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  • 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. …

  • 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, …

  • In Memoriam: Joseph Elder

    The Department of Asian Languages & Cultures mourns the loss of Emeritus Professor Joseph Elder. Joe came to UW-Madison in 1961, and taught in the Department of Sociology, South Asian Studies / Languages and Cultures of …

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