Libraries
Stanford has one of the country's strongest collections of materials in Chinese and Japanese, and attracts scholars from all over the world. The Stanford East Asia Library is housed in Meyer Library. As East Asian Studies programs have grown at Stanford, the Collection has expanded its focus from social and political movements of the twentieth century, in which its holdings are unparalleled, to include most other fields as well. The latest news about the library can be found at their blog, www.stanford.edu/group/asrg/cgi-bin/EALblog

The Stanford University Libraries and the Hoover Institution also have developed a large and excellent collection of Western language materials on China and Japan. These include rare periodicals and a number of large archives and collections of personal papers. The Documents Division contains many materials on East Asian affairs from the United States and foreign governments.Archival materials on China and Japan are held in Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace.

Stanford's East Asia Library is complemented by the University of California, Berkeley East Asian Library, which has a greater emphasis on the traditional period. Steps have been taken to facilitate inter-library loan procedures and to improve complementary acquisitions policies. To visit U.C. Berkeley's East Asian Library, CLICK HERE.

Stanford's East Asian Collection is housed in the Lou Henry Hoover Building of the Hoover Institution. The library has concentrated on gathering primary source materials on modern social science. These include rare periodicals and a number of large archives and collections of personal papers. It also includes more traditional materials and research resources on China and Japan. The government documents division contains many materials on East Asian affairs from the United States and foreign governments.

The Center for Buddhist Studies
The Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies serves to coordinate, support, and develop the university's resources for Buddhist studies and other Asian religions in four general areas: scholarly research, academic communication, teaching, and public outreach. SCBS maintains offices, a reference library, and a seminar room in Building 70, on the Main Quad. It also administers the Asian Religions & Cultures initiative for the School of Humanities and Sciences.http://www.stanford.edu/group/scbs/

The Asian Religions & Cultures (ARC) Initiative
The Asian Religions & Cultures (ARC) Initiative is a unit of the Division of International, Comparative & Area Studies, in the School of Humanities and Sciences, dedicated to the development of Stanford's resources in Asian humanities. The initiative consists of several elements, from research and curricular support to academic and public events, designed to appeal to a variety of interests both within the university and beyond. http://arc.stanford.edu

Cantor Arts Center
The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents art in 24 galleries plus sculpture gardens, terraces, and courtyard.When the museum opened in 1894, Mrs. Stanford had acquired a collection of Japanese objects, including prints, armor and weapons, and a number of Korean works. After trips to Japan in 1902 and 1904, she added hundreds of examples of Japanese and Chinese paintings, ceramics, and sculpture. Throughout the years, the Center's collection of Asian art has grown to over 4,000 objects representing the Neolithic through the present, of which half are Chinese, the remainder mostly Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian. Admission to the museum is free. To search the Center's online collection database or to learn more about hours and location visit http://ccva.stanford.edu.

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Shorenstein APARC coordinates the interdisciplinary research projects of faculty and senior researchers at Stanford interested in U.S. relations with Asia. The Forum also conducts an active outreach program and draws upon a membership of more than fifty faculty members from all schools within the university, as well as business and policy leaders from both sides of the Pacific. Research projects have included the national security implications of the U.S.-Japan semiconductor competition, U.S.-Japan high technology industries, Chinese and Japanese energy policies, and cancer incidence among Chinese and American populations. Current projects are on Asian regionalization, U.S.-Japan comparative health care systems, the Japanese patent system, and Japanese capitalism in historical and comparative perspective. http://aparc.stanford.edu/