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Midwest Regional "Chinese Bridge" Speech Contest Hosted by Notre Dame

Published: April 20, 2015

The 2015 U.S. Midwest "Chinese Bridge" Speech Contest was hosted by the University of Notre Dame and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures Saturday, April 18. The event was sponsored ...

Notre Dame's 8th Anuual Speech Contest

Published: April 11, 2015

Author: Shinaola Atoro

On Friday April 10, 2015, Notre Dame’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures Department successfully hosted its 8th Annual Chinese Speech Contest. The Chinese Speech Contest is an a...

Chinese civil rights activist to give Notre Dame’s 2015 Human Dignity Lecture

Published: April 01, 2015

Author: Michael O. Garvey

Chinese civil rights activist and former political prisoner Chen Guangcheng will give the University of Notre Dame’s 2015 Human Dignity Lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 7 (Tuesday) in the McKenna...

Notre Dame Among Top Producers of Fulbright Students

Published: March 23, 2015

Author: Michael O. Garvey

Ten University of Notre Dame students have been awarded Fulbright grants in the 2014-15 program, placing the University among the top-producing research institutions in the nation. Eight of Notre...

Father Theodore Hesburgh of Notre Dame dies at age 97

Published: February 27, 2015

Author: Dennis Brown

Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross and one of the nation’s most influential figures i...

Celebrate Asia!

Published: November 12, 2014

Author: Cindy Zyniewicz

Read the November 10, 2014 edition of The Observer featuring the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures' annual Celebrate Asia! This is the department’s signatur...

Fulbright FLTAs in the News

Published: November 05, 2014

Author: Liquid error: internal

View WNDU’s news coverage featuring the CSLC’s Italian Language Fulbright, Alessio Compagnino, teaching Italian culture through dancing to Perley Elementary students. “Local stude...

Dr. Lionel Jensen on Pope Frances' visit to South Korea

Published: October 17, 2014

Author: cynthia Zyniewicz

Dr. Lionel Jensen on Pope Frances Visit Interview Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures Lionel Jensen comments on the religious, cultural, and political significance of Pope Frances’...

ND Football Star Tackles Chinese Language

Published: October 15, 2014

Author: Liquid error: internal

Max Redfield, a sophomore majoring in international economics at the University of Notre Dame, was recently profiled in Sports Illustrated. In the interview, the lethal starting safety of the natio...

Spotlight: Shannon Kraemer

Published: October 11, 2014

Author: Liquid error: internal

Upon meeting Shannon Kraemer, the CSLC’s outstanding foreign language student for October 2014, I was immediately struck by her infectious and unique spirit. A junior double majoring in Econ...

2014-2015 Language Tables include Japanese and Korean

Published: September 05, 2014

Author: Denise Ayo

These “roundtable” discussions are an opportunity for individual language programs to regularly bring their students (and invited guests) together within a more comfortable social conte...

Fulbright Foreign Language Teachers Introduced to American Culture at Notre Dame

Published: September 05, 2014

Author: Liquid error: internal

The University of Notre Dame is hosting its ninth Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) orientation for the upcoming academic year. Sixty teachers from 28 countries, representing 1...

Relationships with Chinese University Leaders Foster International Dialogue

Published: September 05, 2014

Author: Amanda Skofstad

What does a private American Catholic university have in common with government-run Chinese universities? Plenty, if the recent activities of Notre Dame International (NDI) are any indication. Fr...

Lecture Series of “Chinese Language and Culture”

Published: March 26, 2014

Author: Denise Ayo

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures is proud to present a series of lectures “Chinese Language and Culture” this spring. The first lecturer is Dr. Yafei Li, a professo...

Experience the Sounds of Minyoo

Published: April 27, 2013

Author: Jessica Green

Award-winning singer Molly Adkins Jeon gave a very moving performance and talk, “Experience the Sounds of Minyoo,” the evening of April 26th, in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium fo...

Chinese Poetry Expert Receives Research Fellowship

Published: April 23, 2013

Author: Chris Milazzo

Xiaoshan Yang, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in Notre Dame’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, has been awarded an American Council of Learned So...

Honorable Hao Ping, China’s vice minister for education, leads delegation to Notre Dame

Published: April 12, 2013

Author: Michael O. Garvey

Chinese Vice Minister for Education Hao Ping and Notre Dame Provost Thomas G. Burish China’s Vice Minister for Education Hao Ping visited the Notre Dame campus Tuesday (April 9) at th...

Student Club Looks To Increase Cultural Opportunities for Campus

Published: April 03, 2013

Author: Ben Horvath

A college campus is intended to be a place where exploration, dialogue, and debate are fostered. A prime example of this ethos is the Dean’s Fellows program in the College of Arts and Lett...

Arts and Letters Students Celebrate Senior Theses

Published: April 03, 2013

Author: Ben Horvath

Each year, approximately 30 percent of seniors in the College of Arts and Letters complete a yearlong thesis project, working one-on-one with a faculty member or graduate student to make an inte...

Video: Meet Japanese Major Matthew Donley

Published: March 26, 2013

Author: Arts and Letters

“People have this idea that Japanese is really hard, that it is difficult to speak” says Matthew Donley, a senior Japanese and psychology major in Notre Dame’s College of Arts ...