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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…
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Oct. 31, 2014
The Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy (CERCLL) at the University of Arizona (UA) was awarded a third Title VI Language Resource Center grant to develop resources for the teaching and learning of foreign languages at…
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May 22, 2014
We are proud to announce that Chloe Love is the recipient of this year's Hucker Founders Award for excellence in Chinese Studies. Chloe transferred to the University of Arizona at the beginning of her sophomore year from a small, private university…
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May 20, 2014
Congratulations to Darryl Hutchinson on being awarded the 2014 Blair Prize in Japanese Studies. Darryl graduated summa cum laude with honors, majoring in East Asian Studies with a focus in Japanese Culture and a minor in Astronomy. Darryl graduated…
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March 31, 2014
Dr. Jiang Wu was recently invited to UC Berkeley to attend a forum featuring the abbot of Shaolin Temple Shi Yongxin from China and served as his translator during the discussion. Entitled “Gongfu and Meditation in Buddhist Practice: A View from…
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March 24, 2014
Dr. Jiang Wu recently received the Provost’s Author Support Fund ($1,100) from the Provost’s Office of the University of Arizona to help to defray the cost of indexing his new book forthcoming from Oxford University Press. This book, entitled “…
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March 10, 2014
Dr. Pinnington has come out with another volume of Monumenta Nipponica, The Early HIstory of the Noh Play!