Laurel Taylor attends British Centre for Literary Translation
EALC graduate student participates in the Japanese Workshop at the British Centre for Literary Translation
Promotion: Heayoung Chun
promotion to senior lecturer
Mano Yasuda receives 2025 Outstanding Faculty Award
Graduate and Professional Student Council award to Dr. Yasuda
Korean faculty receive WashU Digital Transformation grant
DI2 Accelerator Award for Open Educational Resources
‘Meet Me in St. Louis’: The Chinese experience at the 1904 World’s Fair
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.
KMOX Series: USA's international relations under Trump- Part 2 China
Zhao Ma | KMOX Series podcast
How America fell in love with China's memes
Jianqing Chen quoted in BBC article
What’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to — and the cultural moment unfolding there
Jianqing Chen | The Conversation
Tracking the tap: A historical and cultural analysis of Chinese touchscreen media
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.
Korean Culture Day Event
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.
A factory worker’s take on AI
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 awarded Percy Buchanan Graduate Student Prize
Ran Wei, Japanese Ph.D. candidate, receives award
Alumni earn Fulbright awards
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