Rachel Weiss, the Undergraduate Advisor and Graduate Coordinator for ALC, has been recognized by L&S with the 2021-2022 Distinguished Achievement Award for advising. This annual award acknowledges the importance of student advising and recognizes the …
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Cerulli: Ayurveda and Knowledge for Long Life
Anthony Cerulli studies Ayurveda, a centuries-old alternative medicine practice. As a grad student, when traveling in India to pore over ancient texts, he noticed something interesting in the village. “This one family was running a …
Akira and Sharlie Miura Memorial Scholarship for Japanese and ESL Studies
The Akira and Sharlie Miura Memorial Scholarship for Japanese and ESL Studies has been established by their surviving children, Asa Miura and Hana Miura. Professor Emeritus Akira Miura died at the age of 92 on …
ALC adds Śrī Anantnāth Chair dedicated to the study of Jainism
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Asian Languages and Cultures is pleased to announce the establishment of a new endowed chair dedicated to the study of Jainism, a religion started in India and now practiced …
Statement on Anti-Asian Violence
Supporting Asians and Asian Americans during this Time of Increased Bias A Statement from ALC Leadership Last week’s tragic shootings in Atlanta that led to the killing of eight people, including six Asian women, have …
Professor Cerulli’s forthcoming book selected by NEH for its Fellowships Open Book Awards program
Professor Anthony Cerulli’s forthcoming book with the University of California Press was selected by the NEH for its Fellowships Open Book Awards program. His book, The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India will …
Jeremy Manheim awarded a Fulbright-Hays Grant
Jeremy Manheim (ALC, Ph.D. student) was recently awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Grant. He will spend seven-months at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath (UP) studying the Sanskrit and …
Tyrell Haberkorn receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Tyrell Haberkorn has won a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship for her project on a third book, Dictatorship on Trial in Thailand, a work designed to analyze the individual, social and legal impacts of the five years …
A Kamigata Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Metropolitan Centers, 1600-1750
A Kamigata Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Metropolitan Centers, 1600-1750 Edited by Sumie Jones and Adam L. Kern with Kenji Watanabe Available for purchase at the University of Hawaii Press and for pre-order at Amazon. …
Capstone Teaching Award to Michael Toole
Michael Toole has received a 2019 Capstone Teaching Award for his outstanding work as a University of Wisconsin teaching assistant. In recognition of the critical role TAs play in undergraduate instruction, this campus-wide award acknowledges …