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.
Condemning the anti-Asian violence in Atlanta
New book from Mijeong Mimi Kim
New Korean language textbook provides students with the perfect preparation for the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK).
Kevin Gao selected as a recipient of Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence for 2019-20
Kevin Gao receives the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
Alumnus gift supports new project to study the Qing Dynasty’s global reach
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures has launched “Global Qing and Its Legacies,” a project that funds research, teaching, and visiting lectures.
Fourteen faculty searches approved for digital transformation initiative
The ambitious hiring initiative will recruit interdisciplinary scholars with expertise in digital, spatial, and data sciences.
Remembering the forgotten war
By examining the Chinese film industry’s long relationship with the Korean War, Zhao Ma’s current book project reveals the power of movies to shape historical memory.
Far from campus, but part of the community
International students and faculty including Zhao Ma share how they maintain community from afar
Biden presidency to bring opportunities for Korea's diplomacy
Zhao Ma quoted in The Korea Times article
Graduate students studying Japanese literature awarded Fulbright and Japan Foundation grants
Five graduate students studying Japanese literature at Washington University have been awarded grants to conduct dissertation research in Japan.
Beijing deploys role in Korean war in fight against the US
Zhao Ma quoted in Financial Times article
How Korean war memories in China fuel desire to take Taiwan 70 years on
Zhao Ma quoted in South China Morning Post article
70 years on, how China sees the Korean War
“The Korean War, as I understand it, is very much like the First World War to Europeans. It changed the ways in which they understand modern warfare,” says Zhao Ma, an associate professor of modern Chinese history and culture at Washington University in St. Louis.