The Center for East Asian Studies (C.E.A.S.)

The Center for East Asian Studies (C.E.A.S.) http://ceas.uchicago.edu/ , is an interdepartmental and interdivisional coordinating body whose primary functions include promoting student and faculty research in East Asian Studies, coordinating a joint master's degree program with the Graduate School of Business through the Division of the Social Sciences, and sponsoring special events. For the A.M. and the Ph.D. degrees, students specializing in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Studies must be enrolled in one of the regular departments of the University. Courses in the various fields of East Asian Studies are offered in several departments in both the Division of the Humanities (see listings for the Departments of Art History, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, and Linguistics in these Announcements) and the Division of the Social Sciences, as well as the Divinity School, the Law School, and the Graduate School of Business.

C.E.A.S. supports graduate training and basic research through fellowship programs and faculty research grants. It works closely with the East Asian Library to build resources for current and future research needs. Through seminars, workshops, and public lectures, C.E.A.S. promotes intellectual exchange among scholars in the field.

The East Asian Library is one of the world's most distinguished East Asian research collections, and contains over 600,000 volumes in East Asian languages. It is particularly strong in history, politics, classics, literature, and local institutions.

C.E.A.S. also has a list of resources of other facilities that exist within the city of Chicago for the study of East Asia for both members of the University and interested members of the Chicago community. The Field Museum of Natural History and the Art Institute of Chicago display notable and extensive collections of objects from East Asia of anthropological and artistic interest; in addition, their libraries are available for consultation by students.

This text was last revised on 2/27/2003.