The Japanese government recognized the work of William F. Vilas Anthropology Professor Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, with its highest honor for public service, awarding her the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbons (瑞寶綬章) …
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Spring 2023 Course List
The 3rd Annual Wisconsin Sijo (WiSiJo) Poetry Contest is now open!
The Wisconsin Sijo (WiSiJo) Poetry Contest opens for its third Year! MADISON–Wisconsinites of all ages will have the opportunity to learn a new poetry form and possibly win a prize for doing so. For the …
Congratulations Prof. Monica Kim!
Student in the Spotlight: Allison Hesselberg
Meet Allison Hesselberg, a double major in Chinese and Theatre Studies with a certificate in East Asian Studies at UW Madison! Allison, a senior who is graduating this May, has cultivated her interests in these …
Latest East Asia Now Event Explores U.S.-China Trade Relationship and its Impact on the Midwest
The latest event in the East Asia Now Series, “Decoupling the U.S.-China trade relationship: The Challenges and Opportunities of a New Economic Order,” explored U.S.-China trade developments in relation to the Midwest and beyond. This …
2021 AAR Book Awards includes work by UW-Madison Art Historian
“Becoming Guanyin: Artistic Devotion of Buddhist Women in Late Imperial China” by UW-Madison Art History Professor Yuhang Li was among the recipients of this year’s American Academy of Religion “Religion and the Arts Book Award.” …
The 2nd Annual Wisconsin Sijo (WiSiJo) Competition Opens [Press Release]
MADISON—The second annual Wisconsin Sijo (WiSiJo 위시조) Competition opens today and will be accepting applications through January 2022. Sijo is a traditional Korean three-line poetic form consisting of a theme (1st line), elaboration (2nd line), …
Big Ten KOR-US Fellows Program Connects Korean Studies Students with Senior Policymakers
In Spring 2021, Korean studies students at three Big Ten universities had the opportunity to participate in a new pilot program of the UW–Madison Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) that connected them with senior policymakers with …
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Japanese Print Collection at the Chazen Museum of Art
In support of the 2021 East Asia in the Upper Midwest teacher program, a selection of Japanese color woodcuts previously owned by Frank Lloyd Wright will be on view at the Chazen Museum of Art …