Department of East Asian Languages and Lits

Welcome

Welcome back, everyone! The Fall 08 school term has begun with a new addition to our departmental personnel. We have a new professor of Chinese language and literature, Prof. Li Jin. Our teaching assistants, Ms. Ye Yuan from China and Ms. Keiko Ueda from Japan have returned to spend a second year with us.

From left to right: 1st row--Professors Hongchu Fu (department head), Janet Ikeda and Ken Ujie
2nd row--Beedle Hinely (Admin Asst), Keiko Ueda (TA), Professor Li Jin and Ye Yuan (Instructor)

Step through the door of the Red House and experience a whole new world. This is your gateway to East Asia. Learn with all five senses: hear spoken Chinese and Japanese in and around the department, in our smart classrooms view places and things you have never seen before, smell and taste an Asian dish being prepared and discussed in the kitchen, feel a brush in your hand as you pen characters for class. We can help satisfy your intellectual curiosity and stretch your academic muscle.

You can participate in learning about these fascinating cultures at W&L and abroad. For information about university events, see our CURRENT Department Events and Cultural Events Photo Gallery. Your undergraduate years offer you the very best time for studying abroad. Recommended programs are listed at Study Abroad in China and Japan.

"America has much to offer Asia and Asia has much to offer the American people. But we cannot build an enduring and positive relationship on a foundation of ignorance. If all that our children know about Asia is that Play Station Two is built in Japan, panda bears come from China, and Jackie Chan makes movies in Hong Kong, then we have not prepared our children for the coming times. The economic, political and cultural forces at work in Asia right now will have a profound impact on America's future in the 21st Century.

The United States has been a Pacific power for over a century because we have been willing to defend democracy and encourage free trade. If we wish to encourage democracy and human rights in the future we will only succeed if we join our many friends across the Pacific in strengthening the economic, cultural and educational links that bind us together. Building those links begins in the American classroom."

- Richard Riley, Former U.S. Secretary of Education

From: High Marks for Asia in the Schools

http://www.askasia.org/administrators/highmarks.htm

East Asian Languages and Lits Resources

- Home - About the Major - Course Descriptions - Fall Course Offerings - Faculty Listing

Other East Asian Languages and Lits Resources

- 2008-2009 Announcements & Events - Japan Trip 2008 - EALL Students Blog in Chinese - Why Study Chinese or Japanese? - Japanese Tearoom-Watson Pavilion - Study Abroad in China & Japan - EALL Spring Term Abroad in Japan - Andrew M. Hemm Award - James Boardman Study Abroad Scholarship - EALL Spring Term Abroad in China - EALL Majors - Exciting Student News - Grants & Fellowships - Dept. T-Shirt - Copyright-Free Audio-Visual Resource Center - Chinese and Japanese Films in Leyburn Library - 2006-2007 Department Events & Announcements - 2007-08 EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS - Cultural Events Photo Gallery - A Tour of the Red House