News & Events
April, 2013
*MARK YOUR CALENDARS*
Chinese Travel Writing
Tuesday, April 30 and Thursday May 2, 2013
3:00-4:20 p.m.
Global Studies Center
Come and take a ride with students in EAL 233 (Chinese Travel Writing). They will present their envisioning, in-depth travel itinerary in China and Taiwan on April 30 and May 2 at the Global Studies Center from 3 to 4:20. The destinations of their impending trips include Beijing, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yellow Mountain, and Taipei.
Everyone is welcome. Presented in English.
Five College Hanami Festival
Sunday, April 14, 2013
12:30 - 4:00 p.m., Campus Center Carroll Room
Smith College
Free Performances amd Foods
Open to Public
Five College Chinese Speech Contest
Friday, April 12, 2013
2:30-6:00 p.m.
Neilson Library Browsing Room
Smith College
Chinese language students from five colleges will compete on three levels: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced. All are welcome.
Sponsored by the Five College East Asian Languages Program.
March, 2013
East Asian Languages and Literatures
Annual Department Lecture
A Lecture by Aaron Gerow
If Ainu are Indians, Then What are the Japanese?
--Indigenous People in Japanese Cinema
Thursday, March 28, 2013
5:00 p.m., Seelye Hall 106
Smith College
"If Ainu are Indians, Then What are the Japanese?--Indigenous People in Japanese Cinema" is the title of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures Annual Lecture to be given by Professor Aaron Gerow of Yale University. Professor Gerow will talk about ways the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, have been represented in Japanese cinema. He will ask what these images, which range from lusty maidens in melodramas to substitute Indians in Westerns, say about Japanese film and culture. This event is open to the public. Sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Lecture Committee.
Remembering Fukushima and beyond:
Challenges and Resilience after Japan’s Earthquake
March 8-9, 2013
Smith College
(see program for locations and times)
Febuary, 2013
Chinese New Year Celebration
February 15, 2013
3:30-6:30 p.m.
Davis Ballroom, Smith College
October, 2012
Tom Ashbrook interview:
http://soundcloud.com/
Jeffrey Wasserstrom in the Los Angeles Review of Books:
China's Latest Laureate: Chinese Lit Scholar Answers Questions about Mo Yan
http://lareviewofbooks.org/
EAL Presentation of the Major
Thursday, October 18from 12noon, Seelye 207
Are you studying Chinese, Japanese or Korean? Would you like to learn more about the literatures and cultures of East Asia? Come join us to meet the faculty and learn about the major and minor!
September, 2012
Moon Festival Celebration
Friday, September 28 from 6:30-8:30pm, Campus Center Carroll Room
Chinese Program and Chinese Inter-regional Student Cultural Organization (CISCO) at Smith will present an annual celebration of Chinese Moon Festival on Friday, September 28, 6:30-8:30 in Campus Center Carroll Room. The celebration will feature delicious moon cakes, great performances, playing games and learning about the culture and traditions surrounding the festival.
EAL Career Workshop
Friday, September 28 from 12noon-1pm, Seelye 207
The EAL department will sonsor a workshop with Janice Schell of the Smith College Lazarus Center for Career Development (CCD). Janice will introduce different resources and services available in the CCD to help students find intermships and jobs in or related to East Asia. Pizza lunch will be provided to the first 25 attendees.
EAL Career Workshop with Janice Schell
"Hope for Japan" fundraising events
- Events will be back in the spring semester!
Thank you very much for raising the funds for the Hope for Japan campaign. I really appreciate your generosity and support for the people in the affected regions.
