Student Perspectives

- 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…

- 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…

- 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:…

- 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…

April 24—October 31, 2024, Stanford East Asia Library
Shanghai-born artist Victoria Yau (1939–2023) created around 300 works of abstract ink paintings, watercolors, multimedia collages, prints, and textiles after she…