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What to know about Lunar New Year traditions
January 23, 2025
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Arts & Sciences Guide to UW Family Weekend
October 18, 2024
ArtSci Roundup: Kicking the school year off with gallery exhibitions, a faculty comedy show, filming screening, and more!
ArtSci Roundup: Kicking the school year off with gallery exhibitions, a faculty comedy show, filming screening, and more!
September 20, 2024
A professional photo of TEAL Chinese Studies Librarian Lucy Li.
China Studies Librarian Lucy Li Pens Latest Northwest Asian Weekly Article
June 5, 2024
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New chapter for Northwest Asian Weekly after decades of community coverage
May 29, 2024
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Opinion: The growth of Southeast Asian and Korean programs at the UW
January 4, 2024
Sariah Burdett
I am First Generation: Sariah Burdett
October 7, 2023
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Korean Cybersecurity Summer Camp Combines Cybersecurity with Korean Language Instruction
October 5, 2023
Portraits of first generation students UW faculty and staff
We are First-Generation: College of Arts & Sciences Faculty and Staff
October 5, 2023
Nazry Bahrawi
Nazry Bahrawi inaugurates Asian L&L column in Northwest Asian Weekly
May 26, 2023
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COMMENTARY: This AAPI month, let’s not forget Seattle’s ultraminorities
May 25, 2023
Cover of Asia Notes 2022 newsletter
Asia Notes 2022
March 7, 2023
ArtSci Roundup: Modern Music Ensemble, Brazilian Percussion, and more
ArtSci Roundup: Modern Music Ensemble, Brazilian Percussion, and more
March 3, 2023
Shusenjo
Event Recap: Miki Dezaki's "Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the 'Comfort Women' Issue"
February 22, 2023
Assunta Ng in a beret holding a newspaper.
Assunta Ng Endowment and Celebration
February 21, 2023
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ArtSci Roundup: Grammy winner Morris Robinson, Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest, and more!
October 13, 2022
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UW, a jewel of Seattle, shines in global academic ranking
August 21, 2022
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Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences
July 15, 2021
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Asian L&L hosts our first Korean Sign Language colloquium 
December 18, 2020
Japanese cherry blossoms with a snowy Mt. Fuji in the background
Thoughts from a Donor: Why I Support the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, by Yumi Iwasaki
November 30, 2020
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New Titles Recognize Department’s Teaching Faculty
November 30, 2020
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UW secures competitive $1 million Luce Foundation grant to advance Southeast Asian research and community engagement
October 5, 2020
Asian Languages and Literature to Host Chinese Flagship Program
April 20, 2020
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ArtsUW Roundup: Visit the Burke Museum, attend a Sankai Juku performance, and more.
October 10, 2019
middle school students in front of Suzzallo library
8th grade Chinese learners from Mercer International Middle School visit the Chinese Program at UW
June 4, 2019
Panelists take photo together
Dr. Bich-Ngoc Turner speaks on COTSEAL panel at AAS conference in Denver.
April 4, 2019
Washin Kai Lecture
Washin Kai Lecture: "Friends from a World Unseen: Fujiwara no Teika and Medieval Poetry"
November 1, 2018
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From Japan, an award honoring scholarship and community-building
July 18, 2018
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VIDEO: Dramatic recital of The Tale of the Heike
October 31, 2017
Indonesia: Past, Present, and Future flyer
Indonesia: Past, Present, and Future
October 2, 2017
Hirokazu Koreeda visited the University of Washington in May
Acclaimed Director Hirokazu Koreeda Visits the University of Washington
August 5, 2017
Reiko Yamanaka
Dr. Reiko Yamanaka, Expert on Noh Drama, Visits University of Washington as Visiting Scholar
May 31, 2017
Dr. Junko Mori
Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture: Junko Mori on Translingual Competence and Asian Language Education
May 26, 2017
Liviana Zheng, Juliana Wijaya, and Desiana Pauli Sandjaja.
Three 'Kartinis' in the USA
May 10, 2017
Shizu Usami performs calligraphy at the second annual Sakura-kai
Dept. of Asian Languages & Literature and the East Asia Library Host Second Annual Sakura-kai
March 30, 2017
Asian Languages & Literature Career Panel
AL&L Career Panel Helps Students Put Language Skills to Work
March 13, 2017
Vietnamese Tet Event at the Waterfront Activities Center
First Vietnamese Tet Event Held on UW Seattle Campus
February 8, 2017
Katsura Sunshine performs traditional Rakugo
An Evening of Rakugo with Katsura Sunshine at the University of Washington
December 30, 2016
Professor Chi-P’ing Chou
Teaching Chinese Language in the U.S.: Challenges and Prospects
December 15, 2016
Peking Opera Demystified Flyer
Peking Opera Demystified
December 15, 2016
Presenters at "Approaches to religious violence, radicalization, and deradicalization: Perspectives from US and Indonesia"
Perspectives from the US and Indonesia on Religious Violence
December 15, 2016
Guest speakers at the Tadoku Workshop.
Tadoku (Extensive Reading) Workshop Attracts More Than 40 Participants
October 10, 2016
Junko Mori
2nd Northwest Conference on Japanese Pedagogy Held at UW
June 1, 2016
UW Awards of Excellence
Big honors to A&S in UW Awards of Excellence
March 28, 2016
hands-raised
NEW! Korean Language Endorsement
February 4, 2016
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Prof. Yue Receives East Asia Center Grant for Project on Chinese Oracle-Bone Writing
October 8, 2015
Globally-Minded Leaders Wanted!
September 1, 2015
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AL&L hosts unprecedented number of lectures
June 1, 2010
Michael Shapiro
Past-Chair Reflects on Changes in Climate for the Study of Asian Languages
June 1, 2010
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Washington State's new Confucius Institute opens
June 1, 2010