Honors and Awards

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AL&L Double-Major Honored as Dean's Medalist in the Humanities
(July 1, 2024)
Richard Salomon
Professor Emeritus Richard Salomon Elected Honorary Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
(April 22, 2024)
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AL&L Undergrad Awarded Critical Languages Scholarship for Chinese
(March 7, 2024)
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Professor Heekyoung Cho Featured in HUMANITIES Magazine
(February 2, 2024)
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Ted Mack Wins Inaugural Scaglione Prize for East Asian Studies from MLA
(December 13, 2023)
Ying-Hsiu Chou
Ying-Hsiu Chou Wins Young Scholar Award
(October 5, 2023)
Nobuko Horikawa
Nobuko Horikawa Wins Distinguished Dissertation Award
(June 21, 2023)
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Asia Notes 2022
(March 7, 2023)
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)
Ying-Hsiu Chou
Ying-Hsiu Chou wins TOP Grant
(September 7, 2022)
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UW, a jewel of Seattle, shines in global academic ranking
(August 21, 2022)
Asian L&L 2022 Convocation Program Booklet
2022 Convocation and Awards Ceremony and Reception
(June 22, 2022)
“The Mountain is Empty; A Pinecone Falls,” line from a poem by Wei Yingwu
Paul Atkins Awarded Selden Prize for Translation
(December 7, 2021)
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Prof. Richard Salomon Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(May 3, 2021)
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Four UW faculty named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
(April 27, 2021)
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Four UW faculty named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
(April 26, 2021)
Izumi Matsuda-Kiami
Izumi Matsuda-Kiami Receives the Leslie Birkland Award
(February 25, 2021)
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[51st Korea Times Translation Awards] Fiction Grand Prize winner Hannah Hertzog
(November 11, 2020)
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22 UW students receive Fulbright awards
(June 4, 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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UW Books in brief: Poetry of India’s Bani-Thani, equitable parent-school collaboration, building military cultural competence — and a 2019 National Jewish Book Award
(February 3, 2020)
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Professor Justin Jesty Wins ASAP Book Award
(October 31, 2019)
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Congratulations to our new Asian Languages and Literature graduates!
(June 19, 2019)
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University of Washington is a top producer of Fulbright recipients
(February 21, 2019)
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Asian L&L receives Japanese Foreign Minister's 2018 Commendation
(July 20, 2018)
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From Japan, an award honoring scholarship and community-building
(July 18, 2018)
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The 2018 Graduation and Awards Ceremony
(June 12, 2018)
UW Awards of Excellence
Big honors to A&S in UW Awards of Excellence
(March 28, 2016)
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Benjamin Lee selected as Carnegie Junior Fellow
(March 25, 2016)