News and Events
Spring 2010 News and Events
Arabic and Chinese Language Students Win 2010 Language Theatre Contest
For the second year in a row, Asian Studies language students have taken gold, silver, and bronze at the Language Resource Center's theatre performances in languages from around the world!Dramatic Category:
*1st Prize: ألخنازير الثلاثة الصغيرة (The Three Little Pigs)
Performed by Molly Cox, Liana Simonds, Carol Stil, Ebie Kane, Rahel Lippert, Danielle Kerem, Libby Wassmann
Performed by Zhengyun Qi, Qianran Li, Meng Yan, and Tianjiao Zhang
Musical Category:
*2nd Prize: 小手拉大手 /風になる (Small Hands Holding Big Hands / Become Wind)
Performed by Nan Zhu, Xinyun Zhu, Jianxiao Liu
Asian Studies major Nondie Hemphill wins national award
Nondie Hemphill has been awarded the U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship. She will spend this summer in Kyoto, Japan studying Japanese. Congratulations Nondie!
Asian Studies Associate Professor Ying Wang Receives 2010 MHC Award for Outstanding Teaching
Each year, the College selects faculty to receive awards for teaching and scholarship. The Asian Studies Program is proud to announce that one of this year's recipients for outstanding teaching is our own Ying Wang. Professor Wang oversees the Chinese language program at MHC and teaches a Chinese literature course in English each semester.
When asked about the award, Wang said "I don't think a teaching award is necessary because teaching itself is the reward."
Congratulations Wang Laoshi!
Fall 2009 News and Events
Casey Brienza ’03 Receives Top Student-Paper Award for 2009
Casey Brienza ’03, Asian Studies and English double major, is awarded the Top Student Paper Award for 2009 by theJapan-U.S. Communication Association (JUCA) unit of the National Communication Association (NCA). The title of Casey’s paper's is: 'Chix Comix' to 'Shoujo Manga': Ideology and Lexical Shift in the U.S. Manga Industry. Her paper looks at how the demographic shift in manga readership has changed labelling practices of the U.S. manga industry to target females.
Orientation Meeting for Studying and Interning in China and Taiwan
This meeting will take place on Thursday November 12 in Kendade Hall 305. The meeting will be from 4:30-6:00 pm.
Want to go to Japan?
Come to the informational meeting on Wednesday November 11 in Ciruti 111. The meeting will be from 6-7pm.
Japanese Martial Art Expert at MHC October 30
The Mount Holyoke College Kachimushi Naginata Club will host a lecture by
Ban Ebisawa, a world-renowned expert in Naginata, a Japanese martial art
that was originally for women. Read more...
Casey Brienza ’03 Earns Cambridge Scholarship
Casey Brienza ’03, an Asian studies and English major, has received an External Research Studentship, a prestigious scholarship that will fully fund her doctoral studies at Trinity College, Cambridge University. She will be researching the transnational publishing of Japanese comics. Read more...
Shanghai Yue Opera star Hui Huang to perform
In her first U.S. appearance, Shanghai Yue Opera star Hui Huang will perform leading man roles from five Yue operas. Her solo recital will take place Monday, Oct. 19 from 7:30-9 pm in Chapin Hall. Read more...
Japanese Tea Ceremony
- Wa~Shin~An Garden & Tea House
- Every Tuesday: 7:30-8:30 pm ( except 11/25, 12/2)
- R.S.V.P. required; please use the sign-up sheet on Kagi's desk, Eliot House, first floor
- Contact: Nobue Yamashita, Tea Mistress or call 538-3534
- Open to Five College students