• Classical Chinese Placement Exam (Fall 2021)

    The Classical Chinese placement exam is intended for students who have already studied some Classical Chinese (文言) and would like to skip Chinese 101A and enroll directly in Chinese 101B instead. It is offered once per year, administered by Professor Thomas Mazanec. Please email Prof. Mazanec (mazanec@ucsb.edu) if you are interested in taking this exam. […]

  • Study Abroad for EALCS Majors

    Register here to learn about study abroad opportunities for EALCS majors from the Education Abroad Program: https://ucsb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkdu2vqDooG9aED9PnK8p58Nkn848_y_Lj. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

  • Chinese Language Program Tea time / Welcome Party

    Chinese Language Program Autumn Festival Tea Time / Welcome Party Friday, Oct. 22 2pm-4pm @HSSB Courtyard Come mingle with your classmates, professors, and new friends!! We will provide delicious snacks, live music performances, a photo booth, and fun games!! Sponsored by the UCSB Center for Taiwan Studies, Chinese Language Program, and the Department of East […]

  • “(Auto)Ethnography and Identity in Contemporary Taiwan: The Oceanic Epistemology of Syaman Rapongan & Indigenous Alterity of Heather Tsui” by Kyle Shernuk

    As part of the "Sound, Screen, and Stages from Taiwan" series at the Center for Taiwan Studies, we are pleased to welcome Prof. Kyle Shernuk (Queen Mary University of London) to speak on "(Auto)Ethnography and Identity in Contemporary Taiwan: The Oceanic Epistemology of Syaman Rapongan & Indigenous Alterity of Heather Tsui." The talk will take […]

  • Guest Talk with Tom Gill: Sudden Exile, Sudden Wealth: Fukushima’s Nuclear Aristocracy in Exile

    Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011 broke up local communities by forcing their inhabitants into exile in locations scattered though the prefecture.  In subsequent years, government compensation policy created further divisions within these ruptured communities, by providing wildly varying amounts of compensation according to the classification of danger in each district.  The most […]