Click here to see the article on the Daily Bruin A UCLA professor aims to bridge the political and cultural divides between students of Indian and Pakistani heritage by bringing…
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Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference Hosted by ALC Faculty
ALC faculty hosted the annual Japanese/Korean Linguistics conference from November 29-December 1, 2018, at UCLA. Envisioned by faculty and graduate students from UCLA, UCSB, and USC more than a…
Read MoreProfessor Min Li Releases New Book
Li Min’s book, Social Memory and State Formation in Early China, is released by the Cambridge University Press in summer 2018. In this book, Li Min proposes a new paradigm for…
Read MoreProfessor Shu-mei Shih Receives Distinguished Alumnae Award, Appointed Honorary Chair Professor
Professor Shu-mei Shih was awarded a distinguished alumnae award from her alma mater, National Taiwan Normal University, in August 2018. This award recognizes lifetime scholarly, artistic, or professional achievement as…
Read MoreStephanie Jamison Elected to Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft
Distinguished Professor Stephanie Jamison of Asian Languages & Cultures (ALC) has been elected to the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG), a German academic society devoted to a deeper understanding of Asia…
Read MoreLeading Women: ALC Korean Lecturer Jae-Eun Yoon’s Interview with Korea Daily: “Teaching Korean and the Thrill of Excellence”
ALC lecturer Jae-Eun Yoon talks about her personal journey to becoming a language teacher, the importance of pursuing excellence in language education, the uniqueness of the Korean language, and its…
Read MoreProfessor George Dutton interviewed by Diario de Noticias
During his visit to Lisbon to receive a prize for his recent book, A Vietnamese Moses (UC Press, 2017), Prof. Dutton was interviewed by Diario de Noticias, the Lisbon-based Portuguese…
Read MoreProfessor SU Bai 宿白, renowned scholar at School of Archaeology and Museology at Bejing University, passes away
Professor SU Bai 宿白, just passed away due to sickness in morning of February 1, 2018, aged 96. Prof. Su Bai is the primary person to establish the archaeology discipline at Beijing…
Read MoreProfessor and Dean David Schaberg receives award
The Department of Asian Languages & Cultures is delighted to congratulate Professor David Schaberg, Dean of the Humanities at UCLA, on being awarded the 2018 Patrick D. Hanan Book Prize…
Read MoreProfessor George Dutton’s latest book, “A Vietnamese Moses” receives the 2017 Premio Fondaçaõ Oriente (Oriental Foundation Prize)
Professor George Dutton’s latest book, A Vietnamese Moses (UC Press, 2017) has just received the 2017 Premio Fondaçaõ Oriente (Oriental Foundation Prize) for the best book on a topic related…
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