Welcome to the Center for East Asian Studies...
and features a diverse faculty from fields such as anthropology, history,
literature, language pedagogy, and political science. Focusing primarily
on contemporary East Asian cultures, societies, and languages, Center scholars
have conducted research on issues relating to classical and modern literature,
consumerism, demography, film, gender, language instruction, poetry, popular
culture, religion and ritual, social movements, and transnational migration.The primary mission of the Center is to promote research related to East Asian cultures and societies, to enrich the learning experiences of undergraduate and graduate students interested in the region, and to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration on East Asia throughout the University of Texas at Austin campus.
For more information about the Center for East Asian Studies, please contact us as ceas@uts.cc.utexas.edu.
Current News
The CEAS will host the Midwest Japan Seminar on February 7, 2009.
Presenters to be announced. The Midwest Japan Seminar is an association of scholars of Japanese Scholars, supported by the Japan Foundation, who meet five times a year to present the results of their current research. The papers are sent out prior to the seminar, providing the opportunity for in-depth discussion and feedback. Graduate students are particularly welcome to attend. For more information, please visit this site.
The Center is also pleased to announce speakers for our Japan and Korea Seminars next fall. For the Japan Seminar, Ulrike Schaede of UCSD's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies will present "Japan's Corporate Renewal: 'Choose and Focus' Strategies and 21st Century Business Practices" on September 15. The CEAS will co-sponsor this event with the Center for International Business Education and Research. For the Korea Seminar, Sonia Ryang of the University of Iowa will present a talk titled "A Letter from Afar: A Story of Repatriation and Exile" on September 29, and Namhee Lee of the University of California, Los Angeles will speak on November 10. Details on those events and other talks forthcoming.
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Spotlight: Interview with Rob Oppenheim. In parts one and two. |
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Alexis Dudden, Associate Professor of History at Conneticut College, gave a lecture on Japan-Korean relations on April 18, 2008. Hye Eun Choi, who will be joining the Department of Asian Studies as a graduate student next fall, wrote a synopsis of her lecture. |
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Graduate student Euhwa Tran has written a summary of Donald Sutton's lecture titled "Contesting Sacred Space: Rituals of Tibetans, Han Chinese Pilgrims, and Tourists at a Chinese World Heritage Site," which he presented on April 17, 2008. Professor Sutton teaches history at Carnegie Mellon University |
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On March 28, 2008, Jordan Sand, professor of history at Georgetown University, spoke on the rediscovery and reinvention of the past in urban Tokyo in his lecture "Speculation and Memory: Postmodernity in Japan as a Property Issue." Maeri Megumi has provided an overview of his talk. |
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Susan Napier, former Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Professor of Asian Studies at UT Austin, presented a talk entitled "From Impressionism to Anime: Fantasy Japan" on March 20, 2008. |
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On February 22, 2008, Laurel Kendall, Curator of East Asian Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and adjunct professor in anthropology at Columbia University, gave a lecture titled "The Changsung Defanged: The Curious Journey of the Spooky Village Guardian Pole into a Warm and Cuddly Cultural Symbol." A summary of her lecture has been provided by graduate student Emily Anderson. |
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Scott North, professor of sociology at Osaka University, discussed gender imbalances in family work in Japan in a lecture on March 3, 2008. Graduate student Kate Page-Lippsmeyer wrote a synopsis for our website. |
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On February 6, 2008, Erik Mueggler, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, presented his lecture ''A World of Slobber and Slime'': British Imperial Botany, Technology, and Bewilderment in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands. Graduate student Robert Emerson has contributed an article on the lecture for our website. |
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Spotlight: Professor Chiu-Mi Lai on Center Outreach |
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Professor Nancy Stalker, Fulbright Scholar, researches ikebana in Tokyo. Full story here. |
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Last fall, Robert Hormats, Vice-Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, spoke in the Distinguished Lectures on East Asia series. His lecture was titled The Impact of China on the Global Economy--and the Challenges and Opportunities it Poses. A webcast of his lecture is now available. Click here for more details. |
Current News
Dr. Chiu-Mi Lai on Center Outreach
The center interviews Professor Chiu-Mi Lai, who is involved with outreach activities at the Center.
Spotlight: Rob Oppenheim
by Linda Takamine
As part of a series spotlighting faculty, the Center interviewed Koreanist Rob Oppenheim, who discusses his career as an anthropologist, past and future. In two parts.
Part 1 of 2