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.
The Korean War: China's reminder of strength against the U.S.
Zhao Ma | South China Morning Post
Ke Nie named First Year Finale Outstanding Faculty Member
Ke Nie, senior lecturer in Chinese, has been named the 2019–20 First Year Finale Outstanding Faculty Member by the First Year Center.
New books from Xia Liang and Taewoong Kim
Two new books by East Asian Languages and Cultures faculty outline approaches to teaching Chinese and Korean.
Nan Hu wins graduate fellowship from the Center for the Humanities
Hu's dissertation is tentatively titled, “Voicing the Foreign: Dubbing for Films in Socialist China (1949-1978).”
Beata Grant retires after 32 years
Beata Grant, professor of Chinese and religious studies, is retiring this summer after thirty-two years at Washington University in St. Louis.
Letter from the chair: Summer 2020
Marvin Marcus reflects on the past semester at WashU and the challenges posed by COVID-19 for teaching East Asian languages and cultures.
Overcoming the challenges of virtual language instruction
Ginger Marcus, professor of the practice of Japanese language, explains how she and her students dealt with the difficulties of learning a language through online tools.
Congratulations, EALC Class of 2020!
A message to the EALC Class of 2020 from Zhao Ma, director of undergraduate studies
NEH Awards Summer Stipend to EALC’s Nathan Vedal
Chen and Nie promoted to senior lecturer
Wenhui Chen and Ke Nie have been promoted to senior lecturer effective July 1, 2020.
Q & A with Ananda Martin (BA '95)
Ananda Martin graduated from WashU in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in Japanese and cultural anthropology.
Vedal wins ACLS fellowship
Nathan Vedal, assistant professor of East Asian languages and cultures in Arts & Sciences, has received a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. Vedal also recently received a Mellon Fellowship from Princeton University’s Institute for Advanced Study.