Dignitaries representing China at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair got the media attention, but historian Zhao Ma wondered about the lives of the workers — interpreters, merchants, cooks and carpenters — who supported China’s mission. Traveling to the U.S. the height of the Chinese Exclusion Act, they faced intense scrutiny and discrimination at every turn.

Zhao Ma | KMOX Series podcast

Jianqing Chen quoted in BBC article

Jianqing Chen | The Conversation

Media studies scholar Jianqing Chen’s new book project examines touchscreen media, a phenomenon so new it has yet to receive scholarly examination. Focusing on China’s 1 billion users — representing a fifth of smartphone users worldwide — she’s constructing a story that weaves together the technology’s origins as well as its implications for global digital life.

South Korea’s Seoul Broadcasting System features the Oct 24 Korean Culture Day event organized by the WashU Korean Students Association, the Korean Cultural Center of LA, and EALC Korean faculty.

Anxiety over new technology replacing jobs is nothing new, writes Graduate Student Fellow Ki Cora Chow. But, she reminds us, even cutting-edge machines have always needed human minders.

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

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

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.

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

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.