East Asian Languages and Cultures
Faculty Distinction 2023/24

Yike Li
Lecturer in Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Resource Center Instructional Innovation Grant

Yike Li
Lecturer in Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Resource Center Instructional Innovation Grant

Yike Li
Lecturer in Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Resource Center Instructional Innovation Grant

Lydia Liu
Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities
The “Greater University” Distinguished Lecture, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, May 2024

Lydia Liu
Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities
The “Greater University” Distinguished Lecture, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, May 2024

Lydia Liu
Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities
The “Greater University” Distinguished Lecture, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, May 2024

Chung Nguyen
Lecturer in Vietnamese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
$30,000 OER Project Grant from The Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages Partnership, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and housed in the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) at Michigan State University

Chung Nguyen
Lecturer in Vietnamese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
$30,000 OER Project Grant from The Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages Partnership, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and housed in the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) at Michigan State University

Chung Nguyen
Lecturer in Vietnamese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
$30,000 OER Project Grant from The Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages Partnership, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and housed in the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) at Michigan State University

Haruo Shirane
Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature
Elected Honorary member of Japan Academy (Nihon Gakushiin), Japan’s highest academic honor

Haruo Shirane
Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature
Elected Honorary member of Japan Academy (Nihon Gakushiin), Japan’s highest academic honor

Haruo Shirane
Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature
Elected Honorary member of Japan Academy (Nihon Gakushiin), Japan’s highest academic honor

Sonam Tsering
Lecturer in Literary/Classical Tibetan Language
Received a Language Support Grant from the National Resource Centers (NRC) to organize an ACTFL Workshop specifically tailored for the Tibetan language program at Columbia University.

Sonam Tsering
Lecturer in Literary/Classical Tibetan Language
Received a Language Support Grant from the National Resource Centers (NRC) to organize an ACTFL Workshop specifically tailored for the Tibetan language program at Columbia University.

Sonam Tsering
Lecturer in Literary/Classical Tibetan Language
Received a Language Support Grant from the National Resource Centers (NRC) to organize an ACTFL Workshop specifically tailored for the Tibetan language program at Columbia University.

Jennifer Wenzel
Professor of English and Comparative Literature and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
2023-24 Heyman Center Senior Faculty Fellowship
Contributor to The Aesthetic Life of Infrastructure, awarded 2023 MLA Prize for an Edited Collection.

Jennifer Wenzel
Professor of English and Comparative Literature and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
2023-24 Heyman Center Senior Faculty Fellowship
Contributor to The Aesthetic Life of Infrastructure, awarded 2023 MLA Prize for an Edited Collection.

Jennifer Wenzel
Professor of English and Comparative Literature and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
2023-24 Heyman Center Senior Faculty Fellowship
Contributor to The Aesthetic Life of Infrastructure, awarded 2023 MLA Prize for an Edited Collection.
The Faculty Distinction awards are compiled annually by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences in coordination with the Arts and Sciences Departments. The information displayed is archival in nature and reflects distinctions of the previous academic year - 2020 is a collection of awards an honors from the 2019-2020 academic year.
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