News

2019-07-01 - Actus Consulting Group is recruiting Japanese speakers for various entry positions in Japanese companies in the U.S. Click here to see available positions (updated on July 1, 2019) and contact Nina Koch at (847)-466-1516 if you...

2019-03-05 - Students are invited to participate in the Fourth Annual Korean Speech Contest on Thursday, April 4th. This event is open to all, and will be co-hosted by the Korean language program in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Korean Students Association (KSA). Here is...

2019-01-24 - Korean Conversation Table is an informal weekly gathering where participants get to practice their spoken Korean with native speakers of Korean. All who would like to practice speaking in Korean is welcome, so please join us.  For more information, please contact Jeeyoung Ahn Ha, director of the Korean language program (j-ahn3@illinois.edu <...

2018-09-19 - PASONA has been organizing a Two-month Summer internship program at a Japanese company in JAPAN named “PASONA International Exchange Program” since 1987 and it marked the 30th anniversary this year. This summer internship program allows outstanding undergraduate and graduate students to participate in a two-month...

2018-08-28 -   Date & Time: Friday, Oct 5, 2018, 2:00 pm (Talk 2:00-3:30 pm; Reception 3:30-4:30 pm) Location: Levis Faculty Center, Room 300 (919 West Illinois Street, Urbana) Dr. Roald Maliangkay discusses the cultural impact of shows and nightlife at the Seoul Walker Hill resort from 1962-2012. The Walker Hill, opened in 1963, comprised a hotel with a casino and other luxury...

2018-08-28 - The next Korean placement/proficiency test will be administered on Friday, January 11 2019. For more information on where to sign up online for the test, please contact Ms. Debbie (debrice@illinois.edu) in November.

2018-08-27 - 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 published in October. Click here...

2018-04-09 - Bond Consultants will be holding a recruiting seminar at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and they are looking for students who are interested in the Japanese language/culture and/or would like to pursue a career within a  Japanese company in the US market.  The recruiting seminar will be held: Date:     April 12th, 2018 (Thursday) Time: ...

2018-03-29 -   Event Type Reception/Open House Sponsor Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies; EALC Korean Language Program; Korean Student Association Location 319 Gregory Hall (810 S. Wright St., Urbana) Date Apr 6, 2018   5:00 - 7:00 pm   Registration...

2018-03-29 -   CEAPS Speaker Series - Jong Bum Kwon "Homeless, Abandoned: Affective Lives in Post-industrial South Korea" Event Type Seminar/Symposium Topic south korea Sponsor Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies Location 1080 Foreign Languages Building - Lucy Ellis Lounge (707 S Mathews Ave.,...

2018-03-29 -   There will be the 3rd Annual Korean Speaking Contest on Friday, April 6. The Contest is open to anyone who can speak Korean so feel free to forward this to your friends who may be interested.  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1E4Nw-Sv4RYefAFOmnykQfWJobTbYQrn8xoHzpuNZK80 Beginner/...

2018-02-22 - The 2018 edition of the UIUC-Osaka City University Exchange Symposium will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in the  ***Levis Faculty Center, Room 422 (919 W. Illinois Street, Urbana).  The complete program can be viewed...

2018-02-19 -   KU ISC Information Session @ UIUC 1.   Date and Time: Feb 22, 2018 (Wed) 5:00pm~7:00pm 2.   Venue: Lincoln Hall #1090 3.   Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/WOfec0Xmu6yJTIos1 4.   Remarks - Raffle winner will get a KU T-shirt or BTS CD Album - Tuition discount will be provided for...

2018-02-16 -   The Center for Language Instruction and Coordination (CLIC) is pleased to announce the second biennial Business and Languages in Emerging Markets Symposium to take place on Thursday, April 19 2018, from 9:00am to 3:00pm, in Lucy Ellis Lounge. This interdisciplinary symposium brings together instructors, business professionals, and students to explore the role that languages and language...

2017-12-06 - The Year-in-Japan program is featured on the latest news of the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics. Go read the interview of two students who have recently...