Dr Richard H. Yang passed away peacefully at the age of 93 on Thursday, October 12, 2018 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Dr. Yang was an emeritus professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
Zhao Ma, associate professor of modern Chinese history and culture was interviewed for the article, "US is making ‘serious strategic misjudgment’ in its accusations against China, Beijing’s top diplomat says" in the South China Morning Post
Three EALC students enjoyed summers in East Asia thanks in part to “The Stanley Spector and Richard Yang Undergraduate Student Awards for Studies in East Asian Languages and Cultures.” This new fund, established by WashU alumnus Alex Primm and his wife, Cathy, helps support undergraduates interested in deepening their understanding of East Asian languages and cultures.
EALC has two new faculty members: Nathan Vedal, assistant professor, and Taewoong Kim, lecturer.
Laurel Taylor, (second year PhD student in Japanese and Comparative Literature) has won the 2018 Percy Buchanan Prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper in Northeast Asia for her paper "I'm Telling the Truth I Swear: Metafictional Steps in Tanizaki."
Ling Kang, Chinese and Comparative Literature PhD candidate, is a Center for the Humanities Graduate Student Fellow, 2018-2019
Ginger Marcus has co-authored both a textbook and workbook for the second volume of Japanese: The Written Language which guides high-beginning learners toward proficiency in reading and composing Japanese in realistic contexts.
With the recent launch of our new major in Korean language and culture in 2016, we wanted to celebrate the accomplished history of Korean language study at Washington University by profiling a number of our alumni who have gone on to win Fulbright Fellowships.
Rebecca Copeland's new book Diva Nation: Female Icons from Japanese Cultural History is hot off the press.
On March 28, the Japanese dance company Takarabune visited campus for a performance and traditional Japanese dance workshop.
Robert E. Hegel, professor of Chinese language and literature and the Liselotte Dieckmann Professor of Comparative Literature, retires at the end of this semester. We sat down with Hegel to talk about his love of Chinese literature, watching students become colleagues, and the joy of sharing the stories you love with students.