The Department of Asian Languages & Cultures would like to congratulate Richard E. Strassberg, Emeritus Professor of Chinese, on the awarding of the The John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize from the Foundation for…
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Prof. Sung-Deuk Oak published two books on the history of early Korean Protestantism for the Korean audience, and three copious sourcebooks in both English and Korean. Two more sourcebooks come…
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(Download book as a free PDF here) In a new book, George Dutton, a professor of Asian languages and culture and director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, explores…
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The Department of Asian Languages & Cultures is pleased to announce that faculty member Michael Berry’s translation of the novel To Live has been selected for the National Endowment for…
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Congratulations to Professor Stephanie Jamison on the publication of a festschrift in her honor titled Sahasram Ati Srajas. Forty-five scholars from major universities in the United States and from around…
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Congratulations to Professor Christopher Hanscom on the publication of his newest book, The Affect of Difference: Representations of Race in East Asian Empire. Takashi Fujitani, author of Race for Empire…
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Professor Robert Buswell of Asian Languages and Cultures has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His election, which the Academy announced on April 20, 2016, comes…
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The American Heritage Society and the County of San Diego has selected Quyen Di Chuc Bui to receive the 2016 Asian Heritage Award for Innovation for going beyond the area…
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Can a new app that takes a scholarly yet playful approach to studying calligraphy help students learn to read classical Japanese texts the way people in 11th century Japan did?…
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Violence and bloodshed have marked the relationship between India and Pakistan since the two countries gained their independence from British rule almost 70 years ago. This tense history is still…
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