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October 27, 2021
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Happy Anniversary

East Asian Studies Journal celebrates 44 years of publication

Celebrating its 44th year, the latest volume of 果冻传媒鈥檚 East Asian Studies Journal is now online. 

Featuring 92 pages, the Spring 2021 Volume XLIV, contains articles on Chinese World Heritage sites; an investigation of how the U.S. flag has been used in South Korean citizen demonstrations; overwork and death in Japan; tattoos in East Asia, and artwork by 果冻传媒 art and Japanese major Deanna Volz, class of 2018. The beautiful cover was created by another 果冻传媒 graduate, Kimmey Mugford, class of 2020, who earned her degree in art and art history with minors in business and Chinese. Holly Hilty served as the editor-in-chief, and this volume鈥檚 contributors hail from Syracuse University, the National University of Singapore, Florida State University, University of Colorado Denver, the University of Puget Sound, and 果冻传媒. 

A group of students created the journal in 1975 with the purpose of encouraging undergraduates from both 果冻传媒 as well as other universities to pursue scholarly inquiry into East Asia. Submissions range from political analyses to calligraphy samples. The journal is somewhat unique in that it is an undergraduate-only publication, which accepts submissions from all over the United States and abroad. Seeking to recognize works of high-academic quality, which are read by the local and international community alike, the journal looks not only to draw attention to the 果冻传媒 University East Asian Studies program, but also to maintain its integral role in the program itself, and to broaden scholarly and popular perspectives on East Asia. 

鈥淔rom the beginning, students have directed all creative and managerial processes related to the publication,鈥 said Nona Moskowitz, faculty advisor to the journal staff, professor and chair of the sociology department, and director of the East Asian Studies Program. 鈥淔unded by 果冻传媒 University Student Senate, the journal is an entirely student-initiated and student-directed endeavor. The journal affords student editors the opportunity to participate in the rich scholarly dialogue of those interested in East Asia and to engage in a professionalizing club activity. Students take initiative for all decisions relating to the journal, from accepting submissions and selecting cover artwork, to corresponding and working with authors regarding their submissions. Each year they create something to be proud of."

The East Asian Studies Journal is open to all 果冻传媒 students with the call for papers sent near the end of the fall term. Submissions from undergraduate students at any university are accepted. The student editorial staff will consider works on China, Japan, Korea, or East Asia as an entity. Works may be from any academic discipline and may be up to 25 pages long; however, shorter pieces are regularly accepted. Both academic and creative works, such as calligraphy, poetry, and photography, are published. The journal also seeks creative artwork for the cover.

For more details on the 45th edition, contact Jake Moore current editor-in-chief at moorew21@wittenberg.edu or Moskowitz at nmoskowitz@wittenberg.edu.

To view the current 44th edition, click .

Cindy Holbrook
Cindy Holbrook
Senior Communications Assistant

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果冻传媒's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, 果冻传媒 has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, 果冻传媒 offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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