Jinsub Song

Jinsub Song Wins The Percy Buchanan Graduate Prize for 2024 MCAA

Jinsub Song, who graduated this summer with his PhD from EALC, won the Percy Buchanan Graduate Prize for the China and Inner Asian Region at the 2024 Midwest Conference on Asian...
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Jeeyoung Ha Appointed as Assistant Head of EALC

We are pleased to announce that Professor Jeeyoung Ha has been appointed as the new Assistant Head of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.   Message from Professor Ha: I’m delighted to step into the role of...

Fall 2024 Courses

Below is a selection of our Fall 2024 courses. For a complete list, please visit Course Explorer   EALC/REL 225 Japanese Religions: Thought and Practice Course Description: Introduces the history and...

Three New Instructors/Lecturers to join EALC in Fall 2024

We are delighted to announce that three new faculty will join the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures starting Fall 2024: Quillon Arkenstone (Lecturer in Modern-Contemporary Japanese...
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Anna Jungeun Lee

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 Korean 201

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...
Cameron Roberts_Midwest Korean Speech Contest Highest Standing Awardee

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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Kornicki talk flyer

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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