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Sept. 29, 2015
Mark Metcalf, an alumni of East Asian Studies, received his Masters of Art in EAS in 2001. His MA thesis, entitled Warring States Political Rhetoric and the Zhangguo Ce Persuasions, was directed by Dr. Anna Shields. Mark later received an MPhil from…
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Sept. 26, 2015
The Chinese language program participated in the Fourth Chinese Language and Culture Proficiency Competition at the Tucson Chinese Culture Center, September 26, 2015. The event was hosted by the Confucius Institute of the University of Arizona.…
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Sept. 15, 2015
This summer EAS assistant professor and cultural anthropologist Dr. Nathaniel Smith led the inaugural year of Arizona in Japan: Megacity Tokyo. The group of eleven students were based at Sophia University in the heart of Tokyo, analyzed the…
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Sept. 8, 2015
China is currently the fifth most popular study abroad destination among American college students, but UA has never had its own program in Mainland China before. In the summer of 2015, Department of East Asian Studies launched its Arizona-in-…
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Sept. 4, 2015
The Department of East Asian Studies launched a new Buddhism minor in Fall, 2015, which is already generating interest among undergraduate students. Read more about in the news!
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Sept. 1, 2015
EAS faculty attended a working retreat at Hacienda del Sol Resort on August 29th to plan for the 2015-16 academic year. Faculty pictured from left to right: (back row) Philip Gabriel, Albert Welter, Fabio Lanza, Nathaniel Smith, Scott Gregory, Noel…
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June 3, 2015
Christianne Ono is the recipient of the 2015 Blair Prize in Japanese Studies. Christianne graduates from the University of Arizona with a triple major in Economics, Linguistics, and East Asian Studies, with a minor in Math. She has managed to…
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June 3, 2015
Join us in congratulating Ashley Levy, the 2015 recipient of The Hucker Founders Award for Excellence in Chinese Studies. Ashley began learning Chinese in 7th grade, studying the language for six years and taking three trips to China with her school…
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May 11, 2015
Please join us in congratulating Dr. David Pietz.
http://uanews.org/story/ua-prof-receives-unesco-appointment
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March 18, 2015
A Buddhist studies minor will be available starting in the fall, and it will draw from the University's existing expertise in religious studies, East Asian studies, Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, and South Asian religions.
http://uanews.org/story/…
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March 11, 2015
"I am extremely thankful to everyone in the SILLC Committee for awarding me my very first (hopefully of more to come) study abroad scholarship. Thanks to this generous contribution to my academic career, I will be studying abroad in Kobe, Japan for…
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March 4, 2015
EAS faculty member Nathaniel Smith will speak on Wednesday, March 4 at a symposium convened by the Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. The symposium, “Waiting for the Rising Sun: Japanese New…