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Asian Languages and Cultures

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Department Overview

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The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures offers an education in the languages, cultures, and literatures of Asia.  Students will acquire linguistic and transcultural competence in one or more regions of Asia as a dynamic site of international cultural relations.

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Why ALC?

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures offers an education in the languages, cultures, and literatures of Asia.  Students will acquire linguistic and transcultural competence in one or more regions of Asia and learn to better appreciate Asia as a dynamic site of international cultural relations.  A few of our students share their reasons for studying Asian languages and cultures and what they gained from the experience.

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Faculty Highlights

 
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Brueck Publishes New book

A product of more than four years of collaborative work with 27 chapters (including one by ALC’s own Assistant Professor of Korean Literature, Jeong Eun Annabel We), the Routledge Companion to Postcolonial and Decolonial Literature foregrounds questions of language and circulation by emphasizing translation, vernacularity, and world literature. The book expands the linguistic, regional, and critical foci of both postcolonial and decolonial approaches to literary scholarship.
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Associate Professor named Vice President

Daniel Majchrowicz becomes Vice President of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies.  AIPS provides research fellowships to researchers, administers lectureships, and sponsors academic conferences.

 

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Yumi Shiojima recognized for excellence in undergraduate teaching

Five Northwestern faculty members — Caitlin Fitz, Michael Horn, Jonathan Emery, Peter Slevin and Yumi Shiojima — will be honored with 2025 University Teaching Awards. The annual recognition is given to professors who demonstrate excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching.
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