04/22/2022 - Credit: 5 hours For more information, please contact Professor Sadler: (sadlerm@illinois.edu).
News
04/06/2022 - 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...
03/30/2022 - The Fall 2022 Korean proficiency and placement test will be administered on Friday, August 19 2022 in person. Students will be required to write in Korean...
03/18/2022 - This year's lecture will be: Zhi Chen, "Binomes, Idioms, and Tetrasyllabic poetry in Light of Paleography." For more information, and to register, click...
02/18/2022 - The 6th Annual Korean Speech Contest will be held virtually at 7 pm on Thursday, March 31, 2022. The event is organized by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures [EALC] and sponsored by...
10/29/2021 - The Spring 2022 Korean proficiency and placement test will be administered on Friday, January 14 2022 in person and will not be administered online. Following...
08/03/2021 - Up-to-date information on the upcoming Placement Test for Japanese-language students can be found here.
04/26/2021 - 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...
04/05/2021 - Chi Lung Kang Endowed Lecture Series The Chi Lung Kang Endowment was established to honor the memory of Chi Lung (Charles) Kang, a PhD graduate of UIUC’s electrical engineering program. Its purpose...
03/30/2021 - THE NEXT CHINESE PROFICIENCY TEST WILL BE OFFERED ON: April 10 2021 (Saturday) 2-4 PM Web link for self-registration is open from now to April 6 (Tuesday) 5PM. ...
03/04/2021 - EALC is pleased to announce the following two summer funding opportunities for our graduate students: Call for Applications EALC Graduate Summer Fellowships, 2021...
11/10/2020 - The Spring 2021 Korean Placement/Proficiency test will be administered online, using Canvas with remote proctoring as follows: Date: Friday, January 15 2021 Time: 9:30 a.m...
10/26/2020 - Date: Wed, Nov 11, 2020 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: Virtual event Registration The ...
10/19/2020 - Tentative Policy on GRE and English Proficiency during the Pandemic: For the 2020-2021 application season, the EALC Department is not requiring the GRE general test, and such scores...
10/09/2020 - The global success and recognition of BTS, a seven-member South Korean music group, demonstrates that their artistry and message has captured the attention of millions. In addition to providing music...