The Council on East Asian Studies (CEAS) at
Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut was founded in 1961
and continues a long tradition of East Asian Studies at Yale.
CEAS provides an important forum for academic exploration
and support related to the study of China, Japan, and Korea.
For over forty years, it has promoted education about East
Asia both in the college curricula and through lectures and
workshops, conferences, cultural events, and educational activities
open to faculty, students, and the general public. CEAS has
been designated a National Resource Center for the study of
East Asian languages and cultures by the United States Department
of Education.
CEAS is one of the many programs and initiatives at the Whitney
and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies
at Yale.
| With more than twenty core
faculty and twenty language instructors spanning twelve
departments on campus, East Asian Studies remains one
of Yale's most extensive area studies programs. Its interdisciplinary
emphasis encourages collaborative linkages across fields
and departments and contributes to diversity across the
curricula and in the classroom. Approximately one hundred
and fifty courses on East Asia in the humanities and social
sciences are offered each year. |
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CEAS administers Bachelor of Arts (BA) and
Master of Arts (MA) Programs. While the BA Program focuses
on Chinese and Japanese Studies, students are also able to
take courses related to Korea. The MA Program focuses on Chinese,
Japanese, and Korean Studies. CEAS continues to develop ways
to expand Korean Studies in both the undergraduate and graduate
curricula. In 1999, the Council initiated a Postdoctoral Associates
Program, bringing talented individuals into the community
of scholars at Yale to conduct research and teach advanced
undergraduate seminars.
In addition to supporting Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language
curriculum development, CEAS encourages study of East Asian
languages at approved programs abroad through the Richard
U. Light Fellowship and other funding sources.
It promotes development of language initiatives such as Directed
Language Study in least-taught languages; Foreign Language
Across the Curriculum offerings such as Japanese- and Chinese-language
sections for survey courses; and web-based language training.
East Asian Studies endowments make it possible for CEAS to
support Yale graduate student conferences, student organization
programming, and over 40 student research projects per year.
Every year CEAS also welcomes domestic and international scholars
to campus as guest lecturers, visiting fellows, research scholars,
and professors.
CEAS is committed to providing leadership in the study and
understanding of East Asia on campus and in the region through
support of educational and outreach activities with emphasis
on joint endeavors across institutions both regionally and
internationally. Study and research in East Asian Studies
at Yale are supported by one of the finest library collections
in the country. The Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language
print resources in the East
Asia Library at Sterling Memorial Library constitute
one of the oldest and largest collections found outside of
East Asia.
For information on how to join the CEAS-LIST
to receive email messages regarding East Asian studies-related
activities at Yale University and beyond, please CLICK
HERE.
For more information about Yale University's global initiatives,
please visit the“Yale and the World” web site
at http://world.yale.edu.
Haun Saussy, Chair
Abbey Newman, Executive Director
Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University
Room 320, Henry R. Luce Hall
34 Hillhouse Avenue
P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206
Phone: 203.432.3426
Fax: 203.432.3430
eastasian.studies@yale.edu
