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Shin Kyung-Sook Book Reading at the Betts Auditorium
Book Reading
Shin Kyung-Sook
Betts Auditorium
Friday April 14, 4:30PM

Reading by one of South Korea’s most important and prolific authors, Shin Kyung-Sook, on the occasion of the English language translation publication of her most recent novel, I Went to See My Father.

Reading and…

EAS Language and Culture Festival

3:00 - 5:30pm Location: Frist 100 Floor

Performances include poetry reading, Buddhist cuisine, Triple 8 Dance company, Japanese song, and taekwondo. Tables will show Chinese, Japanese, Korean card games, face/hand painting, fan painting, calligraphy, trivia, origami and mahjong. 

We will also provide students with FREE…

Mimesis and Artifice: Wang Chong on Ritual/Technology

At noon on March 29, there will be a departmental colloquium in which Trenton Wilson (Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies) will speak.

This is an invitation-only event, not open to the public.

EAS Open House

Monday, March 27, 4:30 - 5:30 Jones Hall 202.  Snack on dumplings and sushi while learning more about East Asian studies and East Asian language programs from faculty and current majors.

 

Questions: Contact [email protected]

“Generations: A Teacher Returns to Sichuan After Twenty Years”, a talk by Peter Hessler ‘92

Peter Hessler '92 is a staff writer at The New Yorker, most recently served as the magazine's correspondent in China. His subjects have included archeology in both China and Egypt, a factory worker in Shenzhen, a garbage collector in Cairo, and Chinese lingerie dealers in Upper Egypt. Before joining The New Yorker, he was a Peace Corps…

Enhancing Korean as a foreign language (KFL) learners’ cultural competence through immersive virtual reality (VR) experience

At noon on March 22, there will be a departmental colloquium in which Ho Jung Choi (Director, Korean Language Program) will speak.

This is an invitation-only event, not open to the public.

Venice-Princeton Summer School in Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese/Kanbun

The Ca’ Foscari - Princeton Summer School in Classical Chinese and Classical Japanese/Kanbun is unique in its kind. It offers two tracks of comprehensive, grammar-focused instruction which are designed especially for students who wish to develop their linguistic expertise for graduate study in any discipline of premodern China or Japan. 

Containing Covid-19 in Japan: Public Health Messaging, Experiential Learning, and Peer Pressure

At noon on March 8, there will be a departmental colloquium in which Amy Borovoy, Professor of East Asian Studies will speak.

This is an invitation-only event, not open to the public.

Elvis on the Noh Stage

At noon on March 1, there will be a departmental colloquium in which Thomas Hare, William Sauter LaPorte '28 Professor in Regional Studies, Professor of Comparative Literature will speak.

This is an invitation-only event, not open to the public.

Devil's Archive or How to Erect TEPCO's Grave after the 2011 Fallout

At noon on February 22, there will be a departmental colloquium in which Ryo Morimoto, Assistant Professor of Anthropology will speak.

This is an invitation-only event, not open to the public.