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Prof. Gulnar Yulghun featured in Davis Center Research Journal!

May 20, 2026

The latest volume of the Davis Center Imperiia Project DeCode digital journal features an article on the Program on Central Asia project on Manuscript Heritage of Kazakhstan, featuring our own Prof. Gulnar Yulghun in topics related to Chaghatay Manuscript...

Stephen Owen, EALC Professor Emeritus and Prolific Scholar, has passed away at age 81.

May 07, 2026

We are deeply saddened to share the news that our colleague and friend, Stephen Owen , passed away on Friday, May 1, 2026. Steve joined the Harvard faculty in 1982 and was an active part of our community for over four decades. In recognition of his...

Prof. Chan Yong Bu's Korean Stars Course Featured in Harvard Gazette: A "Treasure Trove"

March 27, 2026

Prof. Chan Yong Bu Curates Film Festival: Crime Scenes as History. Five Korean Films

March 16, 2026

Prof. Chan Yong Bu of EALC is curating a film festival with the Harvard Film Archive from March 06 to April 18, 2026: Crime Scenes as History. Five Korean Films Crime and cinema share an intimacy with darkness. Just as the illuminated screen reaches out...

Xiaofei Tian Publishes a New Book: Writing Empire and Self

March 12, 2026

Prof. Xiaofei Tian has a new book coming out in July 2026: Writing Empire and Self: Poetic and Cultural Transformation in Early Medieval China See info and details here!

Janet Louie's Film Exhibition in LA, featured in: Beandrea July, Janet Louie and Maya Montañez Smukler on Paying Tribute to a Local L.A. Theater That Meant the World with “Echoes From Spring Street”

February 09, 2026

Janet Louie Presents The Sing Lee Theatre Collection: From Chinatown to UCLA

February 09, 2026

Helen He (Harvard College '25) Named as Recipient of 2025 Rhodes Scholarship

November 19, 2025

Prof. Peter Bol Awarded the China Special Book Award

July 31, 2025

EALC Professor Peter Bol was honored with the China Special Book Award, the highest honor in China's publishing industry for foreigners. On Tuesday, June 17th, along with 15 others from multiple countries, Prof. Bol was given an award for his writing...

Xiaofei Tian gives a Lecture for the Annual Leeds Medieval Academy Lecture: The Margins of Knowing - A Place for the Extraordinary in an Ordinary World

July 08, 2025

Karen Thornber named Harvard College Professor

May 08, 2025

Two EALC Students Accepted to the National Collegiate Chinese Honor Society

April 22, 2025

EALC Chinese Language students Lu ísa Shida and Heather Park, Harvard College '25, have recently been inducted into the National Collegiate Chinese Honor Society. This society is founded to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of college...