We are delighted to welcome Yi-Xiu Lin joining the EALC faculty in fall 2022.
Yi-Xiu Lin is a visiting lecturer in the Chinese language program. She specializes in teaching Chinese as a second/ foreign language. She is particularly...
Spring 2023 Courses
CEAPS/EALC Joint Statement on Anti-Asian violence
Message from our Head regarding the health crisis
Why Study EALC?An EALC degree equips you with the knowledge and skills for a successful career in a variety of fields while nourishing your interest in different languages and cultures.
2022 Kang Endowed LectureThe Chi Lung Kang Endowment was established to honor the memory of Chi Lung (Charles) Kang, a PhD graduate of UIUC’s electrical engineering program. This year's lecture will be given by Professor Zhi Chen on the topic "Binomes, Idioms, and Tetrasyllabic poetry in Light of Paleography."
Year-in-Japan program
Faculty Spotlight: Yi-Xiu Lin Joining the EALC Faculty in Fall 2022
Faculty Spotlight: Shino Hayashi Joining the EALC Faculty in Fall 2022
We are delighted to welcome Shino Hayashi joining the EALC faculty in fall 2022. Shino Hayashi is Senior Lecturer in the Japanese language program. Her passion has lied in Japanese teaching and learning for nearly two decades. After...
Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor of Chinese Linguistics
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for an assistant professor tenure-track position in Chinese Linguistics. The successful candidate is expected to have an active research agenda, to direct or co-direct the...
- Chancellor Jones’s office announced the list of projects funded by the Chancellor’s Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program for 2022-23, including the project on Yellow Peril Redux that is developed from EALC 398 during the past 3-4 years. Yellow Peril Redux: From Coolies to Concentration Camps, Trade Wars, and Coronavirus – $75,000 Project...
The Blakemore Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2023 Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for an academic year of advanced language study in East and Southeast Asia. The application deadline is December 30, 2022. If you are interested, please visit here: https://...- The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for an assistant professor tenure-track position in Chinese Linguistics. The successful candidate is expected to have an active research agenda, to direct or co-direct the Chinese language program, and to teach a range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels....
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- Credit: 5 hours For more information, please contact Professor Sadler: (sadlerm@illinois.edu).
- As a companion event to the 2022 Kang lecture, EALC and CEAPS are proud to host a symposium on "Reading and Reception of Canonical Texts in East Asia". In this panel, three renowned experts discuss the rich reception histories of several major canonical...
- Up-to-date information on the upcoming Placement Test for Japanese-language students can be found here.
- Kolten Conklen, a double major in East Asian Languages and Cultures and Global Studies, is one of 16 students nationally awarded the Beinecke Scholarship. Valued at $34,000, the Beinecke award supports graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Kolten plans to...
Career Paths in EALC
EALC 466This course surveys Japanese cinema from its early history to the contemporary period following a roughly chronological order. We will use (but also question) concepts such as ?auteur, genre, national traditions, gender and racial hierarchy, culture, Commercial vs. Art, Tradition vs. Modernity, the...
EALC 122Introduction to East Asian religious traditions; emphasizes the ideas of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in China and their historical interactions.
EALC 275Study of major works in the literary traditions of China and Japan, including haiku, noh, Tale of Genji, kabuki, Tang poetry, Ming theater, and the colloquial tale.
