UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles and the College of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University is pleased to host the 45th annual meeting of the Council on Thai Studies (COTS 2017), November 10-11, 2017 at UCLA.

Call for Proposals

The Council on Thai Studies (COTS) invites scholars, community advocates and students to submit proposals for presentations that are related to Thai Studies for the 2017 annual meeting, hosted by the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles.

We welcome all topics and perspectives from any discipline on Tai/Thai Studies, including but not limited to

- Tai/Thai people (in Thailand and the diaspora),
- Tai/Thai language(s), Linguistics,
- Tai/Thai culture(s),
- comparative studies of Thai and other languages/cultures, etc.

Proposals for 'Papers' (30 minutes, 'Symposia' (60 minutes), and 'Posters' and 'Virtual Presentations' should be submitted no later than August 15, 2017. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by August 31, 2017. Students and scholars with preliminary results, notes from the field and other works in progress are encouraged to submit their work. Inquiries regarding the submission process or the conference can be sent to [email protected].

The Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities, the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and UCLA Film & Television Archive presents --- " Hollywood and Holy Wood" silent movie series from April 14, 2017- April 30, 2017 at the Billy Wilder Theater (10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024).

Sailors, Merchants, Migrants and Monks: Colonial Tavoy’s Mobile and Cosmopolitan Buddhism Friday, October 30, 2015--3:00-5:00 pm, 243 Royce Hall

It's finally here! Join us today from 12-2pm for ALC's Welcome event. Hope to see you there!

Our very own Professor Sung-Ock Sohn will discuss the growth of enrollment of Korean language study in the US as well as Korean entertainment and pop culture, at the first-ever Christopher Longest Lecture on the language Monday, Oct. 19 at 5:30PM in Bondurant Auditorium in Oxford, MI!

Free and open to the public, the lecture, the 55th annual installment in the series, will be preceded by a reception at 5PM.

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Attention ALC students, please join us for the ALC Welcome next Wednesday, October 14th in Royce 314 from 12-2pm! We look forward to seeing you there!

For all incoming and continuing students, join us for the Humanities Welcome. Here's to the Humanities!

A friendly reminder to RSVP if you want to check our Alumni Panel!

UNDERGRADS! Join us for our 3rd annual ALC Alumni Panel. Graduates from the department will share their stories and career paths and how their majors or minors influenced where they are today. Following the panel will be an alumni/undergraduate reception with complimentary refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.

Please RSVP by May 7th. http://alumnipanel2015alc.eventbrite.com

UNDERGRADS! Join us for our 3rd annual ALC Alumni Panel. Graduates from the department will share their stories and career paths and how their majors or minors influenced where they are today. Following the panel will be an alumni/undergraduate reception with complimentary refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.

Please RSVP by May 7th. http://alumnipanel2015alc.eventbrite.com

ATTENTION ALUMNI // Looking for Alumni Panelists!

The department of Asian Languages and Cultures is planning an Alumni Panel event for our current major and minor students. This will give our undergraduates an opportunity to see what ALC alumni are doing with their degrees and the various areas that students may pursue after graduation (note: it does not have to directly relate to Asian studies, all areas are welcome).
If you are still in the Los Angeles area we would love to have you share your stories.

Email [email protected] if this is something you’d be interested in participating in!

Please include the following information:
Major/Minor at UCLA:
Additional Education (if any):
Current Position or Graduate Program:
How your major/minor influenced your career path:

Hope you can participate!

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ALC wishes you all the best of luck with finals!

UCLA's Michael Emmerich is one of the world's top translators of Japanese fiction.

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Professor Sung-Deuk Oak's "The Making of Korean Christianity: Protestant Encounters with Korean Religions, 1876-1915" Awarded Book of the Year!

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The Dartmouth Medal of the American Library Association has been awarded to the reference work co-authored by UCLA Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies Robert E. Buswell, Jr.

“Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism” wins top reference prize

Congratulations to Joseph Johnson, one of ALC's students that received the CKS Undergraduate Fellowship!

Center for Korean Studies Undergraduate Fellowship Announcement Announcing the first annual CKS Undergraduate Fellows! Joseph Johnson and Robin Heejae Chang. Congratulations! We wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors as CKS Undergraduate Fellows!

Study Abroad in Asia!

Interested in studying abroad in Asia? Join us for a Study Abroad Info Session! The event will take place on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:30pm in Royce 314.

RSVP: https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_89cUS4lJnVemxqB

For more information, please see our website: www.alc.ucla.edu

ALC would like to wish you a Happy New Year! To all our students and faculty hope your Winter Quarter is off to a good start!

A friendly reminder that ALC's meet and greet is tomorrow! Make sure to RSVP if you plan on attending! https://alcmeetandgreet2014.eventbrite.com

Attention Undergraduate Students! ALC will be hosting a Meet and Greet Tuesday November 18th from 3-5pm. RSVP if you plan on attending. Hope to see you there! https://alcmeetandgreet2014.eventbrite.com

Attention Undergraduate Students! ALC will be hosting a Meet and Greet Tuesday November 18th from 3-5pm. RSVP if you plan on attending. Hope to see you there! https://alcmeetandgreet2014.eventbrite.com

Gift from top international businessman will propel Japanese studies at UCLA | UCLA A $2.5 million gift from Tadashi Yanai will help transform UCLA’s Department of Asian Languages and Cultures into one of the world’s leading centers for the ...

ALC is offering a new course this Fall: Korean 106SL. A service learning course for students with Advanced Korean language background.

English, Korean departments to offer new service-learning courses | Daily Bruin

ALC is proud of have Alumnae Elizabeth Kimura representing our department at the Humanities Welcome! Alumni, we hope you'll keep in touch with us for future events.

Alumnae Elizabeth Kimura '08 and Shirley Shir '02 (pictured below on the left) participated in a panel with Dean of Humanities David Schaberg and faculty to answer student questions during one of the many Welcome Back events on campus last week. When asked why she participated in the event Shirley said it was because she wanted to give back. Elizabeth came back to campus to participate as she wanted to be a mentor for students.

Attention ALC Alumni!

We would like to showcase our alumni on our website! If interested please send the following information (and picture) to [email protected]

Name:
Year graduated/major or minor:
Additional Education:
Current Position:
How ALC influenced your career path:
Advice for current students:

Please join us Wednesday, October 1st for UCLA's Humanities Welcome!

Many students graduate UCLA aspiring for a different kind of bottom line: How can I make a difference? Gabe Rose ’08 serves as deputy director and chief strategy officer at Parent Revolution, an L.A.-based nonprofit that helps parents in marginalized communities to organize and build a movement to transform public education for their kids. He and three other alumni will be speaking at “Making an Impact: A Bruin’s Guide to Nonprofit Culture” at the James West Alumni Center on next Tuesday, Aug. 12 from 7-9 p.m. Follow this link to register for the event: http://ucla.in/1r2q8G3

We are so grateful to those of you who have expressed interest in providing support for the unexpected hardship and unmet needs of our visitors, students, faculty and staff who were affected by the flooding.

In response, we’ve set up the Chancellor's Emergency Flood Relief Fund where 100% of your donations will be used to provide assistance to those in need http://bit.ly/UCLAFloodRelief.

FLOOD INFORMATION | UCLA Sustainability UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) is the largest UC campus in terms of enrollment, and one of the few public research universities located in a major city.

Congratulations to all of our students that graduated this year!