Congratulations to Nalan Erbil Erkan

On August 27, 2018 Nalan Erbil Erkan (Ph.D., Asian Languages and Cultures) successfully defended her dissertation, "The Writer and the Nation-State: Language, Aesthetics, Ideology and Power in Turkish Literature (1927-2015),” (Vinay Dharwadker, Advisor). Nalan will begin a …

Congratulations to Anthony Lovenheim Irwin

On August 23, 2018 Anthony Irwin (Ph.D., Asian Languages and Cultures) successfully defended his dissertation, "Building Buddhism in Chiang Rai, Thailand: Construction as Religion,” (Anne Hansen, Advisor). Congratulations!

Congratulations to Michael Naparstek

On August 16, 2018 Michael Naparstek (Ph.D. Chinese) successfully defended his dissertation, "Figuring on Salvation: The Demonic Savior Wang Lingguan and the Power of Presence in Daoist Ritual and Image at the Ming Court,” (Mark …

New Korean Language Flagship Program to launch

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will soon launch a new undergraduate Korean Language Flagship Program, becoming the second Korean Flagship in the nation. With a grant from the National Security Education Program, the Department of Asian Languages …

Congratulations to Masha Kobzeva

On August 3, 2018 Masha Kobzeva (Ph.D. Chinese) successfully defended her dissertation, “Compilation of the Jin shu and Emperor Taizong’s Self-Representation in Early Tang Historiographical Tradition,” (William Nienhauser, Advisor). Masha will be teaching First Semester …

Congratulations to Jasmine Yu-Hsing Chen

On July 16, 2018 Jasmine Yu-Hsing Chen (Ph.D., Chinese) successfully defended her dissertation, “Questioning Homeland, Sensing Home: Performance and the Negotiation of Identity Construction in Cold War China and Taiwan,” (Rania Huntington, Advisor). Upon graduation, …

Congratulations to Milan Simic

On July 5, 2018 Milan Simic (PhD, Languages and Cultures of Asia), successfully defended his dissertation, "Linguistic Varieties of the Russian Altai," (Uli Schamiloglu, Advisor). Milan is currently in Astana, Kazakhstan on a postdoc at Nazarbayev …

Professor Buhnemann’s recent Publications and Lectures

Professor Gudrun Buhnemann published "Modern Maṇḍala Meditation: Some Observations” in Contemporary Buddhism  no. 18/2. 2017 (print version 2018),  pp.  263-276 and "Royal Likenesses on Pillars” in: The Cultural Heritage of Nepal, before, during and after the 2015 Earthquakes – Current …

Congratulations to Selcuk Altuntas

On June 15, 2018 Selcuk Altuntas (Ph.D. Languages and Cultures of Asia) successfully defended his dissertation, “How to be a Proper Muslim in the Russian Empire: An Intellectual Biography of Musa Jarullah Bigiyev (1875-1949),” (Uli Schamiloglu, Advisor). …