Student Perspectives

Yawen Tan
  • Student Spotlight

Yawen Tan, M.A. '20, is graduating this year with a master’s degree in East Asian Studies. During her time at Stanford, Yawen’s research centered on visual culture in modern and contemporary China. She focused on topics ranging from pictorial…

Anqi Xu
  • Student Spotlight

Center for East Asian Studies student Anqi Xu was among five Stanford students selected as part of the 2021 Schwarzman Scholar class.  As a fellowship recipient, she will pursue a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Schwarzman…

Taehwa Hong portrait
  • Student Spotlight

Taehwa Hong (BA '21 International Relations) has been awarded the 8th annual Korea Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies, for his paper "North Korea in the Soviet-Albanian Dispute." 

Hong’s paper  "is an outstanding…

Sungmoon Lim portrait in Stanford quad
  • Student Spotlight

Sungmoon Lim (BA '18 Urban Studies) has been awarded the 7th annual Korea Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies, for her paper "Urban Design in the Age of Globalization: An Analysis of the Global Reception of Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon…

Portrait of  Zhoujia Li
  • Alumni Spotlight

The Center for East Asian Studies alumni give their perspectives on the East Asian Studies M.A. program.

"I focused on literature and anthropology during my time at CEAS.  Upon graduation I got involved in Silicon Valley's…