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 …
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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 …
2018-19 ALC Newsletter
We are proud to share our 2018-2019 ALC Department Newsletter – January 2019. Please make requests to rweiss@wisc.edu for a Newsletter to be mailed to your current address.
Workshop for K-16 instructors of East Asian Languages
The Center for East Asian Studies (a federally-funded Title VI National Resource Center), the Korean Flagship Program, and the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are pleased to co-host a workshop for K-16 instructors of …
Congratulations to Hai Liu
On December 10, 2018 Hai Liu (Ph.D., Chinese Linguistics) successfully defended her dissertation, "Tone Sandhis in Mandarin Chinese," (Professor Hongming Zhang, Advisor). Dr. Liu is currently a lecturer at University of Minnesota where she teaches …
Congratulations to Xiang Lyu
On December 7, 2018 Xiang Lyu (Ph.D., Chinese Linguistics) successfully defended his dissertation, "Prosodic Phonology of the Ningbo Dialect,” (Professor Hongming Zhang, Advisor). Dr. Lyu is currently a lecturer of Chinese in the Department of East Asian …
Kern presents lecture at the Chicago Humanities Festival
Scholar Adam L. Kern, University of Wisconsin-Madison, explores the influence of Japanese woodblock prints from the Edo period on contemporary manga artists. This lecture is presented as a complement to the exhibition Painting the Floating World: …