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Promoting East Asian Studies since 1959
Our Mission
The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas is the major academic hub and premiere outreach network in the Great Plains region, disseminating knowledge about East Asian languages and cultures and building global competencies in the 21st century.
CEAS BY THE NUMBERS
60+
FACULTY
25+
DEPARTMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
$2.1+M
TITLE VI FUNDING (2022-26)
What We Do
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Academics
The Center is home to more than 60 faculty from 19 departments and 6 professional schools who teach over 225 East Asian language and content courses. KU currently offers 15 degrees with East Asian concentrations.
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Outreach
The Center is a Title VI funded National Resource Center that promotes East Asian languages and cultures to a variety of audiences in the Midwest through K-12 and community college educator workshops and resources, public events, and area partnerships.
Funding
The Center offers numerous funding opportunities for students and faculty. We administer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for all East Asian languages taught at KU, offer scholarship funds, and provide faculty travel and research grants.
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Resources
The Center supports publications, acquisitions, and programs that enhance KU's East Asian resources, which include the East Asian collections of the Watson Library and Spencer Museum of Art, and inform the public about East Asian research, events, and funding opportunities.
Check us out!
Our mission to support East Asian languages and cultures on the Great Plains involves more than academics. As a National Resource Center we strive to create as diverse a community as possible.
Latest News
Wed, 07/10/2024
Panasonic Energy and the University of Kansas today announced that they have signed an agreement aimed at promoting the development of next-generation technologies and the cultivation of specialist expertise in the field of lithium-ion batteries.
Fri, 05/10/2024
Jack Zhang, assistant professor of political science, introduces both a new dataset on sanctions involving China and a research framework for expanding knowledge about non-Western economic sanctions more generally.