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Two Ohio State students receive prestigious NSEP Boren Award to study in Korea
Two Ohio State students have been awarded NSEP Boren Undergraduate Scholarships to study in Korea during the 2020-21 school year.
Victoria Washington, a junior with a major in Korean…

Study Abroad News from Olivia Sergent, a Japanese Major
When I first enrolled at Ohio State as a Japanese major, I wasn’t even considering studying abroad. I wanted to take my required classes, finish my degree, and move on to the next bullet point on…

Awards for DEALL students at the 2020 Ohio Japanese Speech Contest
Five students in DEALL were selected as finalists and presented their speeches at the 2020 Ohio Japanese Speech Contest held online on April 5, 2020.
In the Advanced category, Isaac Bennett…

A New Book Co-Edited by Professor Priya Ananth, a Former Graduate Student
Incorporating Foreign Language Content in Humanities Courses (Routledge Press, 2019) is the title of a new book co-edited by former DEALL graduate student, Priya Ananth, associate professor of…

Congratulations to Wenting Zhao!
Congratulations to Wenting Zhao for winning the National Humanities Center’s “Passionate Teaching in the Research Environment” summer residency program July 6-17, 2020 in North Carolina.

DEALL Japanese Language Lecturer Wins Coveted Teaching Award
Teppei Kiyosue, DEALL Japanese language lecturer, won the coveted ASC Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer on March 2, 2020. The award was presented at a surprise…

Former DEALL Grad Students Set the Course for Studies in Chinese Folklore
Mark Bender, chair of Department of East Asian Languages and Literature, was astonished and delighted to receive in one week copies of just-released books by two former DEALL graduate students.…

Mark Bender, DEALL Chair, Presents at SOAS
Mark Bender, chair of Department of East Asian Languages and Literature, participated in a workshop entitled “Recent Advances in Yi Studies” at the School of Asian and Oriental Studies, University…
Congratulations to Mario DeGrandis for receiving the Saboohi I. Khan Award
Baltimore Oct. 19, 2019: The Transnational Asia-Pacific Section of the American Folklore Society awarded the Saboohi I. Khan Award to PhD student Mario DeGrandis of DEALL for a…