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Oct. 23, 2018
Since August 29th, the Department of East Asian Studies began holding weekly meetings in order to help graduate students improve their academic and professional proficiency. Students and faculties have gathered six times so far. The speakers and…
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Aug. 29, 2018
Back row - from left to right: Phil Gabriel, Dian Li, Kim Jones, Alison Jameson, Theresa Jensen, Maggie Camp, Takashi Miura Front row - from left to right: Josh Schlachet, Scott Gregory, Heng Du, Nathaniel Smith, Wenhao Diao, Rae Dachille, Hai Ren,…
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Aug. 27, 2018
Register at events.duolingo.com/tucson This is a free language event near the University of Arizona, sponsored by Duolingo and not associated with the East Asian Studies Department. However, it's a wonderful opportunity for our students to practice…
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April 28, 2018
Congratulations to Anthony Burtman, an EAS major who won the First Place at the Advanced level in the Chinese Bridge Southwest U.S. Preliminary Contest, held at UA campus, April 28. Participants from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas competed in the…
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April 18, 2018
Congratulations to Yi Wang for winning the Tao-Chung Ted Yao Memorial Award at the Chinese Language Teachers’ Association (CLTA) Annual Conference, held in Washington DC, April 6-8. The paper she presented at the award competition is entitled ‘…
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April 8, 2018
Julian Tran, our JPN 202 student, received a "most original" award at The 29th Annual Arizona Japanese Speech Contest. The contest was held at Pima Community College (West Campus).  Julian's speech title was A Letter To Myself. The letter was to…
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March 30, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIXgiS8R8j8
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March 28, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLABpeDRajQ
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March 28, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-mg0V3rGv8
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March 28, 2018
https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/discussions/1502560/creating-world-chan-sŏn-zen-chinese-chan-buddhism-and-its-spread
Dec. 17, 2017
Dr. Nathaniel Smith recently spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations Podcast on the rise of the "new right" in Japan.
Nov. 13, 2017
Our Winter session schedule (Dec. 18-Jan. 9) is now available. Please see the flyer below for course offerings.