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A Retirement Celebration for Professor Nakayama
The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures held a retirement celebration for Professor Nakayama on Monday, April 20, honoring his many years of dedicated teaching and service at The Ohio…
Chinese 5400 Class Publishes on World Epics Website
Students in Prof. Mark Bender’s Ch 5400 Chinese Performance Traditions published three co-authored essays introducing epics from Southwest China on the World Epics blog.
Under the guidance…
Podcast Features DEALL PhD Alumnae Experience with “Chinese Theater Collaborative”
A recent one hour long episode of GradLounge, a Chinese-language podcast on professional development in academia, featured the experiences of two DEALL alums and their contributions to the digital…
Ai-Ling Lu awarded Graduate Associate Leadership Award
The Ohio State Graduate School has announced its 2025-26 Graduate Associate Leadership award recipients and DEALL's PhD Candidate Ai-Ling Lu was included on this short list of outstanding graduate…
DEALL Students particpate in the 7th Midwest Korean Speech Contest
DEALL undergraduate students participated in and received awards at the 7th Midwest Korean Speech Contest, held at the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago on Saturday, April 4, 2026.
Bender Delivers 2026 Richard M. Dorson Folklore Lecture at Indiana University
Prof. Mark Bender, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and OSU Center for Folklore Studies, presented the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Lecture in the Department of Folklore and…
Siyuan Dong Completes Dissertation Defense!
On April 1, 2026, Siyuan Dong successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, marking the final milestone in her PhD journey in East Asian Languages and Literatures. She extends her sincere…
DEALL Awards over $30,000 in student scholarships!
This week, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures awarded over $25,000 in scholarship awards to 24 undergraduate and graduate students. These scholarships which come from a…
Congratulations Dr. Saori Wakita!
On April 3, 2026, Saori Wakita successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, finsihing the last major milestone in her doctoral studies journey.
DEALL extends its heartfelt…