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The Chinese Language Program held a Lantern Festival celebration on February 14th, 2025. Traditionally, people celebrate the festival by holding a lantern and eating tang yuan (glutinous rice balls). Students participated in a variety of fun…

The Chinese Language Program held a Mahjong party on January 29th, 2025, to celebrate the Year of the Snake. More than 80 students from Chinese language classes, TAs, and instructors participated in the event. Students played Mahjong and Gomoku…

We are thrilled to share that Dr. Joshua Schlachet was awarded the 2024 Chatfield Outstanding Untenured Researcher of the Year by the College of Humanities! Dr. Schlachet is an Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies. He is a…

We are thrilled to share that Dr. Rae Dachille was awarded the 2024 Chatfield Outstanding Tenured Researcher of the Year by the College of Humanities! Dr. Dachille is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Classics and…

The Chinese Language Program hosted a dumpling activity on November 18th, which was the inaugural event of a new series ‘Learn Chinese by Cooking Chinese’ run by the language program. Students learned dumpling-related vocabulary in Chinese, food…

The Japanese Language Program held an Autumn Festival (秋祭り) for students on Friday, October 25th, 2024, at the Learning Services Building Courtyard. Students enjoyed a lively event filled with various Japanese activities, including karaoke, cosplay…

On September 26th, the Korean studies faculty successfully wrapped up the final cook-off event of the “Campus Kimchi Masters” scholarship contest. This month-long event was a special collaboration between the Department of East Asian Studies, the…

The Chinese Language Program hosted the 2024 Chinese Talent Show on September 20th to celebrate the Moon Festival. 12 groups of students at all levels, from CHN 101 to CHN 415, competed in the event. Elizabeth Mei Badowski, from CHN 301, and MiLee…

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…

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,…

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…

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…