Dear EALC Community,
By popular demand, we are seeking to revive our pre-pandemic tradition of holding an “EALC Monthly Mixer.” The idea behind the “mixer” is to provide a regular, low-key venue for EALC grad students and faculty to get together over a beverage (and, if you like...
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...
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...
Below is a selection of our Fall 2024 courses. For a complete list, please visit Course ExplorerEALC/REL 225 Japanese Religions: Thought and Practice
Course Description:
Introduces the history and...
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...
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...
