Photo of Professor Li and his students — Professor Li engages in friendly discussion with his students. Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83

Program Overview

East Asian Studies

Program Type:

Major
Minor

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department: East Asian Studies

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?

Variety of Courses

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Study Away Programs

Upcoming East Asian Studies Events

Sep

Experience the World of Japanese Noh Theater

4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater

Sep

Experience the World of Japanese Noh Theater with Hisa Uzawa and Hikaru Uzawa

7:30 pm

Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater

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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

Curriculum and requirements

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 Studies

“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

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East Asian Studies Faculty

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
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
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
Risa Yamanaka
Visiting Instructor of Japanese