By examining the Chinese film industry’s long relationship with the Korean War, Zhao Ma’s current book project reveals the power of movies to shape historical memory.

International students and faculty including Zhao Ma share how they maintain community from afar

Zhao Ma quoted in The Korea Times article

Five graduate students studying Japanese literature at Washington University have been awarded grants to conduct dissertation research in Japan.

Zhao Ma quoted in Financial Times article

Zhao Ma quoted in South China Morning Post article

“The Korean War, as I understand it, is very much like the First World War to Europeans. It changed the ways in which they understand modern warfare,” says Zhao Ma, an associate professor of modern Chinese history and culture at Washington University in St. Louis.

Zhao Ma | South China Morning Post

Ke Nie, senior lecturer in Chinese, has been named the 2019–20 First Year Finale Outstanding Faculty Member by the First Year Center.

Two new books by East Asian Languages and Cultures faculty outline approaches to teaching Chinese and Korean.

Hu's dissertation is tentatively titled, “Voicing the Foreign: Dubbing for Films in Socialist China (1949-1978).”

Beata Grant, professor of Chinese and religious studies, is retiring this summer after thirty-two years at Washington University in St. Louis.