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Asian and Near Eastern Languages & Literatures
The Department offers program in the study of Asian and Near Eastern languages and literatures, including Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Persian. Faculty often offer expertise in related social, cultural and literary traditions; most have extensive experience conducting research and traveling in countries where these languages are spoken. A major in Asian and Near Eastern languages and literatures opens up career opportunities in diplomacy, business, law, journalism, and higher education.
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Windows on Iran
Iranian-American scholar posts daily updates on election-related turmoil in Iran
June 22,
2009 --
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An Iranian-American scholar at Washington University in St. Louis has been posting daily updates on election-related turmoil in Iran as part of her long-running electronic newsletter on cultural, political and social issues in Iran. Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences, posts news, filled with cell phone videos and firsthand anecdotes from friends and academic contacts within Iran, at Windows on Iran Web site. She is available for media interviews on the day-to-day news reports she's receiving from contacts within Iran and for broader discussions of the cultural context of these events, including the role of women and the unique ways that this protest is being shaped by the use of cell phones, instant messaging and other online social media.
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Tale of Genji
Campus celebrates 1000th anniversary of 'world's first novel,' April 18
April 4,
2008 --
One mark of a great novel, it's been said, is its ability to stand the "test of time" — to remain captivating to readers from generation to generation. Washington University will honor such a novel on April 18 with two campus events celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of the Tale of Genji, a central pillar of the Japanese literary canon often hailed as the world's first novel.
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Asian Studies
WUSTL hosts Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Oct. 19-21
Oct. 1,
2007 -- Marxism in China, taboo images in Tibet and war, sex work and memory in 20th century Japan will be among topics discussed as Washington University welcomes the 56th Annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA) to St. Louis, Oct, 19-21. Program includes pre-conference workshop for K-12 teachers on Oct. 13
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Rebecca Copeland
Professor of Japanese Language & Literature
Copeland received her Ph.D. in Japanese Literature from Columbia University in 1986. Her dissertation concerned the writer Uno Chiyo (1897-1996). This study was subsequently published as The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992.) Copeland's study of ...
Expertise: Japan, Japanese Literature, women writers, gender issues, translation theory and practice
Direct contact: (314) 935-4903
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copeland@artsci.wustl.edu
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Beata Grant
Professor of Chinese and Religious Studies
Grant teaches a broad range of courses in literature and religious studies, including Introduction to Buddhism and Introduction to Asian Religions. Her writings include a long study of the Woman Huang story-cycle, Mount Lu Revisited: Buddhism in the Life and Writings of Su Shih, and several articles ...
Expertise: Chinese religion and literature, Pre-modern Chinese women's literature and culture, Buddhism
Direct contact: (314) 935-5156
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bgrant@wustl.edu
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With a rebel yell
The Guardian (UK)
May 31,
2005 -- Writer says Japanese youth culture has long embraced bizarre fashion, subversive comics and sexual graffiti. Now a new wave of violent female fiction is causing shockwaves. Article features author Hitomi Kanehara and her book Snakes and Earrings. WUSTL Japanese literature professor Rebecca Copeland comments on the way Japanese women writers are using popular fiction to raise questions about their society.
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