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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)
East Wall Rubbing. Photo by Seaver Milnor with the permission of the Seattle Art Museum.
Museum internship hands on with ancient texts
(June 1, 2009)