Announcements

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Ted Mack Wins Inaugural Scaglione Prize for East Asian Studies from MLA
(December 13, 2023)
Bao Tran, Director
December 5, 2023: Local Filmmakers on Martial Arts Film
(November 29, 2023)
Hanuma and Anuradha Kodavalla
New Endowed Chair in Telugu Featured in College of Arts and Sciences News
(November 28, 2023)
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Missing Women Authors: Songs from the Kishangarh Zenana
(October 31, 2023)
Nobuko Horikawa
Nobuko Horikawa Wins Distinguished Dissertation Award
(June 21, 2023)
Nazry Bahrawi
Nazry Bahrawi inaugurates Asian L&L column in Northwest Asian Weekly
(May 26, 2023)
Belle Arkham
New Administrative Assistant Belle Arkham
(May 1, 2023)
Nobuko Horikawa
Paul Atkins and Nobuko Horikawa co-author article in Nature
(May 1, 2023)
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Jieyu Zhou and Chan Lü Featured in CTL's Teaching & Learning Showcase
(April 20, 2023)
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Asia Notes 2022
(March 7, 2023)
Jennifer Dubrow
March 10: Jennifer Dubrow talk on "The Prose Poetry of Partition: Saadat Hasan Manto’s Siyah Hashiye (Black Margins) and Formal Experimentation"
(March 6, 2023)
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Assunta Ng Endowment and Celebration
(February 21, 2023)
Holi Festival India
NEW South Asian Languages and Cultures Major and Minor
(February 7, 2023)
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In Memoriam: Harold Schiffman
(December 27, 2022)
Izumi Matsuda-Kiami
Izumi Matsuda-Kiami Wins National Award
(November 14, 2022)
Nobuko Horikawa
Nobuko Horikawa receives fellowship awards for dissertation research
(October 27, 2022)
Ying-Hsiu Chou
Ying-Hsiu Chou Wins Film Festival Award
(October 13, 2022)
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Chinese Language Flagship Program updates
(September 19, 2022)
Taipei at Dusk
UW Chinese Language Flagship Students Travel to Taiwan
(May 12, 2022)
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Learn about our Sanskrit Program and Support South Asian Studies at UW
(April 21, 2022)
Ungsan Kim
Asian L&L Welcomes New Faculty Member Ungsan Kim
(March 24, 2022)
The Routledge Companion to Korean Literature
Heekyoung Cho Publishes The Routledge Companion to Korean Literature
(March 23, 2022)
Yen Kim Nguyen
Asian L&L welcomes new faculty member Yen Kim Nguyen
(February 16, 2022)
Nazry Bahrawi
Asian L&L welcomes new faculty member Nazry Bahrawi
(February 16, 2022)
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Asian L&L Summer Courses
(February 11, 2022)
Amarsanaa rides a reindeer in East Taiga, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia, while visiting the Tsaatan in August 2018.
From the land of the Reindeer People to Red Square: Teacher brings the Mongolian language to the UW
(November 8, 2021)
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Alumni Dr. Christopher L. Diamond Launches ANUBhasha Project (अनुभाषा)
(November 2, 2021)
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Asian L&L Seeks Assistant Professor in Korean Literature, Cultural Studies, or Film and Media Studies
(September 7, 2021)
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Asian L&L seeks a part-time Telugu lecturer for Winter and Spring 2022
(August 17, 2021)
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Graduate Student John Carlyle wins the Graduate School Distinguished Thesis Award 
(July 8, 2021)
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New gift to support students studying India at the University of Washington
(June 14, 2021)
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Prof. Richard Salomon Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(May 3, 2021)
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New Titles Recognize Department’s Teaching Faculty
(November 30, 2020)
Photo of Chair Zev Handel, teaching in a class.
Letter from the Chair - Fall 2020
(August 19, 2020)
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Announcing the George Takahashi Endowed Fellowship in Japanese Studies
(August 19, 2020)
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Asian L&L Welcomes New Chair, Professor Zev Handel
(August 12, 2020)
Joe Marino standing in front of tree
Professor Joseph Marino interviewed by the South Asia Center
(August 7, 2020)
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Applications to the Chinese Flagship Program are open!
(August 5, 2020)
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Professor Richard G. Salomon Awarded the 2020 Khyentse Foundation Prize for Outstanding Buddhist Translation
(May 29, 2020)
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Watch the Chinese Flagship Information Session video!
(May 15, 2020)
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Associate Professor Jennifer Dubrow receives award; publishes essay on Urdu poetry and India's anti-CAA protests
(April 20, 2020)
Asian Languages and Literature to Host Chinese Flagship Program
(April 20, 2020)
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Asian L&L Summer Courses offered online
(April 9, 2020)
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New Opening for Full-Time Lecturer in Vietnamese
(October 10, 2019)
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Congratulations to our new Asian Languages and Literature graduates!
(June 19, 2019)
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Calligraphy event and demonstration by renowned calligrapher Ustàd Ali Rouhfar
(June 11, 2019)
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Professor Zev Handel publishes new book, Sinography: The Borrowing and Adaptation of the Chinese Script
(March 6, 2019)
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New Chinese grammar teaching book by Senior Lecturer Liping Yu published
(February 19, 2019)
Chinese Literacy Learning in an Immersion Program
Professor Chan Lü's new book, Chinese Literacy Learning in an Immersion Program has been published by Palgrave Macmillan. 
(January 25, 2019)
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Professor Chris Hamm's new book, The Unworthy Scholar from Pingjiang has been published by Columbia University Press.
(January 11, 2019)