Lectures and Events

A poster that features Nazry Bahrawi and his colleagues, Syahida Ismail, Azlan Nur Saidi, Nadia Mahamoor, and Yuliana Frederika
Diasporic Malays in the Pacific Northwest, including Prof. Nazry Bahrawi, discusses cultural heritage in online panel
January 30, 2026
An image of Prof. Davinder Bhowmik against a backdrop of trees
Prof. Davinder Bhowmik Pens Article in Northwest Asian Weekly on the Enduring Power of the Omoro Sōshi
March 26, 2025
Tony Bui, Bich-Ngoc Turner, Quan Manh Ha, and Christoph Giebel sit for a photo with Kieu Bich Hau joining via Zoom
"Postwar Vietnam & Cambodia" Conference Commemorates 50 Years Since the End of the Vietnam War
March 10, 2025
Professor Zev Handel delivers the 2024 Washin Kai spring lecture to an audience of more than 200 on April 3.
Washin Kai 2024 Spring Lecture Delivered by Professor Zev Handel
April 18, 2024
Bao Tran, Director
December 5, 2023: Local Filmmakers on Martial Arts Film
November 29, 2023
Adjunct Prof. Yomi Braester presents his paper "Save the Green Planet as a Response to the Diversification of South Korean Media"
The Origins of the South Korean Film Renaissance Conference
November 28, 2023
poster for Missing Women Authors
Missing Women Authors: Songs from the Kishangarh Zenana
October 31, 2023
Korean Cybersecurity Summer Camp Combines Cybersecurity with Korean Language Instruction
October 5, 2023
Korean Music Workshop
Korean Music Workshop inspires language learners
May 1, 2023
Zev Handel, Michel Hockx, and Chris Hamm at the 2023 Markus lecture
Recap: 2023 Markus Lecture with Professor Michel Hockx (University of Notre Dame)
April 11, 2023
Cover of Asia Notes 2022 newsletter
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
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
Singa-Pura-Pura
March 2: Talk by Nazry Bahrawi on Translation as a Decolonial Act in Southeast Asia
February 1, 2023
Shusenjo
Feb 15: Film Screening & Director Q&A: Miki Dezaki's "Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the 'Comfort Women' Issue"
February 1, 2023
Washin Kai Haiku Event
Washin Kai "What is Haiku?" Lecture, Paul Atkins
November 3, 2022
Asian L&L 2022 Convocation Program Booklet
2022 Convocation and Awards Ceremony and Reception
June 22, 2022
Davinder Bhowmik, Sharalyn Orbaugh, and Chris Hamm
2022 Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture: "Japanese Propaganda and the Power of Love: Mobilizing the Wartime Empire", Sharalyn Orbaugh
June 16, 2022
Joe Marino, Richard Salomon and Amruta Chandekar
Reflections on Fifty Years of Sanskrit Studies with Professor Emeritus Richard Salomon
June 16, 2022
Translation Studies Hub Logo
Translation Studies Hub Colloquium To Feature AL&L Faculty
January 11, 2021
Image of Dr. Chang Hwang's face next to his Powerpoint slide
Asian L&L hosts our first Korean Sign Language colloquium 
December 18, 2020
Professor Atkins speaking at the podium
REIWA:  Paul Atkins speaks about the new Japanese reign name at Japan Fair 2019
July 9, 2019
presenter shows Urdu calligraphy
Calligraphy event and demonstration by renowned calligrapher Ustàd Ali Rouhfar
June 11, 2019
Graduate students collaborate and share ideas at the annual Asian L&L Graduate Student Colloquium
May 21, 2019
Professor Atkins speaks to alumni
Professor Paul Atkins speaks to alumni at UW Converge Tokyo
February 14, 2019
Professor Lu delivering her lecture
Professor Chan Lü delivered a SHACS lecture: "Language and literature learning through dual language immersion"
November 8, 2018
Washin Kai Lecture
Washin Kai Lecture: "Friends from a World Unseen: Fujiwara no Teika and Medieval Poetry"
November 1, 2018
Image from Markus lecture, showing Dr. Paul Atkins (Department chair), Dr. Ronald Egan and his wife (lecturer), and Dr. Ping Wang
2018 Andrew L Markus Memorial Lecture: "The Appropriation of Tang Poetry in Later Chinese Painting"
June 29, 2018
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Watch: Prof. Zev Handel delivers the 71st Societas Koreana Lecture on "The Hidden Influence of Chinese Characters and Words on Korean Vocabulary and Writing"
January 3, 2018