Two EALC faculty receive 2026 Outstanding Faculty Award
Jamie Newhard and Ji-Eun selected to receive 2026 Outstanding Faculty Awards
Two EALC graduate students winners of 2026 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence
Qingyi Emmy Sun and Yue Wang win teaching award
From Lab to Label: A Field Trip to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City
Graduate students Qingyi Sun and Cynthia Chen discuss class field trip to Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Meet the WashU professor who helped shape ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Filmmakers of Netflix’s hit “KPop Demon Hunters” partnered with teaching professor Mijeong Mimi Kim to infuse authentic Korean culture into a vibrant fantasy world.
Ji-Eun Lee named Creative Practice Workshop Fellow
The Center for the Literary Arts, a signature initiative of the Arts & Sciences Strategic Plan, has named its first cohort of Creative Practice Workshop Fellows.
Promotion: Heayoung Chun
promotion to senior lecturer
Mano Yasuda receives 2025 Outstanding Faculty Award
Graduate and Professional Student Council award to Dr. Yasuda
Korean faculty receive WashU Digital Transformation grant
DI2 Accelerator Award for Open Educational Resources
‘Meet Me in St. Louis’: The Chinese experience at the 1904 World’s Fair
Zhao Ma is associate professor of modern Chinese history and culture in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His work on China’s presence at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair is part of a larger project, “Global Qing and Its Legacies,” which explores the manner in which Qing ideas, institutions and behaviors have participated in making and remaking the modern world.
KMOX Series: USA's international relations under Trump- Part 2 China
Zhao Ma | KMOX Series podcast
How America fell in love with China's memes
Jianqing Chen quoted in BBC article
What’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to — and the cultural moment unfolding there
Jianqing Chen | The Conversation
Tracking the tap: A historical and cultural analysis of Chinese touchscreen media
Interview with Faculty Fellow Jianqing Chen
Korean Culture Day Event
South Korea’s Seoul Broadcasting System features the Oct 24 Korean Culture Day event organized by the WashU Korean Students Association, the Korean Cultural Center of LA, and EALC Korean faculty.
A factory worker’s take on AI
Ki Cora Chow is a PhD candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, focusing on the technological experiences of factory workers in her dissertation.
Ran Wei awarded Percy Buchanan Graduate Student Prize
Ran Wei, Japanese Ph.D. candidate, receives award
Alumni earn Fulbright awards
Ashlee Chung, graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s in East Asian studies; Ella Jones, graduated in 2024 with a bachelor’s in East Asian languages and cultures; Jack Manting, graduated in 2024 with a bachelor’s in East Asian languages and cultures