Asian Studies

What makes East Asian Studies at Stanford University noteworthy? Learn how the Center for East Asian Studies uses Stanford's unique placement as a gateway to the Pacific - and consequently East Asia - to harness a wide variety of academic and non-academic assets to provide some of the best East Asian Studies resources. This special video was made as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University. Credits: Video recording & editing: Jump Cutters Studio CEAS Staff: Jun Uchida, Director John Groschwitz, Associate Director Kristin Kutella Boyd, Student Services Coordinator Kelley Cortright, Event & Communications Coordinator Richard Dasher, Director, US-ATMC Briana Burrows, Assistant Director, US-ATMC Special thanks to: Andy Andreasen Halsey Beemer Gordon Chang Connie Chin Carl Crook Albert Dien Thomas Fingar John Holden Bill Joseph Terry Lautz Jonathan Lipman Doug Murray Jeffrey Riegel Seiichiro Takagi Christena Turner Carl Walter Helen Young Stanford Global Studies SGS Photo Contest participants

Australia is increasingly looking to Asia – strategically, economically, politically, and culturally – all eyes are on the graduates of tomorrow to take us there. Are you ready to lead us into the Asian Century? With a Bachelor of Asian Studies you will master an Asian language, acquire in-depth knowledge of the region, and graduate with a standout degree which will get you noticed by employers. Find out more: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/students/undergrad/asian-studies#.VDyvuLa 2vyN Connect with ANU: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAustralianNationalUniversity ?Twitter: https://twitter.com/ANU_Events ?YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ANUexperience LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/australian-national-university

Sex selection through female feticide, infanticide, or neglect is an extreme manifestation of gender discrimination. Amartya Sen brought sex selection to public attention over 25 years ago when he famously claimed that 100 million women were “missing” in Asia. India has made tremendous economic progress since then, and we would expect this progress to be accompanied by greater gender equality. However, sex selection has intensified over time and spread throughout the country. Professor Munshi’s research provides an explanation for this disturbing phenomenon, which is based on the structure of the caste-based marriage institution in India and its interaction with economic development. The empirical evidence, based on new data, indicates that sex selection is not confined to a few castes (jatis) or a few districts, as commonly believed, but may be a more pervasive phenomenon among relatively wealthy households in all castes, with accompanying implications for the design of optimal policy. Sponsored by the South Asian Studies Council at the MacMillan Center.

Myron L. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, delivered the inaugural Samuel C. Chu Lecture in East Asian Studies, "Late Imperial China from the Bottom Up: What the Historical Anthropology of a Taiwan Community can Tell us about China Then and Now," at The Ohio State University on September 11, 2014.

Interested in an exciting international career? Apply to our Masters Programme in Asian Studies! This interdisciplinary programme is aimed at students who after their undergraduate studies want to gain area expertise on contemporary East and South-East Asia. The programme offers students an opportunity to specialize regionally and thematically. Students choose to focus on a country or a region in Asia, but also read courses that are more general and deal with cross-regional issues. Students have the option of carrying out fieldwork in an Asian country of their choice and with the support of one of our partner universities. Find our more about the programme on our web site: https://www.ace.lu.se/

Why is East Asian Studies important? Why do so many different areas of study - from the humanities to the hard sciences - have scholars who express great interest in East Asia? Learn how the influence of East Asian culture, economies, politics, and more all play parts in a diverse range of fields. This special video was made as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University. Credits: Video recording & editing: Jump Cutters Studio CEAS Staff: Jun Uchida, Director John Groschwitz, Associate Director Kristin Kutella Boyd, Student Services Coordinator Kelley Cortright, Event & Communications Coordinator Richard Dasher, Director, US-ATMC Briana Burrows, Assistant Director, US-ATMC Special thanks to: Andy Andreasen Halsey Beemer Gordon Chang Connie Chin Carl Crook Albert Dien Thomas Fingar John Holden Bill Joseph Terry Lautz Jonathan Lipman Doug Murray Jeffrey Riegel Seiichiro Takagi Christena Turner Carl Walter Helen Young Stanford Global Studies SGS Photo Contest participants

If you want to learn about the cultures, societies, religions, literatures, histories, politics, economies and international relations of this dynamic region, then East Asian Studies has a wide range of undergraduate degrees to suit you. You can study Chinese, Japanese, or Thai to an advanced level while gaining a firm understanding of the historical, cultural, political, social, religious and economic contexts in which these languages are spoken. Our Asia Pacific Studies degree focuses on the Asia-Pacific nations from historical, economic, political, social and cultural perspectives. Learn more at: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/east-asian-studies

"Experiments in Ancient Chinese Science and Technology" Dr. Matt Marone of Mercer University will demonstrate a number of the activities used in his Ancient Chinese Science and Technology Course. Students in this class re-create several different Chinese inventions or technologies. Each experiment is designed to develop a deeper understanding of the ancient technology while at the same time introducing experimental methods and techniques. Students make paper to understand the cultural and historical value of this ancient invention. Handmade paper is rarely uniform and also serves as a mechanism for introducing the statistical treatment of data. Silk has a wide range of cultural and historical connections but it also serves as a means of discussing the strength of materials in an engineering context. How do soft metals like copper and tin make a hard metal like Bronze with the power of reshaping the ancient world? The answer lies in the periodic table, in the blade of a weapon and the ritual objects of a temple. Thus, each experiment has a twofold purpose of immersing students in an ancient technology while simultaneously teaching them modern experimental analysis. This event will be limited to the first 25 attendees.

Learn about the recent and continuing expansion of Southeast Asian Studies at Columbia University. Introduced by Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, and featuring Columbia faculty members Lien-Hang Nguyen, John D. Phan, and Duncan McCargo.

A panel discussion and part of a conference celebrating 40 years of Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC). Held on May 17-18, 2023, the two-day conference was the culmination of the Center's anniversary series, Asia in 2030, APARC@40. The event highlighted multiple aspects of APARC’s core areas of expertise and examined key forces affecting Asia’s present and shaping its future. For more, visit: https://stanford.io/3P7Owuv. Panelists Donald K. Emmerson Director of the Southeast Asia Program at Shorenstein APARC Affiliated Faculty with the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law Affiliated Scholar with the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Stanford University Thomas B. Gold Professor of Sociology University of California, Berkeley Jisoo Kim Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Literatures Director of the Institute for Korean Studies Co-Director of the East Asia National Resource Center The George Washington University Moderator Kiyoteru Tsutsui Deputy Director of Shorenstein APARC Director of the Japan Program Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in Japanese Studies Professor of Sociology Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Stanford University Videography by Cyperus Media