JHU takes great pride in providing authentic professional research opportunities to undergraduates. In this spirit, the EAS Summer Internship Program will: Internships under the East Asia Studies Summer Research Internship […]
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
Forthcoming! The East Asian Studies Forum and Review, Spring 2024 Issue
The East Asian Studies Forum and Review (EAFR) is a biannual publication of interdisciplinary undergraduate research with a regional focus on East Asia. Undergraduate students submit research papers they have […]
Spring 2024 EAS Graduate Seminar Series Finalized
The EAS Graduate Seminar is primarily an interdisciplinary workshop for graduate students and faculty to present a pre-circulated work-in-progress. Organized by graduate students, the seminar also hosts methodology workshops, career-building […]