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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.

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Language and Culture Immersion

Thanks to partnerships with schools in China and Japan, study abroad opportunities abound.

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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).

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Senior Theses in East Asian Studies

EAS congratulates Leyra Espino-Nardi, Phoebe More and Mary Lee on successfully completing their senior theses in East Asian Studies. Under the supervision Professor Francois Furstenberg, Leyra Espino-Nardi’s thesis’ When Rights Take […]

New Beginnings 

Three East Asian Studies faculty members, Yuki Johnson, Jin Jiang and Rena Nagaruma will be leaving JHU at the end of this semester.  Dr Yuki Johnson, Director of the Center […]

Congratulations to EAS Professor Satoru Hashimoto!

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 […]