Two faculty members in EALC have recently been awarded named professorships by Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay and Provost Alan M. Garber: David Howell, the Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History; and Wai-yee Li, the 1879 Professor in Chinese Literature.
Last Thursday, February 14, four thesis writers in the East Asian Studies concentration presented their projects at the Senior Thesis Colloquium and Valentine’s Day Advising Lunch Break held at 2 Divinity Avenue. The Colloquium was well-attended by classmates, prospective EAS concentrators, graduate students, and faculty coming to hear the lectures and participate in a short Q&A session after each.
On Thursday, December 6, 2018, faculty, students, and staff gathered at the East Asian Languages Program offices to celebrate the awarding of this year’s Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prizes. Co-sponsored by the Japanese Language Program and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, the event was well attended, including an appearance by the Consul General of Japan in Boston, Rokuichiro Michii, who has supported cultural exchange and study for...
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The AAS China and Inner Asia Council Hanan Book Prize Competition honors Patrick D. Hanan, the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University, who passed away in 2014. Hanan studied... 