News Archive from December, 2019

Carved Alive: What Living Tree Icons in Japan (Tachikibutsu) May Be Telling Us

The Graduate Students’ Association for East Asian Studies cordially invites you to a guest lecture by Professor Gregory Levine, Department of History of Art in UC Berkeley. 

Associate Professor Hye-Sook Wang awarded with Cultural Merit Medal

Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, Hye-Sook Wang, has been honored by the Korean government with a Cultural Merit Medal. The Cultural Merit Medal is the second highest honor that can be conferred by the President of South Korea on individuals who have "rendered distinguished service" to the country. Hye-Sook was recognized for the contributions she has made by teaching, researching, and promoting Korean language and culture.