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May 16, 2023
The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures is delighted to hear that a book by our colleague, Professor Jing Tsu, Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution...
March 3, 2023
The Chinese Program at Yale, which offers advanced subject-based courses taught in Mandarin, celebrated the lunar Yuanxiao festival with over 250 attendees on Feb. 24.
February 28, 2023
The writer on why the west and China misunderstand each other — and how culture can bring them closer together.
Professors Susan Rose-Ackerman and Lucas Rambo Bender
February 6, 2023
Susan Rose-Ackerman, Henry R. Luce Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, and Lucas Rambo Bender, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages &...
January 9, 2023
Proseminar for Jobseekers in Premodern Fields Wednesdays, 1:30–3:20pm MDVL 975, EMST TBD, EALL 745, RLST 955 This course is intended for doctoral students studying premodern...
January 9, 2023
Professor Jing Tsu’s new book, Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern (Riverhead, Penguin Random House, 2022), has been named among the “...
November 1, 2022
Jing Tsu, a cultural historian and literary scholar at Yale, will explore reasons behind the increasing friction between China and the United States in a semester-long...