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.