On March 30 Asian L&L faculty, students, and staff gathered together in the miraculously sunny quad to celebrate spring and the beautiful cherry blossoms with poetry.
After brief welcome remarks by Zev Handel, Paul Atkins started the celebration off by sharing two versions of a poem by Kobayashi Issa:
Author: Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 (1763-1828)
Version 1 (dated 1817)
kimi nakute makoto ni tada no kodachi ka na
君なくて誠にただの木立哉
Without you
they really are just
a bunch of trees
Version 2 (no… Read more
"The annual Washington State Speech and Skit Contest provides Japanese learners of all levels with the opportunity to compete with like-minded, skilled, and passionate students (high school division and college division) from all across Washington State. The Speech and Skit contest is held in early spring by the Hyogo Business and Cultural Center, Consulate General of Japan in Seattle, Washington Japan-America Society, and Washington Association for Teachers of Japanese." More information can… Read more
Professor of Japanese Paul Atkins and PhD student Nobuko Horikawa are co-authors, with an international team of researchers, of "Lunar eclipses illuminate timing and climate impact of medieval volcanism," published in Nature on April 5. The article describes how medieval records, including Japanese records from the poet and scribe Fujiwara no Teika in the early 13th century, have allowed researchers to narrow down the probable dates and intensity of volcanic eruptions in medieval times… Read more
On Saturday, April 22, Asian L&L Prof. EunYoung Won joined the UW School of Music, the Center for Korea Studies, and the East Asia Center in sponsoring "Korean Music Language Workshop: Learn Korean through K-Pop and More!" in Gowen 201.
UW Doctor of Musical Arts candidate and voice instructor Eun Ju Vivianna Oh led over 65 students in this two hour event, and they all had great fun learning Korean through the catchy tunes of K-Pop, the dramatic performances of… Read more
Asian L&L is happy to welcome our new Administrative Assistant to Gowen 225: Belle Arkham. Belle studied in our department for her Minor in Japanese and then lived in Japan for several years. You can find her full department profile here.
Welcome Belle!