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We regret to announce that the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania will not accept applications for the PhD program
during the 2020-21 admissions cycle. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the School of Arts of Sciences made the difficult decision to focus resources on supporting current students and ensuring that we are in a position to fully support future cohorts of Penn graduate students. Therefore, we will pause bringing new students into the program for one year, with the expectation of welcoming a new cohort of doctoral students in the fall of 2022. Admissions to the MA program will continue during the 2020-21 admissions cycle as in previous years. If you have any questions, please contact Graduate Coordinator Alexandra Zeiger at zeigera@sas.upenn.edu.
For Majors and Minors concerned about Study Abroad, please consult the following resources:
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Penn Resumption of Travel Criteria: https://global.upenn.edu/travel-guidance/travel-guidelines-and-procedures
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Department News
2006 PhD graduate, Si Jia, passes away
Si Jia, a 2006 graduate of the PhD program in EALC, passed away on October 11 after a brief illness. A remembrance of, and tribute to, Si Jia from her advisor, Dr.
Fall 2020 Chinese Placement Test Results
Results of the Fall 2020 Chinese Placement Test can be found on the CLP website here: http://web.sas.upenn.edu/chinese/
EALC Minor Andy Eskenazi Publishes Paper
EALC minor Andy Eskenazi, in collaboration with EALC PhD Dotno Pount, has published a revised version of the paper he wrote for Professor Atwood's EALC 004 course, "Mongolian Civilization: Nomad and Sedentary." The paper discusses China-
Prof. Goldin's Book Makes the Times Literary Supplement's List
"Paul Goldin’s The Art of Chinese Philosophy (Princeton) is a book I’d wanted to find before: a lucid, but not simplifying, introduction to eight classic texts, full of lapidary poetry," writes Hannah Smith.
Dr. W. Allyn Rickett passes away at 98
We are profoundly saddened by the death of Dr. W.
Professor Paul Goldin Receives Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching
Created in 1983, the Ira H.
Tomoko Tamaki Receives Major Development Grant
Tomoko Takami has received a grant, $40.000, from the Eurasia Foundation (from Asia), formerly known as One Asia Foundation. This grant will fund two projects.
2019 Teacher Award: Tomoko Takami
Congratulations aplenty for the American Association of Teachers of Japanese 2019 Teacher Award in the College Level winner, Tomoko Takami.
CURF Bibliography Project
The prime goal of this summer’s project (Bibliographies on Traditional Chinese Studies) was on refining and expanding Dr.
Is it a cult, or a new religious movement?
EALC Professor Ori Tavor was interviewed for this Penn Today article about new religious movements.
