly to 3D modeling.

11.9.22

Awards & Notables, Faculty

Rebecca Copeland receives Independent Press Award 2022

Rebecca Copeland awarded Independent Press Award 2022 (multi-cultural fiction category) for her novel The Kimono Tattoo

3.21.22

Ran Wei awarded Percy Buchanan Graduate Student Prize

8.12.24 | Read Story

Ran Wei, Japanese Ph.D. candidate, receives award

Alumni earn Fulbright awards

7.19.24 | Read Story

Ashlee Chung, graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s in East Asian studies; Ella Jones, graduated in 2024 with a bachelor’s in East Asian languages and cultures; Jack Manting, graduated in 2024 with a bachelor’s in East Asian languages and cultures

Telling the Story of Asian Americans in St. Louis

6.5.24 | Read Story

A new digital StoryMap project, Asia in St. Louis, traces the history and experiences of people of Chinese and Japanese descent in St. Louis, from the 1850s to the 1980s.

Third Annual David Sands Holloway Memorial Awards

5.15.24 | Read Story

EALC awards three students the David Sands Holloway Memorial Award for papers that explore issues of gender in Japanese literature and culture.

Chen, Kuzuoğlu awarded ACLS early career fellowships

5.15.24 | Read Story

Chen and Kuzuoğlu are among the eight emerging scholars to receive a long-term fellowship for research on China’s histories, cultures, geopolitics, art, and global impact.