Governance & Past Directors
CEAS is governed by a faculty Steering Committee which sets administrative policy and determines Center priorities and goals.
In addition, several smaller ad hoc faculty committees are convened yearly to manage admissions, continuing student and postdoctoral fellowships, and for other purposes as needed. The current Steering Committee members are:
- Xueguang Zhou, Sociology, Director
- Ron Egan, East Asian Languages & Cultures
- Jim Reichert, East Asian Languages & Cultures
- Scott Rozelle, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
- Kiyoteru Tsutsui, Sociology
- Jun Uchida, History
- Ban Wang, East Asian Languages & Cultures
Xueguang Zhou
2024-
Sociology
Dafna Zur
2019-2024
East Asian Languages & Cultures
Jun Uchida
2016-2019
History
Gordon Chang
2011—2016
History
Kären Wigen
2009—2011
History
Chaofen Sun
2006—2009
East Asian Languages & Cultures
Carl Bielefeldt
2004—2006
Religious Studies
Jean Oi
1998-2004
Political Science
Harold Kahn
1997-1998
History
Peter Duus
1995-1997
History
Susan Matisoff
1992-1995
Asian Languages
Lyman P. Van Slyke
1988-1992
History
Peter Duus
1987-1988
History
Albert Dien
Albert Dien
1983-1987
Asian Languages
Makoto Ueda
Makoto Ueda
1981-1983
Asian Languages
Peter Duus
1977-1981
History
Albert Dien
Albert Dien
1976—1977
Asian Languages
Victor Li
Victor H. Li
1974—1976
Law
Lyman P. Van Slyke
1973—1974
History
Albert Dien
Albert Dien
1972—1973
Asian Languages
Lyman P. Van Slyke
1970—1972
History
John W. Lewis
1969—1970
Political Science
John W. Lewis
1968-1969
Political Science
(Chair, Committee on East Asian Studies)
Lyman P. Van Slyke
1967-1968
History
(Chair, Committee on East Asian Studies)
Nobutaka Ike
1965-1967
Political Science
(Chair, Committee on East Asian Studies)
Kurt Steiner
1964-1965
Political Science
(Chair, Committee on East Asian Studies)
Thomas C. Smith
1960-1964
History
(Chair, Committee on East Asian Studies)