Chinese Movie Screening: The Great Buddha+ 大佛普拉斯
The Chinese Club invites you to the screening of “The Great Buddha+” (《大佛普拉斯》). “The Great Buddha+” is a Taiwanese dark comedy film about a night security guard at a Buddha statue factory along with...
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Mahjong Night
Referred to as the "quintessence of Chinese culture", Mahjong is one of the most popular and fascinating Chinese games. Come to Mahjong Night to learn the basic rules of Mahjong and play together for...
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My 50-year Journey: Minamata Followed by Fukushima…
Lessons Learned for Today’s Challenges Photojournalism, environmental justice, the Japanese anti-nuclear power movement. What are the lessons learned and how can they be incorporated into meeting...
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Film Screening & Talk: Minamata
“Inspired by true events in Minamata, Japan, where the Chisso chemical factory poisoned residents by dumping mercury into the sea from 1932 to 1968, Andrew Levitas’ film shows Minamata through the eyes...
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Info Session: Winter Study Travel Course, Kyoto, Japan
The Japanese Faculty in the Dept. of Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures invites you to attend an informational session on JAPN 25 Kyoto Artisans, a Winter StudyTravel course to Kyoto, Japan....
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Performativity of Gender in Speech: Life Experiences of Japanese Trans Women
Hideko Abe, Professor of East Asian Studies, Colby College is a leading researcher on Japanese lesbian and gay speech. Her research has provided comprehensive characteristics of the linguistic...
View Article2023-24 Chinese Government Scholarship: Accepting Applications Through Jan....
The Chinese Government Scholarship, sponsored by the China Scholarship Council (CSC), provides students from all over the world with a fully funded opportunity to study in China. The scholarship allows...
View Article2023 Linen Fellowships for Summer Study in Asia
Supported by an endowment established by family and friends in memory of James A. Linen III, Class of 1934, the Department of Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures offers the Linen Fellowships for...
View ArticleChinese Study Abroad Info Session
Interested in study-abroad programs in Chinese? Learn more about why study abroad is important to learning a language, when it is best to study abroad, and the what programs in Chinese and what...
View ArticlePlaying Mahjong with Traditional Pastries
Lunar New Year is approaching, the most influential festival in Chinese culture! All generations will be playing Mahjong (麻將) day and night to enjoy the vacation with their relatives and friends. In...
View ArticleChinese Hand Fan Painting
Hand Fans are one aspect of traditional Chinese culture. We are going to paint tuánshàn (团扇), a round-shaped fan with Chinese paintings and calligraphy. In Chinese, tuánshàn means a fan of reunion,...
View ArticleWilliams-in-China (Hong Kong) Teaching Fellowship (2023-24) (Deadline: March 15)
The Department of Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures invites applications for the Williams-in-China (Hong Kong) Teaching Fellowship! Since the 1960’s, Williams has sent graduates to teach and...
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Celebrating World Heritage: A Talk and a Trio Concert of Pipa (China), Kora...
On April 6, Chinese pipa player Gao Hong will join Kadialy Kouyaté, a Senegalese kora artist, and Venezuelan harpist Leonard Jacome for a string performance connecting musical styles from across Asia,...
View ArticleTransnational Asian Film Festival: Beyond Biopolitical Bodies
We proudly announce the first Transnational Asian Film Festival at Williams, which will take place on March 9-14, 2023. This year’s theme explores the possibilities “Beyond Biopolitical Bodies” and...
View ArticleExplore Chinese Traditions
We are delighted to invite you to join us for the Exploring Chinese Traditions event on April 22nd from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Sawyer Quad. In addition to providing an opportunity for everyone to...
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Elsie Qiu ’25 won the first prize at The 12th Annual Consulate General of...
Elsie began studying Japanese her first year at Williams. Now a sophomore, she is in the fourth-year Japanese class and participated in the 12th annual Consulate General of Japan in Boston Japanese...
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Learning and Representation of L2 Synonymous Syntactic Constructions
2023 Faculty Colloquia Program The Faculty Colloquia Program, hosted by the Center for Global Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, stands as a dynamic platform within our academic community, fostering...
View ArticleChinese – Study Abroad Info Session
Thursday, Nov 16, 4 PM Hollander Hall 241 Why should you study abroad? What programs are available for students interested in studying Chinese overseas? What funding sources are available? Faculty...
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Chinese major Will Murray ’25 wins award at speech contest in Taiwan
We are proud to announce that Chinese major Will Murray has won the fifth place at the 2023 Foreign Students Chinese Public Speaking Contest organized by the National Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in...
View ArticleDALLC Thesis Symposium, Monday, 1/22, 4 PM, Hopkins 001
Please join the Department of Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures for a senior thesis symposium on Monday, 1/22 at 4 PM (Hopkins 001). We have two seniors writing year-long thesis this year and...
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