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Department News
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/
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.
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-
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.
First Day Lessons
Michael Lin, a rising sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences and minor in EALC, offers advice for new travelers based on his experiences as a summer intern in Shanghai.
Events
“Urban Life in Ichijôdani, Japan, a Late Medieval Provincial City”
CEAS Humanities Colloquium
Morgan Pitelka, Chair, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Professor, Asian Studies and History, UNC-Chapel Hill
The city of Ichijôdani served as the capital of Echizen Province for approximately one century during Japan’s late medieval period. It was a vibrant and successful urban center built around the residential complex of…
"Making and Remaking Silla Origins"
Professor Richard McBride, BYU
