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WLL seeks Visiting Assistant Professor in Premodern Chinese Literature

in Chinese

The Department of World Languages and Literatures at Boston University invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in premodern Chinese Literature before 1911, to begin July 1, 2021. A Ph.D. in Chinese Literature, Comparative Literature, or a related field must be completed by the time of employment. We are interested in candidates with […]

Third Year Chinese Students Explored Yin Yu Tang House

in Chinese, Cultural Event

Yin Yu Tang House is a late 18th-century Chinese house that had been removed from its original village in China and rebuilt in the Peabody Essex museum in Salem, Massachusetts. It is a tangible example of the scale of social and economic changes in China since the 18th century, and how it has affected the daily life and culture […]

BU Chinese Program Hosts 8th Annual New England Chinese Language Teachers Association Conference

in Chinese, Lecture

The Chinese program hosted The 8th New England Chinese Language Teachers Association’s Annual Conference on October 5th, 2019. The conference was a big success, with more than 60 presentations and over 150 participants.  Jennifer Rudolph, Professor of Asian History and Director of the China Hub and the Hangzhou Project Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, delivered […]

New Online Chinese Language Course LC112OL Offered in Summer 2019

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Liling Huang began to work on the course, Second Semester Chinese Online LC112OL, closely with the Instructional Production Services and the Office of Distance Education since spring 2019. This fully online course was offered in Summer II, 2019 for the first time by Liling Huang. The features of this online course are: Interactive: it intends to foster […]

Exploring Chinese

in Chinese

October 24 – Hakka Culture in Taiwan. The Hakka people, one of the ethnic minorities in Taiwan, have passed on their  traditions through generations which contributes to the diversity and richness of Taiwanese culture. This workshop starts with a brief history of the origin of Hakka people, followed by an introduction of some aspects of […]

WLL Chinese Program Instructors Attend 6th Annual Conference of the New England Chinese Language Teachers Association

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Image: http://neclta.org/media On October 21st, four WLL Chinese Program instructors, Hsiao-chih Chang, Hongyun Sun, Weijia Huang, Huimin Li attended the The 6th Annual Conference of the New England Chinese Language Teachers Association’s International Conference on Learning and Teaching Chinese Language and Culture at Tufts University. Hsiao-chih Chang presented on the topic of “Teaching Chinese characters with […]

A New Approach to Understanding Classical Literary Cultures: Professor Denecke publishes The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature

in Chinese, Publication

The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature 1000 BCE through 900 CE (coedited by Wiebke Denecke, Wai-yee Li Xiaofei Tian. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017) aims to provide a solid introduction to the field, inspire scholars in Chinese Studies to explore innovative conceptual frameworks and pedagogical approaches in the studying and teaching of classical […]

Chinese philosophy meets Korean Wave: Professor Wiebke Denecke Featured in a Korean TV Series on Ancient China’s Greatest Thinkers

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The crew from the Korean TV channel EBS (Educational Broadcasting System) had set themselves an ambitious goal: they wanted to explore how China’s greatest thinkers, like Confucius and Mencius, Mozi, the “Daoists” Laozi and Zhuangzi or the “Legalist” Han Fei, lived up to the worst challenges of their time: constant infighting between China’s various states […]

WLL Well Represented at Chinese Language Teachers Conference

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Eight WLL Chinese instructors (Weijia Huang, Hongyun Sun, Liling Huang, Huimin Li, Hsinwei-Su, Lingsee Hung, Pengfei Li and Zhe Liu) attended the New England Chinese Languange Teachers Association’s International Conference on Learning and Teaching Chinese Language and Culture on October 29th at the College of the Holy Cross. Weijia Huang led a panel discussion and […]