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 …
Professor Muhammad Umar Memon (1939-2018)
Sunday, June 3rd Professor Emeritus Mohammad Umar Memon passed away from a relatively short battle with a rare form of lung cancer. In a brief call with his wife, Nakako, she shared that he was …
New Publication by Adam L. Kern: The Penguin Book of Haiku
The first Penguin anthology of Japanese haiku, in vivid new translations by Adam L. Kern. Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. …
Japanese Major alumnus, Matt Alt, article in The New Yorker
Matt Alt, a Japanese major alumnus, published "The United States of Japan," in the May 4, 2018 edition of The New Yorker.
Japanese language professor retires, leaving a lasting legacy
May 11, 2018 By Cade Campbell Since joining UW–Madison in 1976, Professor Naomi Hanaoka McGloin has become a pioneer in the field of Japanese language and linguistics, making UW–Madison a flagship university for the next generation …
Professor Zhang’s Recent Award and Service recognition
Professor Hongming Zhang was recently awarded with the title of “Wilson T.S. Wang — New Method College Visiting Professorship in Language Education” by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In addition, at the 26th Annual Conference of …
Report on the 26th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics & the 20th International Conference on Chinese Language and Culture
The joint meeting of the 26th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-26) and the 20th International Conference on Chinese Language and Culture (ICCLC-20) was held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on May …
Workshop at Nanjing University by Professor Nienhauser
Professor William Nienhauser was in Nanjing University giving a two-week Workshop on the Assassin-Retainer biographies from the Shiji (Grand Scribe’s Records). For two weeks he read the original text, translated and annotated it with about thirty …
Congratulations to Akiko Imamura
On May 11, 2018 Akiko Imamura (Ph.D. Japanese) successfully defended her dissertation, "The interactional organization of Positive coparticipant assessments in Japanese ordinary conversation: Revisiting two conflicting preferences,” (Junko Mori, Advisor). Akiko is a Visiting Assistant …
Congratulations to Aaron Kenna Reich
On May 9, 2018 Aaron Kenna Reich (Ph.D. Chinese) successfully defended his dissertation, "Seeing the Sacred: Daoist Ritual, Painted Icons, and the Canonization of a Local God in Ming China,” (Mark Meulenbeld, Advisor). Since graduation, …