East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University

01/05/2021

In honor of Connie Chin, EALC and CEAS have created the Connie Chin Memorial Prize for Writing in East Asian Studies.
This prize is open to current Stanford EALC and CEAS graduate students.

Details can be found here: https://ceas.stanford.edu/opportunities/student-prizes-and-fellowships

10/20/2020

https://news.stanford.edu/2020/10/19/long-time-manager-stanfords-center-east-asian-languages-cultures-dies/

For more than 40 years, Chin was an enthusiastic and dedicated member of the Center for East Asian Studies that she helped manage.

10/05/2020

https://news.stanford.edu/2020/10/02/makoto-ueda-stanford-japanese-literature-professor-emeritus-dies-89/

Ueda, a noted translator and critic of Japanese poetry, was instrumental in expanding Stanford’s East Asian studies program.

07/07/2020

Undergrad student spotlight: Mika Liu!

https://www.usga.org/videos/2016/04/29/160429-cc-bio_mika-liu-4870252726001.html

05/19/2020

https://wwyat22.buzzsprout.com/?fbclid=IwAR2QYahu0QmxGjF6N9i1rYF_KA-L1oLZHOGqcNenOYHP3vNMt3Y3R9zdc_8

WWY@22 is a podcast interview series talking with Stanford community members (primarily faculty and administrators) about their journeys to the present. We hope these stories will bring advice, perspective, and connection to Stanford undergraduates. This podcast is hosted by the Stanford Social P...

07/22/2019

07/19/2019

In AY 19-20, EALC will be participating in the Humanities Research Intensive program!

A new one-week course, called Humanities Research Intensive, teaches first- and second-year undergraduate students what research in the humanities could be and what skills are needed to do it.

06/25/2019

06/25/2019

Congratulations to the class of 2019!

06/11/2019

Congratulations to our department's Frank Mondelli and Kevin Niehaus, 2019's Fullbright grant recipients!

https://news.stanford.edu/thedish/2019/06/10/twenty-seven-from-stanford-win-fulbright-u-s-student-program-grants/

Frank Mondelli (Ph.D. in Japanese Literature, ’21) Japan – will research the history of deaf assistive technology (AT) and portrayals of deafness in popular culture.

Kevin Niehaus (Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Culture, ’20) Japan – His dissertation argues that Japanese writers deployed letters within fictional texts to imagine and engender the modern reader.

The Bechtel International Center recently announced that 27 people with Stanford affiliations, including seniors, graduate students and alumni, have won grants to pursue special projects abroad next year with funding from the FULBRIGHT U.S. STUDENT PROGRAM. Under the program, they will travel to 15....

04/17/2019

Next year Prof Dafna Zur will serve as director for Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University!

In the 2019-20 academic year, three Stanford Global Studies (SGS) centers and programs will welcome new faculty directors.