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.
Zhao Ma | World News
Chinese blockbuster war film salutes China’s military might and heroism
Kang awarded two book prizes
Hyeok Hweon Kang has received two awards for his doctoral dissertation.
Alumni selected by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Eight alumni of Washington University in St. Louis were selected by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to conduct research or teach English this academic year.
Language Teaching Fair brings together a world of language instruction
A recent conference invited language instructors from across Arts & Sciences to discuss challenges and opportunities unique to the foreign language classroom.
Remembering David Holloway
EALC remembers David Holloway (PhD '14, BA '02)
Letter from the chair, June 2021
Marvin Marcus shares some thoughts and observations as he prepares to step down from his role as departmental chair of EALC.
Rebecca Copeland: author of new novel, Kimono Tattoo
Rebecca Copeland, professor of Japanese language and literature in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is a nationally known scholar of modern Japanese literature, a translator of contemporary Japanese novels, and, now, a novelist herself.
The Kimono Tattoo: Discussing Kyoto, Kimono & More w. Dr. Rebecca Copeland
Japan Station podcast with Rebecca Copeland
East Asian Languages and Cultures major introduced
The current majors and minors in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean will be consolidated into a new major and minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures.
Adam Manfredi selected as a recipient of Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence for 2020-21
Adam Manfredi receives the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
Hearing poetry in an ancient language
This National Poetry Month, two faculty members discuss the enduring value of sound when learning poetry in languages that no longer have native speakers.
WashU Expert: Propaganda at the Movies
As China prepares for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party, theaters have been instructed to screen at least two propaganda films each week. But ideological mandates may not sit well with moviegoers, argues Zhao Ma.