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 …
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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 …
16 March 21 eNewsletter
This week in the ALC Department, features: ALC Faculty Highlights, ALC Student Highlights, ALC Events, ALC Student Awards, Summer Term, Undergraduate News & Events, Graduate Student News, Campus Events, Jobs & Opportunities
9 March 21 eNewsletter
This Week in the ALC Department, features: ALC Faculty Highlights, ALC Student Highlights, ALC Events, ALC Student Awards, Summer Term, Undergraduate News & Events, Graduate Student News, Campus Events, Advising Available, Apply to Graduate
Welcome Jamal Jones
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 …
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.