As we settle into a new academic year, I’ve been thinking about what makes the College of Letters & Science such a remarkable place to learn and discover. It is, at its heart, a community of …
Professor David Knipe remembered
David Maclay Knipe (November 25, 1932-June 4, 2026), Susan Stevens’ beloved husband of 45 years, died peacefully at home after a short illness, thoughtful and light-hearted to the end. David lived a long, joyous, and …
Detwyler, Anatoly. 2025. Seeing Through Abstraction: Literary Encounters with Information in Modern China, Columbia University Press
Anatoly Detwyler’s new monograph, Seeing Through Abstraction: Literary Encounters with Information in Modern China, has just been published by Columbia University Press. Covering fiction, poetry, and woodcut art, the book repositions modern Chinese literature within …
Bühnemann, Gudrun. 2025. Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee: The Many Faces of Patañjali in Indian Traditions
Gudrun Bühnemann Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee: The Many Faces of Patañjali in Indian Traditions Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2025, pp. xii + 211 (= Brill’s Indological Library 64) This study illuminates the many faces of …
Tyrell Haberkorn Awarded Plaenert-Bascom Professorship
Congratulations to Tyrell Haberkorn on her appointment to the Walter L. and Elise Schneider Plaenert-Bascom Professorship! This professorship acknowledges Haberkorn’s scholarly contributions to the university and will support her research for the next five years. …
Zhu, W. 2025. Criticism in Korean and Chinese workplace observation reality shows
Zhu, W. 2025. Criticism in Korean and Chinese workplace observation reality shows. Journal of Pragmatics 240, 35–52.
Zhu, W. 2025. Complaints in travel reality shows: A comparison between Korean and Chinese speakers
Zhu, W. 2025. Complaints in travel reality shows: A comparison between Korean and Chinese speakers. Languages 10(7), 171.
Korean Major will begin this fall
The Cap Times featured a story about the new Korean Major active fall 2025.
Chase awarded Harvard’s Women’s Studies in Religion Program 24-25
Congratulations to Dr. Miki Chase, Assistant Professor and Śrī Anantnāth Chair in Jain Studies faculty at Asian Languages and Cultureon her acceptance into the prestigious Women’s Studies in Religion Program (WSRP) at Harvard Divinity School for …
AIIS Remembers its Former President Joe Elder
AIIS mourns the passing and celebrates the career and legacy of Joseph W. Elder, who died at age ninety-four in Madison, Wisconsin on January 26, 2025. The fourth President of AIIS from 1986 to 1994, …