With work that combines activism, visual anthropology, and film, Hong has found an eager audience in Haverford’s “very politically active and very engaged” students.
Bi-College Department ofEast Asian Languages & Cultures
![A performer of the centuries-old art of Beijing opera](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/Department/EALC/Beijing-Opera-Yong-Hong-Jia.jpg?itok=RlX6IqPk)
Performer and educator Hongyong Jia shared the historical and well-loved tradition of Beijing opera with the Haverford community.
![Japanese Modernism class](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/Department/EALC/japanese-modernism-class.jpg?itok=1LWyORV2)
Students in the "Japanese Modernism Across Media" class curated an exhibition called "A Glimpse of Japan."
![Chinese political poster workshop](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/Department/EALC/chinese-propaganda-poster-workshop.jpg?itok=WYVBakUE)
Xiaobing Tang (University of Michigan) conducts a workshop on Chinese political posters at Magill Library.
![Students in Japan](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/Department/EALC/japan-360.jpg?itok=h30KOyoS)
Students in the 360° Contemplative Cultures course cluster traveled to Japan to explore Eastern traditions.
![Students viewing a Japanese Tea Ceremony demonstration.](https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/department_homepage_image__1000_x_455_/public/Department/EALC/japanese-tea-ceremony.jpg?itok=BzRirBsi)
Students in Prof. Hank Glassman's "Japanese Civilization" class observe a Japanese tea ceremony demonstration and talk by members of Urasenke Philadelphia Tankokai. Photo: Caleb Eckert '17.
The Bi-College Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) links rigorous language training to the study of East Asian, and particularly Chinese and Japanese, culture and society.
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An exhibition of 18th- and 19th-century prints drawn from the collection of Arnold Satterthwait '66 explores Japan’s enticing “floating world.”
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Haverford students who are just beginning their scholarly journey benefit, too.