East Asian Studies

Overview

About this Program

The research expertise of our faculty members spans a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds including:

• anthropology;

• archaeology;

• art history;

• ethnic studies;

• film and media studies;

• gender and women's studies;

• history and literature;

• religion both institutional and popular.

The unique curriculum of East Asian Studies at McGill University allows students to gain an intellectually rich, historically informed, theoretically sophisticated, and materially grounded understanding of China, Japan, and Korea as spaces of dynamic formation and transformation, all while developing proficiency in languages of the region. Graduate students may choose from a wide range of courses offered both by the Department and other departments in the Faculty of Arts, and in other faculties that encourage the development of strong intellectual connections with multiple disciplines.

The Centre for East Asian Research (CEAR), affiliated with the Department of East Asian Studies, actively supports and encourages community outreach. It offers a wide range of activities throughout the year such as lectures, presentations, seminars, workshops, speech contests, and cultural activities, and welcomes new associate members.