About
Our Mission
Founded in 1959, the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Kansas is the only East Asian resource center in the Great Plains region. Housed in KU International Affairs, CEAS serves as a regional internationalization hub that supports instruction on East Asia across the curriculum, supports faculty and student research both in and on East Asia and creates opportunities for dissemination of that research, fosters connections between KU and partners in East Asia and among people at KU with an interest in East Asia, and develops East Asia focused programming both on and off campus.
Mission Statement
- Supports over 60+ faculty in 25 departments and professional schools across KU
- Inspires and enables innovative and collaborative faculty research initiatives
- Fosters the study of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, and Uyghur languages
- Helps students to gain cultural competencies in East Asian languages, literatures, and societies
- Funds Foreign Language Area Studies fellows to study less commonly taught languages
- Offers workshops to bring East Asian content into K-12 classrooms
- Provides lesson plans and modules to support curriculum internationalization
- Bolsters K-12 and community college cultural initiatives
- Creates unique classroom experiences for students to experience East Asia
- Sponsors cultural events, festivals, presentations, art exhibitions, and performances
- Works alongside cultural associations to amplify East Asian histories, cultures, and peoples
- Explores transnational business opportunities with local businesses and industries
- Partners with military entities to promote cultural understanding and national security
Annual Report
Our annual report offers updates on faculty, alumni, students, outreach, and other developments in the East Asian Studies community at the University of Kansas.
The following YUMPU PDF flipbook is not fully accessible. Please see CEAS Annual Report 2022-23 (pdf) for an accessible version of the content embedded below.