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Bear Down Rundown picked an EAS offering as one of '7 Courses Worthing Adding to Your Cart' at the UofA in a publication issued on October 13: JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
JPN 245 is offered every semester, both in-person and online.
The Department of East Asian Studies congratulates Chase McCall Valentine on receiving the prestigious MEXT Scholarship, a highly competitive award sponsored by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Through this scholarship, Chase has been provisionally accepted into the University of Tsukuba's Life Science Innovation program, where he will pursue graduate studies in bioengineering. The MEXT Scholarship provides comprehensive support for international students, including tuition, living expenses, and travel, enabling recipients to pursue advanced degrees in Japan. We are proud of Chase's remarkable achievement and wish him continued success in his academic journey.
The SAJCC 2026 Arizona in Kyoto scholarship recipient was Claire De Leon, a Japanese Culture/English Literature double major Senior at the University of Arizona. SAJCC Council met on September 9 at East Asian Studies Department conference room (1512 E. 1st St.) to hear Claire’s presentation on her study abroad experience in Kyoto. 14 students participated this summer.
She had written in her application essay:
“My studies at the University of Arizona have been particularly focused on the Heian court and its literature. Kyoto, being the capital and the location of the Imperial Court for around a thousand years starting in the Heian, is the best possible place to visit if I want to continue learning about the court! I plan to visit museums, the old palace, and sites like Rokujou that are mentioned in works like Genji Monogatari.”
Attending were Chair of Scholarship committee Carolyn Classen, members of the committee: her husband Dr. Albrecht Classen (Director of Medieval Europe study abroad) and retired EAS professor Dr. Min Yanagihashi. Other SAJCC Council members attending were Co-Director Miki Pimienta, and Co-Treasurer Miyako McKay, who provided the Japanese snacks, courtesy of SAJCC.
Faculty in attendance: AZ in Kyoto Co-directors Chieko Nakano and Dr. Margaret Camp, and EAS Chair Dr. Wenhao Diao. Chieko provided the green tea (hot and cold). Missing was SAJCC Council member Dr. Josh Schlachet, also on that faculty, currently on sabbatical in Berlin.
This was SAJCC’s 5th year of scholarships for this summer study abroad program, which started in 2019 (with 3 year covid hiatus). Both Claire and the EAS faculty expressed their gratitude for the $500 scholarship.
Experience Korean Halloween Traditions!
Join us for a cultural night where Korean folk beliefs meet Halloween traditions! Immerse yourself in Korean cultural activities such as making lotus flower lanterns, talisman making, fortune telling, and more. Create, explore, and celebrate together!
4:30 - 6:00 PM: Cultural event with games and more, Main Library Room 112
6:00 - 8:00 PM: Korean movie in ILC 130
Open to the public!
For more information, contact east-asian-studies@arizona.edu.
Experience the Joy of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
The Chinese Language Program at the Department of East Asian Studies invites you to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival and experience the Chinese culture of reunion! Join us for a festive celebration featuring activities such as tasting mooncakes, paper folding, ring tossing, lantern painting, and more. Come enjoy the holiday, connect with your peers, practice your Chinese communication skills, and experience the traditions of the Mid-Autumn Festival in a fun and interactive environment.
Open to all students at U of A! Invite your friends!
Workshop and Symposium at the University of Arizona
What should we eat? Dietary choice has preoccupied and perplexed societies worldwide—so devilishly simple and confoundingly involved at once. Join us for a day of presentations and discussion by prominent food studies scholars as we seek to reimagine healthful consumption in a global, humanistic framework.
Featuring contributions from historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and nutritionists, this symposium will take us around the globe: from the tables and narratives of African diaspora to Japan’s inner world of microbial fermentation; from the cookbooks of late-colonial Mexico to the politics of vegetarianism; from inside US prison dietary programs to the healing foods of Cambodia, and much more. We hope you will join us as we ask together: is there such a thing as ‘eating right everywhere’?
Free and open to the public; Lunch provided
Please contact Dr. Josh Schlachet at jschlachet@arizona.edu with any inquiries
Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
This course is designed to examine different topics in Korean studies, including the politics of modern Korea, late capitalism and social changes, new media and society, inter-Asia cultural flows and cosmopolitanism, youth culture, gender and sexuality, and beyond. Under this same course title, each year will focus on one of the listed topics. Students will be able to explore a variety of significant issues in Korean studies in relation to their own research agenda through this course. Graduate-level requirements necessitate more in-depth reading, thinking, and writing than an undergraduate level course.
Qualified University Honors students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.