Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago

Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago We connect students and faculty studying East Asia at UChicago to programs and resources locally, nationally, and internationally.

The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) and its three Committees - the Committee on Japanese Studies, the Committee on Chinese Studies, and the Committee on Korean Studies - work to enhance opportunities available to scholars both in the United States and abroad, and to foster communication and inter-disciplinary collaboration among the community of professors and students at the University of Ch

icago and throughout the wider East Asian Studies community. To these ends CEAS and its Committees sponsor a variety of activities including colloquia, workshops, conferences, public lectures, film series, cultural events, and other programs that promote understanding of the cultures and societies of China, Japan, and Korea. University of Chicago faculty and programs in East Asian studies regularly achieve the highest rankings among peer institutions in the United States, making East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago an invaluable national resource and a focal point for East Asian Studies in the Midwest.

Congratulations to the newly-announced Center for International Social Science Research Dissertation Fellows for the 202...
06/05/2026

Congratulations to the newly-announced Center for International Social Science Research Dissertation Fellows for the 2026-2027 year!

Among the Fellows includes UChicago History's Gabriel Groz whose dissertation, “The Politics of State Finance in Early-Modern China and England,” offers a comparative study of fiscal state formation in seventeenth-century Ming-Qing China and Stuart England, examining a period rarely featured in comparisons of Chinese and European political-economic development.

This grant provides funding, office space, and research support to outstanding doctoral candidates conducting innovative research on global topics. This fellowship reflects CISSR’s commitment to advancing rigorous social science scholarship at the The University of Chicago.

Read more about his dissertation here:
https://cissr.uchicago.edu/research/dissertation-fellowships/announcing-2026-27-dissertation-fellows

Congratulations to Ariel Fox (Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations) whose boo...
06/04/2026

Congratulations to Ariel Fox (Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations) whose book, "The Cornucopian Stage: Performing Commerce in Early Modern China," has been awarded Best First Book in Ming Studies by the Society for Ming Studies, given for books published in 2023 and 2024!

With the generous support of the James P. Geiss & Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation, the Society for Ming Studies (SMS) has established this book prize (among two) which recognizes outstanding English-language monographs on Ming China (1368–1644) and its global connection.

LEARN MORE:
https://mingstudies.arts.ubc.ca/geiss-hsu-book-prizes-in-ming-studies/

Congratulations to Hoyt Long for being named one of two new Deputy Deans for the UChicago Division of the Arts and Human...
05/27/2026

Congratulations to Hoyt Long for being named one of two new Deputy Deans for the UChicago Division of the Arts and Humanities!

Professor Long is Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations. He served as EALC Chair in 2022-25 and Director of Graduate Studies in 2018-21.

He is the author of "On Uneven Ground: Miyazawa Kenji and the Making of Place in Modern Japan" (2012) and "The Values in Numbers: Reading Japanese Literature in a Global Information Age" (2021). The latter was informed by his Mellon New Directions Fellowship in 2016–19, which allowed him to pursue advanced training in quantitative research across the domains of network analysis, natural language processing, machine learning, and statistical reasoning.

His new appointment will begin July 1st, 2026, and he will serve for a three-year term.

The University of Chicago Library (East Asian Collection), co-sponsored by Center for East Asian Studies, University of ...
05/20/2026

The University of Chicago Library (East Asian Collection), co-sponsored by Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago, recently hosted two Chinese rare book workshops led by Dr. Zhijia Wang, Assistant Professor at Tianjin Normal University and Chinese rare book cataloging specialist for the Library’s zi bu (Philosophy) collection.

Held on April 28 and 29, the workshops introduced participants to the fundamentals of Chinese rare books, with hands-on opportunities to examine selected materials from the East Asian Collection Treasure Room. Attendees learned about the physical, cultural, and historical features of rare books, as well as best practices for handling and researching these materials.

Read more about the workshops here: https://ceas.uchicago.edu/news/university-chicago-library-east-asian-collection-hosts-chinese-rare-book-workshops

Congratulations to the students who have been named 2026–27 Lloyd & Susanne Rudolph Field Research Fellows by the Center...
05/15/2026

Congratulations to the students who have been named 2026–27 Lloyd & Susanne Rudolph Field Research Fellows by the Center for International Social Science Research, including the following students whose projects focus on East Asia!

Shaoyu Zhang (History), “Formation of Trading Networks in Indigenous Societies of Southwestern China, 1760–1880”

Yuqing Huang (Sociology), “How Hospitals and Physicians Navigate Standardized Payment Reform in China”

Mei Mei (Comparative Human Development), “Family Duty and Intergenerational Obligation in Contemporary Shanghai”

Yuting Chen (Sociology), “Shipbuilding and the Remaking of Chinese Industrial Order, 1949–2008”

The Rudolph Fellowship supports original fieldwork, archival research, and other research expenses, continuing the legacy of field research pioneered by Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph.

Read more about the 2026–27 Rudolph Field Research Fellows here: https://cissr.uchicago.edu/research/lloyd-susanne-rudolph-field-research-fellowships/announcing-2026-27-lloyd-and-susanne

On April 18, 2026, CEAS co-sponsored a screening and conversation of Black Box Diaries (2024) with Director Shiori Itō a...
05/15/2026

On April 18, 2026, CEAS co-sponsored a screening and conversation of Black Box Diaries (2024) with Director Shiori Itō at Doc Films.

The program featured a screening of Itō’s Oscar-nominated documentary, followed by a conversation between Director Itō and Professor Yuki Miyamoto (DePaul University), as well as an open Q&A with an audience of more than one hundred attendees.

The discussion explored transnational feminist solidarity, gender-based violence, and the power of documentary filmmaking to shape public discourse.

Don't forget to secure your spot at the lecture and performance featuring Goro Nakagawa.Associate Professor of Japanese ...
05/13/2026

Don't forget to secure your spot at the lecture and performance featuring Goro Nakagawa.

Associate Professor of Japanese at Dartmouth, James Dorsey, discusses, "Goro Nakagawa and the Culture of Political Folk Music in 1960s Japan" this Friday, May 15th at 5 pm.

Then, Japanese folk singer, music critic, translator, and author, Goro Nakagawa performs LIVE at Bond Chapel at 7 pm!

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER:
https://dorsey_nakagawa.eventbrite.com

Congratulations to The University of Chicago alum Dake Kang '16, who has been named a 2026 Pulitzer Prize winner in In...
05/11/2026

Congratulations to The University of Chicago alum Dake Kang '16, who has been named a 2026 Pulitzer Prize winner in International Reporting as part of an Associated Press team recognized for its global investigation into mass surveillance technologies.

Kang, who studied History and Mathematics at UChicago and received the Asada Eiji BA Thesis Prize for his work on Beijing’s first subway line, now covers Chinese politics, technology, and society from Beijing for The Associated Press. His reporting has taken him across Central, South, and East Asia, and he was previously a Pulitzer finalist for investigative reporting in China.

The Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting honors distinguished reporting on international affairs. This year’s winning AP investigation examined how state-of-the-art tools of mass surveillance, created in Silicon Valley and advanced in China, have spread worldwide and returned to the United States in new uses by the U.S. Border Patrol.

Congratulations to Dake Kang and the full AP reporting team on this extraordinary recognition.

Learn more: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/dake-kang-garance-burke-byron-tau-aniruddha-ghosal-and-yael-grauer-contributor-associated

As part of UChicago’s Year of Games, join us on Thursday, May 22 for Karuta: Japanese Poetry Card Game Demo & Talk at Re...
05/11/2026

As part of UChicago’s Year of Games, join us on Thursday, May 22 for Karuta: Japanese Poetry Card Game Demo & Talk at Regenstein Library. This program will feature Takashi Tanemura, a legendary figure in competitive karuta.

Karuta is a fast-paced Japanese card game that brings together poetry, memory, language, and quick reflexes. This event offers a chance to learn more about the history and cultural significance of karuta while seeing how play can become a way of engaging with literature, performance, and tradition.

Come discover how this classic game continues to connect people across language, learning, and competition.

Karuta: Japanese Poetry Card Game Demo & Talk
Thursday, May 22
Regenstein Library

The Year of Games is a university-wide initiative celebrating the vibrant culture of games and play at the University of Chicago. Taking place throughout the 2025–26 academic year, this collaborative effort will feature a dynamic series of events, exhibits, and activities.
More details on the May 22nd event: https://events.uchicago.edu/event/264199-karuta-japanese-poetry-card-game-demo-talk

The Ohio State University's Namiko Kunimoto comes to Chicago to discuss her recent book, "Imperial Animations in Transpa...
05/07/2026

The Ohio State University's Namiko Kunimoto comes to Chicago to discuss her recent book, "Imperial Animations in Transpacific Contemporary Art," which situates the Japanese Empire as a world-historical event that persists today through pervasive and deep impacts on regional and global politics.

Hear her discuss this, and more, with Chelsea Foxwell (Discussant).

MORE:
https://eabook_namiko_kunimoto.eventbrite.com

This event is part of the East Asia by the Book! CEAS Author Talks series, and is presented in partnership with The Seminary Co-op Bookstores.

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