Japan Study Colleges

Denison University
Granville, Ohio

Faculty
Michael Tangeman - Modern Languages (Japanese & Chair, East Asian Studies Major)

Minggang Li - Chinese/Japanese Language and Literature

Naomi Takami - (Japanese) Lecturer

Xinda Lian - Modern Languages (Chinese)

Xidong Niu - (Chinese) Lecturer

Dr. Wang Chung-Lan - Art History

Peggy Wang - Art History

Mimi Harvey - Communication

Songhua Lin - Economics

Barry Keenan - History

Dr. HyeKung Lee - Music

Ching-Chu Hu - Music

John Cort - Religion

Taku Suzuki - International Studies

Dr. Natalie Marsh - Director of the Denison Museum, and an Asianist.

Resources
Art
The Denison collection of East Asian art comprises objects from China and Japan, with the Chinese material forming the largest group. Denison holds about two hundred Japanese netsuke and some woodblock prints.

The Chinese collection contains primarily textiles, ceramics, scroll paintings and rubbings. Most of these items date from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Denison has an extaordinary collection of Burmese iconography.

East Asian Educational/Other Institutional Relationships
Japan
Waseda University through Japan Study

Majors/Minors
Japanese Language: Courses
Chinese Language: Courses
East Asian Studies: Major and Minor
International Studies with an East Asian concentration: Major

Professional Development