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The Center for East Asian Studies is the nexus of East Asia-related research, teaching, outreach and exchange across the Stanford campus.

Recent News

  • Student Spotlight
This past fall CEAS student Hara Jang (MA, 26') had the opportunity to attend the Asia Society Policy Institute's fifth iteration of its “Building Trade Ties with Korea’s Emerging Female Leaders” program.
  • Faculty
Kiyoteru Tsutsui is a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, professor of sociology, Henri H.
  • Student Spotlight
Spanning medicine, public health, and East Asian studies, Richard Liang’s rare academic path at Stanford has fueled collaborations that bridge research and policy across borders and disciplines.Noa Ronkin

Upcoming Events

Thu
February
19
Thu February 19th 2026, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location
Lathrop Library
518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA 94305
224

Analyzing narratives of women’s cancer in Korea from the 1930s to the 1970s, this talk traces how radiation therapy acquired shifting, gendered…

Tue
February
24
Tue February 24th 2026, 3:00pm
Location
Building 360
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), 450 Jane Stanford Way Building 360, Stanford, CA 94305

What shape does antisemitism take in China and the Chinese diaspora? What is it like to teach Jewish Studies, Yiddish language, and…

Tue
March
10
Tue March 10th 2026, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location
Lathrop Library
518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA 94305
224

Beginning in the late nineteenth century, Japan burst onto the world stage as the first society outside the West to undergo a modern industrial…

Cover of Horizons 2025 with image of the Tokyo Skytree at Dawn" / Image courtesy of Momoyo Kubo Lowdermilk

Horizons 2025 / "Tokyo Skytree at Dawn" -  Image courtesy of Momoyo Kubo Lowdermilk

Alumni Newsletter

Horizons 2024-25

CEAS invites you to read Horizons, our annual newsletter offering updates on faculty, alumni, students, interesting programs, and other developments in the East Asian Studies community at Stanford. 

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