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“When I think back to my time in Stanford’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, what stands out most to me is how interdisciplinary the environment was. Even though my main focus was in literature, I constantly benefitted from…

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Macau hosted the Macao Humanities Forum, featuring a lecture by Professor Ronald Egan, Stanford W. Ascherman, M.D. Professor and Confucius Institute Professor of Sinology in Stanford’s…

At the 29th Manhae Prize Award Ceremony, held on the 10th at the Haneulnaerin Center in Inje, Gangwon Province, distinguished individuals and organizations were honored for embodying the ideals of Venerable Manhae Han Yongun (1879–1944):…

Professor Ariel Stilerman draws on his teaching about Japan to argue that making can help universities—especially in the humanities—redefine literacy in the age of digital automation.

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We would like to introduce our incoming graduate cohort for Autumn 2025!  We send the members a very warm welcome: we're so glad you're joining the EALC department.

Here are brief profiles provided by each of the…