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Upcoming Events

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October 10 - October 12, 2025

Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs 2025

Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
Event Location: The Blackwell Inn and Conference Center, The Ohio State University
National Consortium for Teaching about Asia logo.
October 11, 2025

MCAA Teacher Workshop: Virtual Japan Experience (Half Day Workshop)

Event Start Time: 10:30 am
Event Location: Ohio State campus (in person, Columbus, OH)
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October 14, 2025

Working in Japan as English teachers

Event Start Time: 5:30 pm
Event Location: Hagerty Hall 186
National Consortium for Teaching about Asia logo.
October 21, 2025

NCTA Workshop: Tokaido, Origami, Temples and Shrines (TOTS) 2025 Japan Series

Event Start Time: 7:00 pm
Event Location: Online (Registration required)

Recent News

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration Offers Students an Immersive Cultural Experience

A Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration was hosted on Oct 9th by Graduate Teaching Assistant Lulu Yuan, with the help of fellow students Belle Wu and Xiao Zeng. The event welcomed nearly 30 students and…

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Japanese Majors Avian Eyre and Jacob Stange Featured in ASC News Story

Japanese Majors Avian Eyre and Jacob Stange joined a group of Humanities and engineering students at Ohio State who recently completed a week-long internship alongside the University of Osaka and…

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DEALL thrilled to meet students at the Study Abroad Fair!

DEALL made a strong showing at the office of International Affairs' Study Abroad Fair on September 10, 2025! 

Our three tables featured our department programming, including DEALL–Korea…

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Current and former DEALLers are presenting and chairing MCAA 2025 this fall!

Many DEALLers -- current faculty, graduate students and visiting scholars, as well as a number of our alumni – are presenting and/or chairing panels at 74th Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (…