Institute for Regional and International Studies
The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) was among several UW–Madison area studies centers to receive federal Title VI grants for the next four-year cycle under the National Resource Centers (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships programs, administered by the U.S. Department of Education. UW–Madison is home to the largest number of …
The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin—Madison is delighted to announce that the “East Asia in Wisconsin Library” program, now in its third year, is accepting applications. Full details, ideas for materials and programming, and a link to the application can be found at https://eastasia.wisc.edu/eainwisconsin. Launched in 2020 as a …
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 two areas throughout her time at UW Madison. She has weaved Chinese and drama together by translating Pan Jinlian (潘金莲), …
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 virtual luncheon drew on the knowledge of trade and policy experts, including U.S. Representative Ron Kind of Wisconsin, a member …
Spring semester 2022 programming for the Center for East Asian Studies will include a March 4 symposium on post-fascist politics in Germany and Japan, a Feb 23 career panel of current New York Times and Washington Post journalists (including one fresh from Olympic quarantine), and an array of lectures on topics related to East Asia …
The first 200 entrants in the adult division of this year’s WiSiJo competition will receive a complimentary copy of Richard Rutt’s The Bamboo Grove: An Introduction to Sijo, thanks to a partnership with the University of Michigan Press and additional funding from the Hyuk Yu Fund for Korean Studies. First published in the 1970s, and …
MADISON — The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin—Madison is pleased to announce the winners of the “East Asia in Wisconsin Library Program” competition. Grants have been awarded to public libraries throughout Wisconsin, enriching their collections with new titles that will enable patrons to deepen their understanding of East Asia …
“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 competition recognizes new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion. The awards honor books of …
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), and a counter-theme and conclusion (3rd line). Sijo traditionally explores cosmological, metaphysical, or pastoral themes and consists of 14-16 syllables …