News Archive 2009
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Summer Program in Japan 2010
Spend 5 weeks studying Japanese language and culture in Japan's ancient capital! The Prince Takamado Japan Centre and the Department of East Asian Studies offers the Japan Summer Program in Kyot
Fall 2009 Graduating Class
The Department of East Asian Studies is delighted to congratulate our graduating class of Fall 2009. Well done, everyone! Completing a B.A. with a major in Chinese, Japanese, or East Asian
JAPAN 460
New Japanese Course Winter 2010: JAPAN 460 (Topics in Japanese Studies) - Hidden Histories: Merchants, Monks and Courtesans in Premodern Japan. www.eastasianstudies.ualberta.ca/pdfs
2010 China Summer Program
The Department of East Asian Studies is offering the China Summer Program in Nanjing once again! All interested students are invited to attend an information session on December 5, 2009 or Janua
Sunshine: The Story of a Chinese Foster Home
The Department of East Asian Studies and the China Institute present: Sunshine: The Story of a Chinese Foster Home A public lecture by Joyce Zhang Visiting writer, Fall 2009 Department of East As
Christopher Rea: Riding the Grass Mud Horse
The China Institute and the Department of East Asian Studies present Christopher Rea, Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia "Riding the Grass Mud Horse
Open House 2009
The Department of East Asian Studies would like to extend its gratitude to all the Open House 2009 volunteers! This year was a great success. We were able to attract more interst than ever
Karl Friday
Honor Bounds: Loyalty, Reputation & Probity in the Samurai Tradition A public lecture by Karl Friday, Professor of History, University of Georgia Friday, October 30th, 3:30, Telus Centre 134.&nb
Fall 2009 Talks
Department of East Asian Studies Upcoming Talks Fall 2009 Monday, September 28th 'I wish I Could Change into a Million Selves': Chinese Poetry from a Writer's Perspective A public lecture by Ja
Congratulations Barbara
Congratulations to Barbara CARTER, our newest MA graduate, working in Japanese linguistics/pedagogy. Ms. Carter defended her MA thesis in August, entitled "The Use of First Person Pronouns
Linguistics Workshop
The Spoken Discourse Research Studio at the University of Alberta invites those interested to attend a cross-linguistic workshop at the University of Alberta on Sept. 5-6, 2009, featurin
East Asian Studies Welcomes Writer in Residence
This fall, the Department of East Asian Studies, thanks to the generous support of the China Institute, is pleased to host its first writer-in-residence, Ms. Jing (Joyce) Zhang. Ms. Zhang, wri
Congratulations Yuji
Congratulations to Yuji ABE, our newest MA graduate, working in Japanese linguistics/pedagogy. Mr. Abe defended his MA thesis in July, entitled "Combining Clauses by Native and Non-Native S
Welcome to new faculty members!
Three new colleagues are joining the Department's teaching staff this fall, bringing exciting new areas of academic and teaching expertise with them. Dr. Hiromi Aoki, Faculty Lecturer in Japanese, sp
Congratulations
The Department congratulates Yuan FANG, the 2008 winner of the Mactaggart Writing Award. Yuan, who graduated this June with a major in Japanese and a minor in Chinese, used her $12,000 prize to
Graduating Class of 2009
The Department of East Asian Studies is delighted to congratulate our graduating class of 2009. Well done everyone! It is no easy thing to complete a B.A. with a major in Chinese, Japanese, or East As
2009-2010 approved East Asian content courses
For a list of approved East Asian content courses offered in 2009-2010, please click here.