News

Overcoming the challenges of virtual language instruction

6.3.20

Ginger Marcus, professor of the practice of Japanese language, explains how she and her students dealt with the difficulties of learning a language through online tools.

Congratulations, EALC Class of 2020!

5.13.20

A message to the EALC Class of 2020 from Zhao Ma, director of undergraduate studies

NEH Awards Summer Stipend to EALC’s Nathan Vedal

4.27.20

Chen and Nie promoted to senior lecturer

4.24.20

Wenhui Chen and Ke Nie have been promoted to senior lecturer effective July 1, 2020.

Q & A with Ananda Martin (BA '95)

4.24.20

Ananda Martin graduated from WashU in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in Japanese and cultural anthropology.

Vedal wins ACLS fellowship

4.22.20

Nathan Vedal, assistant professor of East Asian languages and cultures in Arts & Sciences, has received a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. Vedal also recently received a Mellon Fellowship from Princeton University’s Institute for Advanced Study.

Letty Chen publishes new book, "The Great Leap Backward"

3.25.20

Lingchei Letty Chen’s new book, “The Great Leap Backward: Forgetting and Representing the Mao Years,” has been published by Cambria Press.

SP20 EALC Major/Minor Updates

3.20.20

EALC has made changes in class instruction and degree requirements for SP20

Krystel Mowery receives Outstanding Staff Award

3.6.20

EALC administrative coordinator and WashU alumna Krystel Mowery receives award

Language Teaching Fair Spring Coffee Hour: Extending Class Time with Canvas

3.5.20

Language instructors at WashU gathered on Wednesday for an informal roundtable discussion on teaching and using Canvas in the classroom. Iva Youkilis, Senior Lecturer and Placement Coordinator in Italian; Erik Nesse, PhD, Lecturer in French; and Taewoong Kim, PhD, Lecturer in Korean, led the discussion.

China hits back at American ‘coronavirus overreaction’ with travel warning for US

2.28.20

Professor Zhao Ma comments on recent China travel warning

Summer 2019 Spector-Yang Awards

12.10.19

The second cohort of Stanley Spector and Richard Yang Award recipients share their experiences in East Asia during the summer of 2019.