East Asian Studies

Department of History
201 Humanities
(831) 459-2982
http://history.ucsc.edu

Program Description

Students interested in pursuing an education in East Asian studies at UCSC may select from among the following programs:

• A minor in Chinese or Japanese studies, with a major in any discipline in any division. The student is expected to acquire a speaking and reading ability in Chinese or Japanese sufficient to pursue advanced studies in China or Japan and use Chinese or Japanese source material for research. A student who wishes to complete the East Asian studies program should enroll in beginning Chinese or Japanese no later than the sophomore year. Students seeking further information about the minor should contact the History Department office, located at 201 Humanities. Requirements for the minor are outlined below.
• A major or minor in the Chinese or Japanese concentration of language studies.  Requirements  may be found under Language Studies in the catalog and at the language studies web site, http://ling.ucsc.edu/.
• An individual major in East Asian studies is another option. Students may pursue intensive study in the Chinese or Japanese languages, including study abroad, to gain a broad social, political, and cultural understanding of China or Japan. Students interested in this option should review the Individual Major catalog description, and contact their college advising office and the director of East Asian studies.

Requirements for the Minor

Language. Completion of the Chinese or Japanese language sequence, including at least two  upper-division courses.

Required courses. One Core Course: History 40A, Early Modern East Asia, or History 40B, The Making of Modern East Asia.

Three additional upper-division courses from the East Asian studies curriculum, one of which may be an individual study (course 199).

Study Abroad

Study abroad, though not a requirement, is strongly encouraged.  At present there are UC Education Abroad programs in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan.  For more information on the program, see the UC Education Abroad Program.

Associated Faculty

Noriko Aso, Assistant Professor of History
Dilip Basu, Associate Professor of History
Raoul Birnbaum, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture
Nancy Chen, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Alan Christy, Associate Professor of History
Christopher Connery, Professor of Literature
Rebecca Corbett, Visiting Assistant Professor of History (2009-2010)
Sakae Fujita, Lecturer of Languages
Hiroshi Fukurai, Professor of Sociology
K.C. Fung, Professor of  Economics
Per Gjerde, Professor of  Psychology
June Gordon, Professor of Education
Gail B. Hershatter, Professor of History
Christine Hong, Assistant Professor of Literature
Emily Hong, Professor of History
Minghui Hu, Assistant Professor of History
Junko Ito, Professor of Linguistics
Stacy Kamehiro, Associate Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture
Hi Kyung Kim, Associate Professor of Music
L.S. Kim, Assistant Professor of Film and Digital Media
Paul Lubek, Professor of Sociology
Boreth Ly, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture
David Keenan, Lecturer of Languages
Shigeko Okamoto, Professor and Chair of Languages
Benjamin Read, Assistant Professor of Politics
Lisa Rofel, Professor of Anthropology
Dana Y. Takagi, Professor of Sociology
Yiman Yang, Assistant Professor of Film and Digital Media
Rob Wilson, Professor of Literature
Karen Yamashita, Associate Professor of Literature
Alice Yang, Associate Professor of History