Hundreds of scholars of Chinese language and culture will gather at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, long a center for Chinese studies, on May 5 and May 6 for a pair of prestigious international conferences. It will …
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Celebrating Asian Studies at UW
Madison, WI (April 20, 2018) — The Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) department hosted a symposium last Friday to highlight Asian studies students and the departments’ new degree program. The symposium brought together members of …
Success at the 2018 Midwest College Chinese Speech Contest
We just drove back from Chicago where we attended the 2018 Midwest College Chinese Speech Contest, held at Lake Forest College in Chicago yesterday. This year, our team was made of these 5 students: Collin …
Sara Farsiu nominated as a Spring 2018 University Housing Honored Instructor
Sara Farsiu, ALC’s Persian Instructor has been nominated as a Spring 2018 University Housing Honored Instructor! Congratulations! Each semester, University Housing residents have the opportunity to recognize outstanding classroom instructors through the Honored Instructor program. Over …
IACL-26 & ICCLC-20
The 26th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-26) & The 20th International Conference on Chinese Language and Culture (ICCLC-20) May 4, 2018 – May 6, 2018 University of Wisconsin-Madison The 26th annual …
The 27th Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference
Imagining the Future of Japanese Language Education （これからの日本語教育に向けて） Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, 2018 University of Wisconsin-Madison We are pleased to announce the 27th CATJ conference to be held at the University of …
Dr. Erlin Barnard receives Satya Abdi Budaya 2017 Award
Dr. Erlin Barnard received the Satya Abdi Budaya (SAB) award! SAB is the highest award given to BIPA (Indonesian for Foreign Speakers) experts who have steadfastly developed the field of teaching Indonesian as a foreign …
Korean Language & Culture presentation at STARTALK Conference
The 2017 STARTALK Fall Conference was held in Portland’s Hilton Downtown in Oregon from November 3 to 4, 2017. This summer 11 different languages including Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu …
ALC Department Newsletter – August 2017
We are proud to share our Inaugural ALC Newsletter – August 2017. Please make requests to rweiss@wisc.edu for a Newsletter to be mailed to your current address.
Terry Nealon retires after 53 years of service to L&S
Teresa “Terry” Nealon has been with the College of Letters and Science since 1964, and with the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature since 1975. Last July, Terry watched the merging of two departments …