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Chinese language and culture students of all levels gathered on Dec. 6 for an end-of-semester dinner featuring traditional Chinese cuisine. The meal included hot pot, a traditional Chinese cuisine in which meat, dumplings, and vegetables are cooked in a simmering pot of stocks and broths. Students also collaborated with faculty to prepare jiaozi, or dumplings. Activities accompanied the dinner, including competitions testing chopstick skills and singing along to Chinese pop music.

Hamilton College offers students the opportunity to study over 10 languages from Chinese and Spanish to Arabic and Japanese. While most of the learning takes place inside the classroom, foreign language enthusiasts have ample opportunity to brush up on their language and culture skills within the community.

Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Kyoko Omori recently gave an invited talk at the Edogawa Rampo’s Modernity Symposium at Rikkyo University in Tokyo.

For the Japanese department, the close of each semester means the bi-annual Red Pit party-- an evening of communal celebration among students and faculty. Upperclassmen present videos, projects, and skits they have worked on throughout the semester, granting students beginning their studies of the language a glimpse into their future tasks. And, of course, the night is paired with delicious food-- which even draws in attendees outside of the department.

Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Tiao-Guan Huang recently shared her experiences and thoughts on Chinese language teaching with the faculty at Zhejiang University in China.

Associate Professor of the East Asian Languages and Literatures Kyoko Omori recently published an English translation of “The Yellow Lodger,” a short story by Japanese writer Yamada Futaro.

Two articles by Associate Professor of East Asian Languages Zhuoyi Wang are included in the current issue of the journal Chinese Literature Today.

Associate Professor of East Asian Languages Zhuoyi Wang was recently invited to co-organize a workshop and present at the annual conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association (CTLA).

Marianne Janack, the John Stewart Kennedy Chair of Philosophy and director of the Levitt Center, and Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Kyoko Omori recently visited Japan to discuss a new program focused on social innovation and leadership.

Kyoko Omori, associate professor of Japanese and chair of East Asian Languages and Literatures, has been awarded a Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship to support her research during her sabbatical in 2018-19.