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May 8, 2024
Every year, The Department of East Asian Studies hosts an award ceremony to acknowledge the EAS students for their exceptional performance and hard work during the academic year. On May 3rd, 2024, EAS handed out five awards:
The Blair Prize in…
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April 29, 2024
The 31st Arizona Japanese Speech Contest was held at Northern Arizona University on April 20th and Neryanne Jinon, our JPN 202 student, received first place in her category!
There were 30 participants altogether from high schools, community colleges…
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March 25, 2024
Anoop Chandola, Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona, passed away on January 31, 2024. Further information on his life and academic contributions are documented on his Wikipedia page and the enclosed pamphlet which…
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Feb. 19, 2024
The Chinese Language Program held a party on February 9th, 2024 to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. More than 80 students from Chinese language classes, TAs and instructors participated in the event. Students enjoyed a variety of activities in the…
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Dec. 11, 2023
On December 7th, 2023, the Department of East Asian Studies' faculty celebrated Dr. Phil Gabriel's wonderful career. Dr. Gabriel has been with the University of Arizona for over 31 years and has served as the Department Head of EAS from 2005 to 2013…
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Dec. 5, 2023
On November 27th and 30th, the "Making Onigiri Experience" event made a return to EAS's Japanese Language Table after 3.5 years of hiatus due to the COVID pandemic. This year, Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) coordinator Noriko Hayashi organized this…
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Oct. 26, 2023
The Chinese Language Program hosted the first Chinese Singing Contest on September 29, which was also the day of the Moon Festival. 12 groups of students at all levels, from CHN 101 to CHN 415, competed in the event. Two students from CHN 301, Anna…
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May 5, 2023
Every year, The Department of East Asian Studies hosts an award ceremony to acknowledge the EAS students for their exceptional performance and hard work during the academic year. On May 5th, 2023, EAS gave out four awards:
The Blair Prize in…
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April 6, 2023
University of Arizona Department of East Asian Studies Professor and Center for Buddhist Studies Director Jiang Wu is one of 171 scientists, writers, scholars and artists awarded a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Wu said he was thrilled to be named a…
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Nov. 7, 2022
The Department of East Asian Studies joined the Center for East Asian Studies and ASU's School of International Letters and Cultures in co-hosting the annual meeting of the Western Branch of the American Oriental Society from Nov. 3-Nov. 5, 2022.…
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Sept. 15, 2022
The newly established Center for East Asian Studies has been featured on Arizona Public Media (AZPM). Dr. Wenhao Diao and Dr. Scott Gregory, co-directors of the Center and Associate Professors in the Department of East Asian Studies, were…
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Sept. 8, 2022
The University of Arizona will establish a new Center for East Asian Studies that will join three other longstanding international centers on campus. The four centers will receive a combined $5.9 million in federal Title VI grant funding over the…