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Cameron (Cam) Roberts, the winner of the Beginning Level at the 8th UIUC Korean Speech Contest, won the Highest Standing Award of the Beginning Level at the 5th Midwest Korean Speech Contest held o
Anna Jungeun Lee to join EALC faculty in Fall 2024
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Anna Jungeun Lee will join the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures as Assistant Professor of Korean History.
Dr. Lee, previously the...
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Summer 2024 Online KOR 201 [Elementary Korean 1]
Are you planning to study abroad in Korea next year or just want to learn a new language and culture of the Squid Game, BTS, and K-BBQ?
SU24 KOR 201 will be a great opportunity to learn about the Korean culture and the basics of how to speak, read and write in...
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UIUC Cameron Roberts wins highest standing award in the 5th Midwest Korean Speech Contest
Cameron (Cam) Roberts, the winner of the Beginning Level at the 8th UIUC Korean Speech Contest, won the Highest Standing Award of the Beginning Level at the 5th Midwest Korean Speech Contest held on...
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Lecture by renowned scholar Peter Kornicki
Printing began in Japan in the 8th century with the production of the Hyakumantō darani, though they were produced for ritual purposes not for reading. Texts were printed for reading from the 11th...
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2024 Summer Online JAPN 201
JAPN 201: Elementary Japanese I
Introduction to Japanese, spoken language skills and the reading and writing of hirigana, katakana, and kanji.
The course will be taught online using Zoom and Canvas. The class will meet synchronously for 2 hours, twice a week (typically...
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The Eighth UIUC Korean Speech Contest at 7 pm on Thursday March 28, 2024
The Eighth Annual UIUC Korean Speech Contest will be held in person at 7 pm in Lincoln Hall Room 1000 on Thursday, March 28, 2024. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures [EALC], the...
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Screening of "Train to Busan (부산행)" on February 29th, 7 pm
The Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies will have a screening of "Train to Busan (부산행)" on February 29th, 7 pm at Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum. Feel free to share this with anyone who may be interested!
Applications for Non-UIUC Students
For students from American Consortium Universities: University of Arizona,University of Hawaii, University of Pittsburgh
Summer funding opportunities for EALC graduate students
EALC is pleased to announce the following two summer funding opportunities for our graduate students:
Call for Applications