International Symposium

Rethinking the Boundaries Between Religion and Culture in Premodern Japan: Religious Practitioners, Aristocrats, and the Transformation of Japanese Literatures

The University of Illinois Department of Religion and Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures will host a major international symposium, “Rethinking the Boundaries Between Religion and Culture in Premodern Japan: Religious Practitioners, Aristocrats, and the Transformation of Japanese Literatures,” which is to be held March 18-19, 2010, at the Levis Center at the University of Illinois, and will features a series of Japanese and American scholars of Premodern Japanese Religion, Literature, and History. The Keynote Speakers will be Susan Blakeley Klein (University of California, Irvine) and Nemoto Seiji (University of Tsukuba). (additional information)

EALC - Placement Exams

Each semester the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures provides placement exams for; Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Exams are typically held a few days prior to classes beginning to allow time to process results and for students to utilize their placement scorce to make enrollment decisions.

To register for the fall 2010 placement tests please follow the following link. Registration is REQUIRED for this exam on line: https://secure.las.uiuc.edu/EALC_Placement_Exams/register

Actual Dates/times/locations will be scheduled as soon as possible - you will need to check the registration page closer to the actual start of the semester for finalized information.

: Japanese Language Table -- Weekly informal Japanese practice sessions. Everyone is welcome! : Held Weekly [ Spring 2010 dates and times to be announced ] For additional information please contact Professor Misumi Sadler @ sadlerm@uiuc.edu

:: 2009/2010 EALC Speakers Series [ "East Asia/Otherworlds" ] -

:: New BA Track in Teaching East Asian Languages Now Official. Undergraduate students can enroll in a new BA concentration in Teaching East Asian Languages, which will certify them for teaching Chinese or Japanese in Illinois K-12 schools under the No Child Left Behind law. For more information, please contact Professor Jerry Packard at jpackar@uiuc.edu, Professor Chilin Shih at cls@uiuc.edu and Professor Misumi Sadler at
sadlerm@uiuc.edu.