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.
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.
Daniel Majchrowicz's new book shows how Urdu travel writing gave voice to a global imagination that reflected the ambition and aspiration of Indians and Pakistanis as they negotiated their place in the changing world of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Starlight
Presented by Aao Mil Baithen in partnership with the Race, Caste, and Colorism project and supported by Northwestern University’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. The community enjoyed six weeks of art-making, creative workshops, film screenings, performances, music + a reading nook and listening stations. It was a huge success!
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, Evanston
Speaker: Elise Burton Title: Excavating Asian Races: Postwar Japanese Science and Diplomacy in the Middle East Abstract: Between the 19...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Qatar
Fish, Water, Salt: Wetland Geographies and the History of Energy Transitions in South India c. 1930-1970 Speaker: Aditya Ramesh Assista...
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Evanston
The Study Abroad Fair is an opportunity to learn more about the different credit-bearing study abroad programs offered at Northwestern....
