The East Asian Studies Program congratulates Lisa Wang on receiving the 2026 Excellence in East Asian Studies Award, which recognizes academic distinction and outstanding contribution to the JHU-East Asian Studies Program. […]
Focus on East Asia
The Program in East Asian Studies offers a major and a minor that are interdisciplinary and interdepartmental. The program introduces undergraduates to the knowledge, language skills, and research methods they will need to enter various academic and professional paths relating to the East Asia Region, with a focus on China, Korea, and Japan.
- 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, history of art, 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
EAS congratulates Lisa Wang and Ashleigh Edwards’ senior thesis completions in East Asian Studies.
Prepared under the supervision Professors John Yasuda, Julian Lim, and François Furstenberg, Lisa Wang’s senior thesis “Solidarity Through Service: Chinese American Youth Activism in New York City, 1968-1973” examines the […]
Vikram Nehru & Peter Dutton in EAS and SAIS Asia Policy & Career Roundtable Series
Vikram Nehru and Peter Dutton to Be Featured in the Upcoming Talks in the East Asia Studies and SAIS Asia Policy & Career Roundtable Series on October 23, 2025 and November […]