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.
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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, …
Congratulations to Ivy Xue
On Monday, July 8th Yinyin “Ivy” Xue (Ph.D., Chinese Literature and Culture) defended her dissertation, “Science vs. Fiction: Transmedia Scientific Discourse and Popular Culture in China, 1950s-1980s,” (Professors Nicole Huang and Steve Ridgely, co-Advisor). Ivy …
Professor Nienhauser honored at Nanjing University literature conference
An international literature conference hosted by Nanjing University provided an opportunity to recognize UW-Madison’s Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature William H. Nienhauser. At a special ceremony Friday, May 24, Nanjing University leaders gave …
UW–Madison celebrates 40-year relationship with Nanjing University
On May 23, UW–Madison and NJU leaders, faculty, staff and alumni gathered to commemorate the long-enduring ties between the two universities at an event hosted by NJU. The celebration took place alongside two collaborative conferences …
Congratulations to Ian Atalla
On Friday, May 3rd, 2019 Ian Atalla (Ph.d., Asian Languages & Cultures) successfully defended his dissertation, “Messianic Modernism: Adunis’ Vision of Revolutionary Arab Poetics,” (Professor Vinay Dharwadker, Advisor). Congratulations!
Congratulations to Nkoyo Edoho-Eket
On Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019, Nkoyo Edoho-Eket (Ph.D., Asian Languages & Cultures) successfully defended her dissertation, “Imaging the Goddess-woman: Shakti in Contemporary South Asian Visual Culture,” (Professor Vinay Dharwadker, Advisor). Currently she is an Independent …