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Kaitlyn Ugoretz Publishes New Article: “Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon? Exploring Parallel Glocalization in Global Shinto Offerings”

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate, Kaitlyn Ugoretz, for publishing “Do Kentucky Kami Drink Bourbon? Exploring Parallel Glocalization in Global Shinto Offerings”

Special Issue: Globalization and East Asian Religions, edited by Ugo Dessi and Lukas Pokorny.  Link to article on Humanities Commons CORE: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:45237
Made in Taiwan: Lauren Interviewing Vicky

UCSB’s Lauren Lee Wins CTS Audio Interview Award!

We are delighted to announce the winner of the Center for Taiwan Studies Audio Interview Award for Winter 2022: Lauren Lee, a UCSB undergraduate student. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to CTS’s research project, Made in Taiwan—examples of interviews conducted by UCSB students of individuals who grew up in Taiwan.

Please check out Lauren’s interview of Vicky on the CTS Youtube channel here. The next CTS Audio Interview Award will be given in May 2022. For more details, visit website.

Cover of the fall 2020 newsletter. Features a person in riot gear standing in front of a vibrant red background, in which a canister of tear gas is vaulting into the air.

Fall 2020 Newsletter Released

Cover of the fall 2020 newsletter. Features a person in riot gear standing in front of a vibrant red background, in which a canister of tear gas is vaulting into the air.

We are pleased to announce the publication of our Fall 2020 Newsletter (vol. 13). In addition to reports from the programs and centers that are associated with the Department, we are proud to present two new faculty members, reflections on major academic and artistic events, our wonderful undergraduate and graduate students’ achievements, and our faculty members’ accomplishments along with numerous other contributions.

2019 Department Newsletter Release

The 2019 Department newsletter is now available for download. Though delayed due to the pandemic, we are excited to tell you about many of the wonderful achievements of our students, alumni, faculty, staff, and programs.

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Learn more about department activities in our newsletter.

Table of contents:

  • Words From the Chair
  • Chinese Language Program
  • Japanese Language Program
  • East Asia Center
  • In Her Own Words: Professor Xiaorong Li on Her New Book
  • Confucius Institute
  • The Writ of the Three Sovereigns by Professor Dominic Steavu
  • 2018 Fall Workshop and 10th Anniversary of Chinese Language Teachers’ Association of Southern California (CLTA-SC)
  • Talking with Patrick Laboon (MA in 2016)
  • Talking with Allison Visconti (MA in 2018)
  • Faculty Activities
  • Center for Taiwan Studies