The Modern Language Association of America today announced that Satoru Hashimoto, Assistant Professor of Comparative Thought and Literature at Johns Hopkins University is receiving an honorable mention for his book […]
Focus on East Asia
The Program in East Asian Studies offers a major and a minor that are interdisciplinary and interdepartmental. The program’s primary purpose is to introduce undergraduates to the knowledge, language skills, and research methods they will need to enter various academic and professional paths relating to China, Japan, and Korea.
- Degrees Offered BA
- Major East Asian Studies
- Minor East Asian Studies
Explore the Program
Major in East Asian Studies
This interdepartmental major allows students to choose a focus area from history, political science, sociology, history of science, technology, and medicine, or to design their own focus area.
Language and Culture Immersion
Thanks to partnerships with schools in China and Japan, study abroad opportunities abound.
Graduate Studies
Focus on East Asian studies while getting a degree from the department of history, sociology, political science, history of science and technology, and history of medicine (through the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine).
News & Announcements
Hot From the Press! East Asian Studies Forum & Review Fall Issue
The East Asian Studies Forum and Review is the East Asian Studies Program’s biannual publication of interdisciplinary undergraduate research focusing on East Asia. Undergraduate students manage and produce every issue to […]
New Winter Intersession 2025 Course
Yushuang Zheng, a PhD student in History will teach this lecture-based course, to be held online via Zoom, and graded as S/U, with Distribution Areas H&S. The course is scheduled […]