About the Department

       Chair, Edward Kamens 
       Director, Graduate Studies, John Treat (Fall), Kang-i-Sun Chang (Spring)
       Director, Undergraduate Studies, Edward Kamens (Fall), Tina Lu (Spring)
       Department Administrator, Reva Alavian
       Department Administrative Assistant, Tracy Ford
       Director of Language Instruction, Seungja Kim Choi

The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures offers undergraduate degree programs in the languages and literatures of China and Japan, Ph.D. programs in Chinese and Japanese literature, and language courses in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean from the elementary to advanced level. Our goal is to support the humanistic study of East Asian cultures through their languages and literary traditions, ancient and modern.

This semester, the department offers over fifty courses in Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Please see the Courses section of our web site for a complete listing.

If you are considering Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, or are currently studying one of these languages, subscribe to the East Asian Languages and Literatures mailing list and receive announcements about course offerings and placement exams.  All current and prospective students should subscribe.  Click Undergraduate Program for the time and place of the current year's placement exams. 

 

EALL News

 

  • Several Chinese language courses are in need of teaching fellows for Fall 2012.  If you are interested in a position, please contact Peisong Xu (peisong.xu@yale.edu) for more information.
  • EALL is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael (Mick) Hunter as assistant professor in the field of Chinese literature.  Professor Hunter will receive his Ph.D. in 2012 from Princeton University.  Beginning in the academic year 2012-13, he will offer undergraduate and graduate courses on classical Chinese literature and culture, with a focus on early China. 

  • EALL is pleased to announce that two new lectors in Chinese language will be joining the department beginning in Fall 2012.  Shucheng Zhang comes to us from MIT, where he teaches a range of Chinese courses from beginning to advanced levels.  Mr. Zhang has a degree in Civil and Commercial law from Peking University Law School, and previously practiced law in Beijing.  Chuanmei Sun currently teaches advanced Chinese at Washington University in St. Louis, and holds a Master's degree in Modern Chinese Literature from Yunnan Normal University.  Mr. Zhang will be teaching two new advanced level courses this coming academic year, Chinese for Global Enterprises and Media and Society in Chinese.  Ms. Sun will be teaching elementary and intermediate Chinese language courses.  We are fortunate to be adding two excellent faculty members to our department, and we encourage everyone to look for their courses this fall.

  • At the Annual Banquet of the Alpha of Connecticut Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa held on February 13, 2012,  Prof. Kang-i Sun Chang was honored with the William Clyde DeVane Award for Distinguished Scholarship and Teaching, for which she was selected by the undergraduate members.  The EALL Department congratulates Prof. Chang on her receipt of this richly deserved distinction, now added to the many laurels she has earned in her thirty years of devoted teaching at Yale and so many decades of remarkable scholarship.

  • EALL and Yale's Program in Theater Studies are pleased to announce the appointment of William D. Fleming as assistant professor in the field of Japanese theater and performance. Will received his Ph.D. in 2011 from Harvard University and is currently a Post-Doctoral Associate in Yale's Council on East Asian Studies at Yale.  Beginning in the academic year 2012-13, he will offer courses on traditional Japanese theater and early modern literature and culture for both undergraduate and graduate students.