# East Asian Languages and Civilizations ![A collage of East Asian Art in Harvard colors](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_28_10__1920x685/public/2026-01/EALC-site-new-splash-image-FINAL-web.jpg?itok=ej5AhSNf) [### Faculty Directory ](https://ealc.fas.harvard.edu/faculty-0) [### Graduate Program ](/graduate) [### Undergraduate Program ](https://eas.fas.harvard.edu/) [View our Featured Courses for Fall 2026!](https://eas.fas.harvard.edu/featured-courses-fall-2026) ## News [### Prof. Gulnar Yulghun featured in Davis Center Research Journal! ](/news/2026/05/prof-gulnar-yulghun-featured-davis-center-research-journal) May 20, 2026 ![DeCode A Research Quarterly Spring 2026 Volume I No. 3 Archival Treasures](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Screenshot%202026-05-20%20155947.png?itok=VhTUThhW) [### Stephen Owen, EALC Professor Emeritus and Prolific Scholar, has passed away at age 81. ](/news/2026/05/stephen-owen-ealc-professor-emeritus-and-prolific-scholar-has-passed-away-age-81) May 07, 2026 ![A white-haired man with a beard wearing a collared shirt smiles at the camera](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Stephen%20Owen_Photo.jpg?itok=LGmAWMg8) [### Prof. Chan Yong Bu's Korean Stars Course Featured in Harvard Gazette: A "Treasure Trove" ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/03/a-treasure-trove-for-k-pop-fans/) March 27, 2026 ![Snapshots of Korean Pop Stars](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/030426_K-Pop_092.jpg?itok=H9YlnHTy) [ View All News arrow\_circle\_right ](/news) [ View All Events arrow\_circle\_right ](/events) ## Past Events [### EALC Hooding Ceremony ](/event/ealc-hooding-ceremony?occ_id=0)May 27, 2026 | 11:00AM - 1:00PM EDT ![Unofficial EALC logo: a line drawing of a Fu lion in profile, facing left, against a background of deep crimson](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/ealc/files/ealc-logo-official-crimson2.png?itok=vRfOMJ_T) [### Special Screening of 'Rise of the Conqueror' at Harvard University ](/event/special-screening-rise-conqueror-harvard-university?occ_id=0)May 16, 2026 | 5:00PM - 8:00PM EDT ![Rise of the Conqueror](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Rise-of-the-Conqueror_Film%20Screening.jpg?itok=RIl0GTRR) [### G4 Prospectus Conference ](/event/g4-prospectus-conference?occ_id=0)May 4, 2026 | 10:30AM - 2:30PM EDT ![Unofficial EALC logo: a line drawing of a Fu lion in profile, facing left, against a background of deep crimson](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/ealc/files/ealc-logo-official-crimson2.png?itok=vRfOMJ_T) Show morerefresh [ View All Events arrow\_circle\_right ](/events) ## Faculty Book Shelf [### Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History ](https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/oceanic-japan-the-archipelago-in-pacific-and-global-history/)Ian Miller ![Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History by Ian Miller](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/OceanicJapan.jpg?itok=uWrmdess) [### The Confucius Chronicles: A Guide to the Texts That Made the Legend ](https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-confucius-chronicles/9780231565233/)Wai-yee Li ![The Confucius Chronicles A Guide to the Texts That Made the Legend by Wai-yee Li](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/ConfuciusChronicles.png?itok=frcvnfpy) [### Cinematic Guerillas: Propaganda, Projectionists and Audiences in Socialist China ](https://cup.columbia.edu/book/cinematic-guerrillas/9780231206273)Jie Li ![A Chinese woman with pigtails runs a projector in the outdoors](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-01/cine_0.png?h=b6fb1993&itok=xhreXmO1) [### Writing Violence: The Politics of Form in Early Modern Japanese Literature ](https://cup.columbia.edu/book/writing-violence/9780231211550)David Atherton ![Book cover of Writing Violence; A Japanese painting of a samurai with two swords, pointing a gun at the viewer](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-01/violence.png?h=2044ccc4&itok=phmVptTm) [### Gender and Friendship in Chinese Literature ](https://brill.com/display/title/69896?language=en)Waiyee Li ![Gender and Friendship in Chinese Literature by Waiyee Li](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/genfren.png?h=a1c01424&itok=knrKIsEK) [### The Peach Blossom Fan ](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-peach-blossom-fan-9780197668689?cc=us&lang=en&)Waiyee Li ![The Peach Blossom Fan by Waiyee Li](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/pchbl.png?h=bc6aa1d4&itok=Zz9F4xPi) [### The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion ](https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172682/the-tale-of-genji)Melissa McCormick ![The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion by Melissa McCormick](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/taleofgenji2.png?itok=ZhBWs7At) [### The Aesthetic World of The Tale of Genji《源氏物语》的美学世界 ](https://xianxiao.ssap.com.cn/bibliography/1884506.html)Melissa McCormick ![The Aesthetic World of The Tale of Genji《源氏物语》的美学世界 by Melissa McCormick Translated by Gu Shanshan](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/taleofgenji.png?itok=TKspxkB6) [### Literary History In and Beyond China: Reading Text and World ](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674291270)Xiaofei Tian ![Literary History In and Beyond China: Reading Text and World](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/lithist.jpeg?h=ddc3cf02&itok=dFPE83Me) [### Tao Yuanming & Manuscript Culture: The Record of a Dusty Table ](https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295991344/tao-yuanming-and-manuscript-culture/)Xiaofei Tian ![Tao Yuanming & Manuscript Culture: The Record of a Dusty Table by Xiaofei Tian](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/dustytable.png?h=897958f9&itok=YBiaAKlJ) [### Beacon Fire and Shooting Star: The Literary Culture of the Liang (502-557) ](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674026025)Xiaofei Tian ![Beacon Fire and Shooting Star: The Literary Culture of the Liang by Xiaofei Tian](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/beaconfire.jpeg?h=9f3fbee4&itok=IKU1YYym) [### Visionary Journeys: Travel Writings from Early Medieval and Nineteenth-Century China ](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674062528)Xiaofei Tian ![Visionary Journeys: Travel Writings from Early Medieval and Nineteenth-Century China by Xiaofei Tian](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/visionaryjourneys.jpeg?h=c51e8032&itok=0EujN2hf) [### The Halberd at Red Cliff: Jian'an and the Three Kingdoms ](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674977037)Xiaofei Tian ![The Halberd at Red Cliff: Jian'an and the Three Kingdoms by Xiaofei Tian](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/halberd.jpeg?h=9ccb541d&itok=KelATxD-) [### The World of a Tiny Insect: A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and its Aftermath ](https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295993188/the-world-of-a-tiny-insect/)Xiaofei Tian ![The World of a Tiny Insect: A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and its Aftermath by Xiaofei Tian](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/insect.png?h=ee5e6514&itok=x8BeIQf4) [### Family Instructions for the Yan Clan and Other Works by Yan Zhitui (531-590s) ](https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781501503191/html)Xiaofei Tian ![Family Instructions for the Yan Clan and Other Works by Yan Zhitui (531-590s) Translated by Xiaofei Tian](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/yanclan.jpeg?h=87706b78&itok=vq6Y6koO) [### Reading Du Fu: Nine Views ](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/R/bo82108061.html)Xiaofei Tian ![Reading Du Fu: Nine Views by Xiaofei Tian](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-11/dufu.jpg?h=4b723377&itok=qqD16kvt) ## Resources [### KIMEP Summer School Flyer 2026 ](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/2026-04/KIMEP_2026SummerLanguageSchool_flyer.pdf)