East Asian Studies
- Major
- Minor
- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
The East Asian Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program focusing on the region that includes China, Japan, and Korea. The program provides training and practice in East Asian languages and introduces students to the societies, cultures, and histories of the region through courses in anthropology, art history, cinema, economics, history, literature, politics and religion.
Why Study East Asian Studies at Oberlin?
Sample Courses
- EAST 109 - Topics in Chinese Film: Introduction to Modern Chinese Cinema 4 credits
- EAST 276 - Modern Korean History 4 credits
- EAST 383 - The Japanese Spatial Imagination: Architecture, Design and Planning for the Future 4 credits
- CHIN 456 - Development of the Chinese Language 2 credits
East Asian Studies Faculty
Faculty in East Asian Studies are both scholars and teachers who devote their careers to making important contributions to their disciplines through writing and research. The interdisciplinary nature of the program encourages collaboration across many fields, including economics, world languages, history, religion, and cinema. They are committed to undergraduate education and teach everything from first-year seminars to advanced courses.
Explore Faculty within East Asian StudiesSee Profile“Teaching as an East Asianist and Comparatist, I follow Horace, ‘to instruct and delight,’ and Confucius, ‘to analyze and practice what we have just learned.’”
Hsiu-Chuang Deppman, Professor of Chinese and Cinema Studies
East Asian Studies Faculty
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Marc Blecher
James Monroe Professor of Politics -
Bonnie Cheng
Associate Professor of Art History and East Asian Studies -
Hsiu-Chuang Deppman
Professor of Chinese and Cinema Studies -
James Dobbins
James H. Fairchild Professor of Religion and East Asian Studies -
Yue Fan
Visiting Instructor in Chinese -
Gwendolyn Gillson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and East Asian Studies -
Keren He
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese Language, Culture, and Society -
Nathaniel Heneghan ’00
Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese -
Sheila Miyoshi Jager
Professor of East Asian Studies -
David Kelley
Associate Professor of History and East Asian Studies -
Sachiko Kondo
Lecturer in Japanese and Japanese Language Instructor -
Kai Li
Senior Lecturer in Chinese -
Fang Liu
Senior Lecturer in Chinese -
Emer O’Dwyer
Associate Professor of History and East Asian Studies -
Ann Sherif
Professor of Japanese -
Miho Suzuki
Language Instructor, Japanese -
Risa Yamanaka
Visiting Instructor of Japanese -
Xin Zhang
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese
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