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Mari Kagaya Joins Center for Folklore Studies
The Center for Folklore Studies warmly welcomes Dr. Mari Kagaya as a visiting scholar, joining us until mid-March. Dr. Kagaya is Associate Professor of Folklore at Niigata University in Japan,…
EASC Co-Sponsored Course, History of Race in East Asia, With Dr. Melvin Barnes, Jr. to Be Offered in Spring 2023
This course focuses on the influence of race in East Asia. The course will examine the origins of the concept, its interactions with science and medicine, and most important, its impact on the 19th…
EASC Director Mitchell Lerner Elected President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Mitch Lerner, professor of history and director of the East Asian Studies Center, was recently elected president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). Founded in 1967,…
Japanese Interpretation course to be offered in Spring 2023
EASC and DEALL will offer "Introduction to Professional Japanese Interpretation" in Spring 2023, with support from a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant. Course details are as follows:…
Chris White joins EASC as assistant director
EASC is pleased to announce that Chris White joined the East Asian Studies Center as assistant director on August 1. Chris holds a PhD in Chinese History from Xiamen University in 2011, where he…
EASC Receives Over $2.2 Million in Title VI Funding
The East Asian Studies Center is thrilled to share the news that we have been selected by the Department of Education to receive Comprehensive National Resource Center and Foreign Language and Area…
EASC accepting applications for assistant director position
The East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University invites applications for the EASC Assistant Director position through June 2, 2022. Details of the position are as follows: Job Description…
Spring 2022 EASC Program Calendar Updated
The East Asian Studies Center's (EASC) Spring 2022 events calendar is now available for download and printing. It includes information on lectures, conferences, performances, and other events…
Midwestern Professionalization Seminar for East Asian Studies
The East Asian Studies Centers at The Ohio State University and Indiana University Bloomington, and the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are collaborating to…