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Associate Professor of East Asian Languages Zhuoyi Wang recently gave invited lectures and presented a webinar about the Chinese sci-fi film, The Wandering Earth (2019).

Each semester, students in the Japanese department anticipate the event of the season: the bi-annual Red Pit party. Students and faculty members gather to celebrate their achievements, indulge in a delicious meal, and share their collaborative, creative projects.

Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang has presented some 30 lectures since beginning a yearlong sabbatical in China in the fall.

Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Kyoko Omori recently gave an invited lecture titled “The Soundscape of Benshi Performance: ‘Inter-Mediating’ Global Modernity” at a UCLA symposium.

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.