The Japan Documentary Film Award celebrates the best contemporary Japanese films. This year, our Grand Prize winner is Tsuchiya Tokachi’s An Ant Strikes Back, which tells the story about an employee speaking out against the labor abuses of the corporation where he works. The film draws from the tradition of great activist films, exploring the powerful story of a man who fights for...
Since 1990, the Blakemore Foundation has awarded over $20 million in grants to graduating seniors, college graduates, graduate students and young/mid-career professionals to fund an academic year of advanced language study in East and Southeast Asia. Superior candidates pursuing careers which will involve the regular use of an East or Southeast Asian language, in fields such as academia, STEM,...
"Inequalities, ethnonationalism and the pandemic: An attempt to understand current trends in the U.S. and in India" September 15th, 2020 12-1PM https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91647496056?pwd=QWFzcW43UGY5YUlZaUYrWWE1RmlIZz09 --- Professor Gandhi will examine how the pandemic influenced inequalities in the world’s...
Dear CEAPS community & friends, Japan House is seeking a Visiting Assistant Director. Additional information about this opportunity follows. Close Date: 09/11/2020. More info: https://jobs.illinois....
Venue: ZOOM Date: Every Friday Time: 1-2 pm Come and join us for extensive reading in Japanese! UIUC Tadoku group is a place to read-think-talk in Japanese. Reading Japanese was never this easy! UIUC Tadoku group offers you graded readers (easy reading) of a wide variety of levels and subjects. Let’s talk about what we read together! In small groups, we chat about what you thought about...- Former Japanese language student, Justin Brook, graduated from the University of Illinois Spring of 2018 and studied abroad at Konan University through the Year-in-Japan Program for the spring semester of 2017. His major was linguistics with a minor in EALC. After...
The Illinois Global Institute recently announced a grant initiative that supported course development across the Urbana campus. A total of 33 courses in 22 departments across 6 colleges and schools have been developed as on-line or hybrid classes. These classes focus on global learning and are intended to bridge and connect students to our world through creative pedagogies and new methods and...
"Japan House GANBARU! AUGUST 29 | 9am - 9pm" What is GANBARU? GANBARU IS A DAY OF GIVING! Ganbaru, also romanized as gambaru, is a ubiquitous Japanese word which roughly means to slog on tenaciously through tough times. The word Ganbaru is often translated to mean "doing one’s best", but in practice, it means doing more than one's best. The word emphasizes "working with perseverance" or "...
EALC 398 Hanguk Hip Hop: Global Rap in South Korea Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00-9:20 pm This course looks at the birth, growth, and rise of Hanguk hip hop—Korean hip hop—by locating the local, national, and global flows of cultural and musical exchange between America and South Korea. By doing so, it outlines the sociocultural, economic, and...
"Scholarships & Resources for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders" Whether majoring in accounting, music, or healthcare, financial aid and resources can be key. If you’re Asian or Pacific Islander and have college in your future, check out some of 2020’s best scholarships and resources for students in your community. --- Paying for college may be difficult, but it shouldn’t be a barrier to...
Summer 2 session: 6/15/2020 to 8/6/2020 Challenge yourself with superior-level Chinese Fulfill requirements of FLAS fellowships 8 weeks, 120 instructional hours Taught entirely in Chinese Conducted online via Zoom and Moodle Stay home and learn languages!...
Title: 50% TA Appointment Period: 12 Months Supervisor: Nikia Brown (nikiab@illinois.edu) Primary Position Function/Summary: To provide programmatic support for the Global Leaders Program (GLP) and instructional support for LAS 100 (F20) and LAS 399 (SP21) courses...
Date: 6/15/20-8/6/20 Instructor: Kokoro Muramoto (kmuramo2@illinois.edu) For further information, please contact EALC Professor Misumi Sadler (sadlerm@illinois.edu) Stay Home and Learn Japanese! ...
Policy Analyst for the Commission's Security & Foreign Affairs team The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission is excited to announce that we are looking to hire a new Policy Analyst for our Security and Foreign Affairs team. The Commission is an exciting, fast-paced workplace at the center of Congress' study of US-China relations. We are looking for a superior...
Dear CEAPS Community, Considering the COVID-19 circumstances and per University guidance, the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies has cancelled or postponed all Spring 2020 events. Please visit our website at www.ceaps.illinois.edu for rescheduling information. During this time, our office will be closed to walk-in appointments,...