News Archives

November 14, 2011 - Professor Ho-min Sohn has been honored by the Korean government with the "Cultural Award" for his contribution to promoting han'gul internationally. The award consists of a medal and a certificate and both were presented to him on October 9, 2011, during the ceremony celebrating the 565th anniversary of this precious and unique Korean script.
He has alsobeen named the winner of the third Korea Foundation Award. The award recognizes Professor Sohn's long-standing contributions to training next-generation educators of Korean language and laying the foundations for Korean language education in the United States. He receives a commemorative plaque along with a prize of $10,000. The award ceremony will be held in Seoul on December 15, 2011.
October 27, 2011 - Starting Spring 2012, language class placement procedure will be changed. Please view the Placement page for more information.
October 18, 2011 - Effective immediately, EALL now has a new policy and revised procedures for observing EALL classes for research purposes. Please click on Class Observation Policy for more information.
October 04, 2011 - Learn about the Japanese Language Tutoring Program for Fall 2011
June 03, 2011 - EALL is pleased to welcome two Visiting Scholars for AY 2011-12:
- Prof. Sook Suh, Visiting Professor from Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea, will be teaching modern Korean literature, she can be reached at 956-2072 (Moore 389)
- Mr. Haruki Murakami, Visiting Writer in Residence.
June 03, 2011 - A warm welcome to our new faculy members Dr. Ken Ito, Professor in Japanese Literature, and Dr. Yun Peng, Assistant Professor in Chinese Literature. They will be joining us August 1, 2011.
May 15, 2011 - Congratulations to Prof. Joel Cohn for accepting his appointment as the new Graduate Chair of EALL. He will begin his duties on August 15, 2011. During the summer periods, the three Section Heads in EALL will act as Interim Graduate Chairs for their respective sections: Prof. Song Jiang (Chinese), Prof. Arthur Thornhill (Japanese), and Prof. Homin Sohn (Korean).
March 06, 2011 - Updated Placement Tests for Summer 2011 and Fall 2011 Registration.
October 01, 2010 - Updated Placement Tests for Spring 2011 Registration and the October EALL newsletter.
October 08, 2010 - Learn about the Japanese Language Tutoring Program for Fall 2010
Sept 15, 2010 - Read about Student Learning Outcomes
Aug 11, 2010 - Departmental Meeting August 19th Agenda
Mar 29, 2010 - Updated Placement Tests For Fall 2010 Registration
Mar 29, 2010 - Updated Placement Tests For Summer 2010 Registration
Dec 17, 2009- Japanese National Honor Society list
Nov 23, 2009- Video for the 2009 Nippon Culture Day
Oct 19, 2009 - Updated Placement Tests For Spring 2010 Registration
July 8, 2009 - Updated Requirements for Certificate in Korean.
May 28, 2009 - Updated Undergraduate Korean Programs section.
May 8, 2009 - The Intent to Register as a Graduate Student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures form is now available.
Apr. 29, 2009 - Updated Undergraduate Japanese Programs section
Apr. 20, 2009 - EALL department newsletter for April 2009
Apr. 15, 2009 - Update on "Representing EALL Graduate Students"
Apr. 8, 2009 - View photos taken during the 2009 UH Korean Culture Day
Mar. 13, 2009 - Updated placement test schedule for the Japanese section
Jan. 16, 2009 - Audio files for JPN 211 and JPN 212
Jan. 14, 2009 - Audio files for JPN 111 and JPN 112
Jan. 12, 2009 - Links to BRIX sites courses for the Spring 2009 semester (see course pages for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)
Jan. 11, 2009 - New door card and schedule/contact form for Spring 2009
Oct. 28, 2008 - Video for the 2008 Nippon Culture Day