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Welcome to CEAS!
We are excited to share our mission and passion for East Asian Studies with you.

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Group photo of the 2025-26 CEAS MA student cohort
CEAS 2025-26 students are here!
We welcome the 2025-26 cohort of CEAS students to Stanford!

2026-27 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Studies
The 2026-27 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Studies application is now open!
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
Making a laser beam red is more than an aesthetic choice in Nan Xu’s (M.A. '26, Modern Chinese Literature) M.A. thesis “How Colorless Light Turns Red: Laser, Affect, and the Logic of Activation in Post-Socialist China".
- Student Spotlight
The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) sat down with MA student Yiyi Gu (MA '26), who recently completed a transformative winter quarter internship with the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Section (GESIS) at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) in Bangkok.
- Student Spotlight
Advanced Language Study for Women's Science Fiction ResearchSandi Khine, East Asian StudiesThis winter and spring, I spent a semester at the Inter-University Consortium (IUC) at Sungkyunkwan University learning advanced academic and research Korean.
Upcoming Events
Wed September 2nd 2026, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location
Encina Commons 123
615 Crothers Way Stanford, CA 94305
615 Crothers Way Stanford, CA 94305
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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.