"For Ralph Tyler, supporting the University of Illinois is about giving back to a special place that provided him with opportunity—and it’s also more essential now than ever.
Spring 2020 CoursesBrowse our Spring 2020 course offering
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.
Korean Conversation TableYour weekly opportunity to practice your Korean and interact with native speakers.
Speaker SeriesThe department hosts a regular series of lectures and talks by distinguished guest speakers and U of I faculty.
Korean Language ProgramFind out about the exciting opportunities for learning Korean at Illinois
Fall 2019 CoursesBrowse our Fall 2019 course offering
Alumni Spotlight: EALC DONOR RALPH TYLER ON "THE NECESSITY OF GIVING BACK"
Publication Spotlight: New book by EALC Professor Emeritus Ronald Toby: Engaging the Other: 'Japan' and Its Alter-Egos, 1550-1850
In Engaging the Other: “Japan and Its Alter-Egos”, 1550-1850, Ronald P. Toby examines new discourses of identity and difference in early modern Japan, a discourse catalyzed by the “Iberian irruption,” the appearance of Portuguese and other new, radical others in the sixteenth century.
Alumni Spotlight: EALC alumna Teresa Fornoff on her Year in Japan
皆さん、こんにちは！ Hello, everyone! My name is Teresa Fornoff and I graduated from UIUC in May of 2015. My major was EALC, concentrating in Japanese. I always knew I wanted to go to U of I and it was perfect because it was one of two universities in Illinois that offered Japanese as a major.
We have followed with great concern the recent revelations regarding the actions of former employee Gary Xu.
The Year-in-Japan program is featured on the latest news of the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics.
Events
More Department News
- Date: Feb 13, 2020 5:00 pm Location: GQT Savoy 16 IMAX (232 W Burwash Ave, Savoy)
- Actus Consulting Group is recruiting Japanese speakers for various entry positions in Japanese companies in the U.S.
- Unfinished business and life after death are the themes of The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda, a haunting tale of redemption by Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo (BA, Asian Studies 1990), a 47-year-old rising Maine writer, who died in 2015, and whose debut novel will be publish
- Korean Students Association at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has initiated a petition, asking the College of Liberal Arts and Science to institutionalize support for Korean Studies.
Career Paths in EALC
EALC 466 (Spring 2020)This 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.
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.
