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Ban Ki-Moon, eighth U.N. secretary-general, to speak at Asia Leadership Forum

Published: August 24, 2018

Ban Ki-moon, who served as eighth secretary-general of the United Nations, will deliver the lecture “The United Nations and Global Citizenship” on Sept. 12 (Wednesday) for the third As...

Liu Institute welcomes new Asia scholars to Notre Dame

Published: August 20, 2018

Author: Liu Institute

The Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies welcomes 11 Asia scholars to Notre Dame for the 2018-19 academic year. “It is thrilling that the number of Asia scholars continues to grow...

Expand your professional experience in Asia

Published: August 07, 2018

Author: Colleen Wilcox

He Duan interned at IBM in Shanghai over the summer of 2018 Notre Dame International offers students the opportunity to learn firsthand how businesses and organizations operate all over the world. ...

Emily Vincent receives Liu Family Distinguished Achievement Award in Asian Studies

Published: May 21, 2018

Author: Liu Institute

Senior Emily Vincent was named the recipient of the Liu Family Distinguished Achievement Award in Asian Studies. Michel Hockx, director of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, presen...

Greater China Scholars celebrate the Lantern Festival

Published: March 09, 2018

Author: Miranda Ma

The Greater China Scholars Program wishes you a happy and prosperous Year of Dog.

Video: Chinese literature and culture professor Michel Hockx on censorship, China, and literary communities

Published: September 25, 2017

Author: Todd Boruff

“I'm interested in literature as product of a community and the way in which they decide what to include, what not to include, what is good, what is bad, how they choose to engage with ce...

Record 30 Arts and Letters students and alumni receive Fulbright Awards for 2017-2018

Published: August 29, 2017

Author: Brittany Collins Kaufman

A record 30 College of Arts and Letters students and alumni have been awarded grants by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to study abroad in 2017-18. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. governm...

Two Arts and Letters students awarded Gilman Scholarships to study abroad this summer

Published: April 29, 2017

Author: Joya Helmuth

Irla Atanda and Abigail Awodele have been awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cult...

Three Arts and Letters majors named to prestigious Yenching Scholars program

Published: March 29, 2017

Author: Josh Weinhold

A trio of Notre Dame students and alumni have been named Yenching Scholars, a globally competitive award that provides a full scholarship and stipend to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s d...

Theology major Jake Grefenstette ’16 spending year in Beijing through prestigious Yenching Scholar program

Published: October 24, 2016

Author: Megan Valley

Notre Dame theology major John “Jake” Grefenstette ’16 has been named a Yenching Scholar at Peking University in Beijing. The globally competitive award provides Grefenstette...

9th Chinese Speech Contest Comes to a Close

Published: April 20, 2016

Author: EALC

The 9th Chinese speech contest took place on April the 13th, having students across all years of Chinse giving prepared speeches to their classmates, teachers, and a panel of judges. Students...

Video: Students Learn Chinese Through Immersive Summer Language Program

Published: April 08, 2016

Author: Todd Boruff

“Studying Chinese opens the doors to different ways of thinking,” said junior John Fox. “It helped a lot to be able to come here and study abroad this summer and to experience s...

Video: Learning Korean During a Summer in Seoul

Published: April 08, 2016

Author: Todd Boruff

Notre Dame junior Allison Emeott didn’t just study Korean this summer. She was immersed in it. “You get to use what you learn and talk to people,” she said. “It’s re...

Michel Hockx, scholar of Chinese literary and Internet culture, appointed director of Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies

Published: March 14, 2016

Author: Joan Fallon

Michel Hockx has been appointed director of the University of Notre Dame’s Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies within the new Keough School of Global Affairs. Hockx is professor of Ch...

Video: History Alumnus James Moynihan ’73 on the Professional Benefits of Learning a Language

Published: February 02, 2016

Author: Todd Boruff

“English is the spoken tongue throughout the world, but it pays great dividends for you if you make a sincere effort to study and use the language,” said James Moynihan ’73. &ld...

Video: Who Hires Liberal Arts Majors?

Published: January 20, 2016

Author: Todd Boruff

Graduates of the College of Arts and Letters are in demand in the business world. Through a broad liberal arts education, Arts and Letters students develop problem-solving, analysis, and communic...

Video: Tim Brooks ’90 on the Importance of an International Education

Published: December 01, 2015

Author: Todd Boruff

Col. Paul “Tim” Brooks ’90 graduated from Notre Dame’s Army ROTC program with a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the Department of Political Science...

Marie Kissel ’83 on Study Abroad and the Liberal Arts as a Foundation for an International Career

Published: December 01, 2015

Author: Todd Boruff

Marie Kissel ’83 traces much of her success back to one key point in her Notre Dame experience: going overseas to Tokyo as an undergraduate. “I’ve got this great job, I’m ...

Video: Economics Major Interns at Beijing Financial Media Outlet

Published: December 01, 2015

Author: Todd Boruff

During the summer of 2015, Kelsey Bebout interned at Caixin Media, a financial news company in Beijing. She obtained the internship with the help of the Notre Dame Beijing Global Gateway, which r...

Video: Meet Chinese Major Jack McKenna

Published: September 11, 2015

Author: Todd Boruff

“If you want to set yourself apart in anything you do—whether it’s a job, whether it’s applying to graduate school, whether it’s meeting a new person—I say lea...