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  • Alumni Spotlight

Former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand and Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) alum, Michael G. DeSombre (M.A., '90), has been nominated as the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Ambassador DeSombre is a partner…

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  • Faculty
Dafna Zur Awarded South Korea’s Order of Culture Merit

The award, the highest recognition bestowed by the government of the Republic of Korea, honors Zur for her contributions to promoting the Korean writing system, Hangeul.

We are pleased to share that Associate Professor of East Asian…

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  • Student Spotlight

Sijia Li (PhD student, East Asian Languages and Cultures) was awarded the 4th annual Connie Chin Memorial Writing in East Asian Studies, for her paper "Natural Knowledge, Global Trade, and Translation: Mapping Asbestos Textiles in Eighteenth…

JB Lim in graduation regalia
  • Student Spotlight

Jong Beom “JB” Lim (MS '25 Computer Science; BAS'24 International Relations and Mathematical Computer Science) is a co-recipient of the 13th annual Korea Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies, for her thesis "Navigating Asymmetry:…

Jiwon Bang with the United Nations
  • Student Spotlight

Jiwon Bang (MA '24, East Asian Studies) is a co-recipient of the 13th annual Korea Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies, for her thesis "Syngman Rhee’s Multidimensional Diplomacy: The Evolution of the Pacific Pact and the Mutual…