Join us in welcoming our new Assistant Professor, Jamal Jones to UW-Madison! Here are some highlights from his L&S New Faculty Focus: Hometown: Camden, NJ Educational/professional background: I received by BA (2008) in Religious Studies …
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Message from the Chair
Dear ALC Community: For most of us, the first classes for Fall 2020 are already behind us, and as we move forward with the semester in earnest, I would like to take this opportunity to …
William H. Nienhauser, Jr. Retires, after 47 years
After 47 years on the UW-Madison faculty, William H. Nienhauser, Jr. (倪豪士), Halls-Bascom Professor of Chinese Literature, has announced his retirement at the end of the semester. The department would like to recognize his service …
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 …
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 …
Kids might be closer than you to true haiku
Adam Kern, professor of Japanese literature and visual culture in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures discusses the “long and fascinating history” of a deceptively simple poetic form.
In-Conversation Fall Series
How do we cultivate and sustain a culture of inclusion in our communities? In-Conversation seeks to answer this question through group discussion, synthesized into actionable steps and practices. Participants will focus on what that looks …
Asian Studies Professionalization Workshops – Fall 2019
A workshop series on scholarship and career for all UW-Madison graduate students whose scholarship is focused on Asia.
Congratulations to Sandeep Kindo
On August 27th, 2019 Sandeep Kindo (Ph.D., Asian Languages & Cultures) successfully defended his dissertation: “Recognition, Identity, Justice: Oraon Custom in the Law Courts of Modern India,” (Professor Vinay Dharwadker, Advisor). Congratulations!
Congratulations to Lu Liu
On Tuesday, July 9th Lu Liu (Ph.D., Chinese Literature and Culture), successfully defended her dissertation, “Away/With the Pest: Hygienic Visuality and Narrations of the Interspecies Encounter in Modern China,” (Professors Nicole Huang and Steve Ridgely, …