The Department of Asian Languages & Cultures will award a deserving student at the sophomore or junior level an annual award each fall term. The award will be given to a student who represents the …
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Anatoly Detwyler received a major grant to host a Summer Institute in late May
Summer Institutes are co-supported by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation (CCKF) and the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes. This topic of this Summer Institute will be: Chinese Literature and the Global South: Writing, Translating, and …
Rachel Weiss receives the L&S Distinguished Achievement Award for Advising
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 …
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 …
Professor Hongming Zhang, retires after 26 years
After distinguished service of more than 26 years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Professor Hongming Zhang will retire from ALC in January, 2022. Prof. Zhang will assume a new position at the Macau University of Sciences …
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 …