News & Announcements Archive

East Asian Forum and Review (EAFR) Seeking Submissions

The East Asian Forum and Review (EAFR) is seeking submissions for its Spring 2022 issue!  EAFR is a student-run academic publication that was revived by the East Asian Studies Program last year. […]

Hopkins seeks to hire senior scholar working on religion in East Asia

The East Asian Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University seeks to appoint a senior scholar (at the rank of associate or full professor), working on religion in East Asia. We […]

Erin Chung Wins ASA Asia and Asian America’s Transnational Asia Book Award

Erin Chung Wins ASA Asia and Asian America’s Transnational Asia Book Award

Erin Chung’s new book, Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies (Cambridge University Press, 2020) has been selected to receive the American Sociological Association Section on Asia and Asian America’s Transnational […]

EAS, RIC, and WGS Joint Statement on Anti-Asian Violence and the Killing of Asian Women in Atlanta

The Program in East Asian Studies, the Program in Racism, Immigration and Citizenship, and the Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality mourn the victims of the Atlanta […]

Director Joel Andreas book awarded the Joseph Levenson Prize

Director Joel Andreas book awarded the Joseph Levenson Prize

His book, Disenfranchised: The Rise and Fall of Industrial Citizenship in China has been awarded the Joseph Levenson Prize by the Association for Asian Studies. The Merlin Foundation, established by […]

Erin Chung’s new book – Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies

Erin Chung’s new book – Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies

We are proud to announce that our East Asian Studies colleague, Erin Chung, has recently published a new book, Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies. Based on interviews, focus groups, […]

Clara Han’s new book – Seeing like a Child: Inheriting the Korean War

We are proud to announce that our East Asian Studies colleague, Clara Han, has just published a new book, Seeing Like a Child: Inheriting the Korean War. Book Description: An […]

Greetings from Xingyun Wu, host of the Chinese Language Corner

Greetings from Xingyun Wu, host of the Chinese Language Corner

I’m Xingyun Wu, a third-year PhD student in the Sociology Department. I will lead the Chinese Language Corner this fall. In our Chinese language sessions, we can discuss Chinese language […]

Greetings from Chisato Tomiya, host of the Japanese Language Corner

Greetings from Chisato Tomiya, host of the Japanese Language Corner

JHUの みなさん、こんにちは。 富谷千里(とみやちさと)と もうします。 Hello, JHU students! I’m Chisato Tomiya. 秋学期(あきがっき)の 日本語(にほんご)の ラングエ-ジコ-ナ-を たんとうします。 I’ll lead Japanese Language Corner for this fall semester, 2020. 日本では ほかのくにに ル-ツをもつ こどもたちに 日本語を おしえています。 In Japan, I teach Japanese to middle […]

Greetings from Youjoung (Yuna) Kim, host of the Korean Language Corner

Greetings from Youjoung (Yuna) Kim, host of the Korean Language Corner

Hello everyone! I am Yuna Kim from Jeju, South Korea. I am a second-year PhD student in the Department of Anthropology. I will be leading the Korean Language Corner for […]