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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…

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 (…

Oshaberi-kai: Japanese Conversation Table Brings Students Together
This semester, Oshaberi-kai—a weekly Japanese conversation table—was launched by Graduate Teaching Assistant Kei Suzuki, along with student organizers Matt Steinhauer, Keitaro Mitsuhashi, and…

Congratulations Nissen Chemitec America Scholarship Recipients!
Congratulations! The following is the list of the Autumn 2025 Nissen Chemitec America Scholarship recipients and their projects:
Miki Arakaki: A Study on the Verb Collocation Consolidation…

DEALL Welcomes New DEALL Faculty, Staff and Students
This academic year, DEALL was fortunate to welcome a new cohort of faculty, teaching staff, and graduate students. In their honor, the Department hosted a Welcome Reception with over 35 people in…

Excitement in the Air: Japanese Program Open House Kicks Off Autumn Semester!
On August 25, 2025, Hagerty Hall 388 came alive with energy and excitement as the Japanese Program hosted its first Open House. With around 30 students in attendance, the event was a vibrant…
DEALL Alum, Julia Keblinska, joins University of Cambridge Faculty!
Julia Keblinska is joining the Film & Screen Studies faculty at the University of Cambridge as an Assistant Professor of Asian Film and Media. After launching her postgraduate career at Ohio…
Congratulations DEALL Summer Graduates!
This summer. DEALL saw one of its largest graduate program graduation classes in our history! In addition to awarding scores of undergraduate degrees in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese studies, we…
Summer 2025 SPEAC Program
DEALL offered Levels 1 and 2 Japanese in the SPEAC Program in Summer 2025, and fourteen students successfully completed the program. In SPEAC, students take summer intensive Japanese…