News & Events

2:30-6:30 pm, Mendenhall 100.

January 21, 2008 is the deadline for submission of your proposal to the Undergraduate Assessment Committee, Attn: Dr. Naomi Fukumori, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, 398 Hagerty Hall.

"Lost or Gained in Translation? Notes on Cross-Cultural Issue from Translating Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women into Chinese"
Di Bai, Drew University
4-5:30pm at Mendenhall 191

Study Abroad How-To's This student presenter, Callin Ball, successfully applied for outside funding (Freeman-Asia Scholarship) to study abroad in Japan at Kansai Gaidai. This occasion will provide a wonderful opportunity to get a student's perspective on all aspects of study abroad, from choosing a program, applications to programs, applications for outside funding, to the various experiences of living and studying abroad.
Time: 1-2 pm
Place: Hagerty 388
Ms. Ball has also created a Web site that documents her experiences and provides valuable study abroad information.

The North America Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL) returns to Columbus, Ohio, for its 20th anniversary. NACCL-20 will be held on 25-27 April 2008 at The Ohio State University, the birthplace of NACCL! Chair of the NACCL-20 Organizing Committee is Professor Marjorie Chan. Deadline for abstract submission is 30 November 2007. Please visit the NACCL-20 Web site.

Three upcoming events will feature Mr. Ben Judd, who has made a career out of playing video games. After earning a B.A. in Japanese in 1998 from OSU's Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Mr. Judd moved to Japan where he taught English to school children in Suzuka and Toyama. In 2002, he joined CAPCOM Entertainment Incorporated, which creates, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment world-wide and has operations in the U.S., Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Originally a manufacturer of game machines, CAPCOM is a leader in the video game industry and creates products such as Playstation 2, Xbox, and Game Cube for gamers of all ages. Mr. Judd is currently head of CAPCOM's Localization Division.

Host: Ms. Yuko Kuwai, DEALL, AP/head instructor of Japanese 101
Timetable: 30 minute discussion/Q&A session
Participants: Japanese 101 students (111 students)
9:30am-10:18am University Hall 14 (seats 139)

Host/Moderator: Professor Etsuyo Yuasa, DEALL
Timetable: 1 hour 15 minutes informal, moderated discussion
Participants: All Japanese language students/Japanese majors
1pm-2:15pm Hagerty Hall 388

Host: Mr. Chad Schneider, Foreign Language Center
Timetable: 30 minute - 1 hour presentation
Participants: Foreign Language Majors
3pm-5pm Hagerty Hall 145

Prof. Li Yu, Williams College (DEALL alumna)
Title: The Academic Career
10:30-11:18, Hagerty Hall 56

Prof. Li Yu, Williams College
Title: Women's Reading in Late Imperial China
3:30~5:00, Mendenhall Lab 115

Ying Bao
Title: In Search of Laughter in Maoist China: Chinese Comedy Film 1949–1966
3:30-4:30, University Hall 47

Eric Shepherd
Title: Building Performances: Learning about Teaching Culture from Shandong Fast Tale Storytellers
3:30-5:30, Mendenhall Lab 115

3:30-6:45 pm
Hagerty 180

Minggang Li
Title: Naoki Sanjugo and Bungei shunju
3:30-5:15, Mendehnall Laboratory 185

Graduate Student Workshop
Professor Noriko Reider, Miami University (DEALL allumna)
Title: The Academic Career
3:30-4:20, Mendenhall Lab, Room 185

Professor Noriko Reider, Miami University
Title: Yamauba In Folklore, Media and on the Stage
4:30-5:30, Mendenhall Lab, Room 185

See Forum proposal submission.

Professor Mark Bender
Title: Butterfly Mother: Miao (Hmong) Creation Epics from Guishou, China

Professors Patricia Sieber & Etsuyo Yuasa
3:30-5:00, HH388

Matthew Chudnow
Title: The "Kiritsubo" Chapter and The Song of Lasting Regret
3:30-4:30 pm

2:30-6:30 pm

2:30-6:00 pm

St. John Arena, 1:00 pm
Congratulations Graduates!!!