East Asian Languages and Cultures Department

As part of a campus- and community-wide relief effort, there will be a teach-in and benefit event Wednesday, March 30, beginning at 7 p.m. at Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union.
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"Borders and Pathways: Shaping Identity in Modern America" is the theme for Indiana University's 2011 observance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Many events, including Taste of Asia, will offer support for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
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Indiana University's second World Language Festival -- Indiana's largest such event devoted to language and culture study -- will take place at the Bloomington campus on Saturday, April 9, and is free and open to people of all ages.
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A new national survey of Americans finds that many U.S. citizens believe that China's economy is overtaking the United States' in terms of size and influence. They are also somewhat worried that the Asian nation could become a military threat in the future.
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Two research centers at Indiana University Bloomington have organized a delegation of IU scholars, state business executives and journalists, who will leave for southeast China on Friday (March 11) for an eight-day visit.
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The Language Flagship, an initiative of the National Security Education Program (NSEP) within the U.S. Department of Defense, has chosen Indiana University as the only location for its graduate level activities in Chinese.
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