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The University of Washington’s Department of Asian Languages & Literature is proud to announce that Dr. Gian Duri Rominger has been awarded a 2026 ACLS Fellowship by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). The ACLS Fellowship Program is the organization’s longest running program and supports outstanding scholarship in the…
Come curious. Leave inspired. The UW offers an exciting lineup of in-person and online events. From thought-provoking art and music to conversations on culture, history, and science, the UW community invites you to explore, learn, and connect across disciplines throughout the University. Sign up to receive a monthly notice when the ArtSci Roundup has been published. ArtSci On Your Own Time or…
The benefits of learning more languages go far beyond the positive classroom experience; there are substantial advantages in your career and personal life. Previous scholarship has demonstrated that bilingual job candidates have up to a 35% increase in job opportunities.
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The Northwest Asian Weekly reported on an online panel held on 23 January 2026 featuring diasporic Malays in the Pacific Northwest deliberating on their lived experiences maneuvering through issues of cultural heritage in North America. Panelists explore language loss, food pathways, diverse ethnicities and speculative futurisms. Asian Languages and Literature’s Prof. Nazry…
While February might be just 28 days, the UW College of Arts & Sciences offers an exciting lineup of more than 40 in-person and online events. From thought-provoking art and music to conversations on culture, history, and science, the UW community invites you to explore, learn, and connect across disciplines throughout the University.
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Professor Nazry Bahrawi, AL&L’s resident specialist in Southeast Asian literature and cultures, was featured in the Northwest Asian Weekly, for organizing the 60th year commemoration event of Tragedi 1965, Indonesia’s mass killings of alleged communists and their sympathizers that resulted in the killing of at least half a million individuals. Titled ‘Truths and Narratives…
Sixty years after one of the 20th centurys worst atrocities, three scholars gathered at the UW to confront a question that is still connected to Indonesia: What does it mean to commemorate a genocide? Nazry Bahrawi, assistant professor of Asian languages & literature at the UW, is quoted.
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Welcome to our second Halloween installment, where we ask movie buffs Champ Ensminger and Ungsan Kim what movies they recommend if you like a scary fix for the holiday. Kim, assistant professor of Asian cinema at the UW, is interviewed.
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AL&L's Professor Ungsan Kim was recently featured in two Northwest Asian Weekly articles, "Halloween debate: Are Asian horror films scarier?" and "Want to scare yourself silly this Halloween? Recommended Asian horror movies." Prof. Kim, whose research spans Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, and inter-Asian cinemas, in addition to queer cinema, genre films, experimental cinema, and media…
Are Asian horror films scarier than their American counterparts? What makes them so chilling? And which ones should you check out this year and every year? Ungsan Kim, assistant professor of Asian cinema at the UW, is quoted.
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