Japan Study Colleges

Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio

Faculty
Suzanne Gay - Japanese History and Language
Ayako Harada, Japanese Language
Miku Harada, Japanese Language
Ikuko Kurasawa - Japanese Language
Ann Sherif - Japanese Language and Literature
Emer O'Dwyer - Japanese History
Hsiu-Chuang Deppman - Chinese Language and Literature
Kai Li - Chinese Language
Fang Liu - Chinese Language
Qiusha Ma - Chinese History and Language

David E. Kelley - Chinese history

James C. Dobbins - Chinese and Japanese Religions

Marc Blecher - Chinese political science

Bonnie Cheng - East Asian Art History

Sheila Jager - Korean and East Asian Anthropology

Xi Chen, Asia Librarian

Resources
Art
East Asian objects at Allen Memorial Art Museum, from ancient to contemporary. The Ainsworth Collection of over 1,400 woodblock prints has been augmented more recently by purchases of contemporary Chinese art and Japanese prints.

Library
East Asian Studies Collection, Mudd Library (collection of works in Chinese and Japanese

Facilities and Programs
Asia House - residential hall featuring programming on Asia
Newton Prize: EAS Program's endowed fund for recognition of excellent undergraduate academic work on Asia; prizewinning entries are published in the EAS Program's occasional journal Aotung.

Oberlin Shansi: foundation located on campus which brings Asian scholars and performers to Oberlin and funds student Winter Term projects in Asia. Shansi also sends recent graduates to several Asian universities as English teachers.

East Asian Educational/Other Institutional Relationships
Japan
Associated Kyoto Program with Doshisha University, Kyoto
Historical and exchange connection with Obirin University near Tokyo
Waseda Univesity through Japan Study

China
Exchange connection with Yunnan University, Yunnan Province
Historical connection with Taigu and Taiyuan Universities in Shansi Province
ACC, CET

Majors/Minors
Japanese Language: Courses
Chinese Language: Courses
East Asian Studies: Major and minor.
The major has several tracks, including a language track, a country track, a discipline track, or an East Asian regional track. Regardless of the track chosen, all EAS majors are required to take a minimum of two years of a language, and most take more.

International Studies: Concentration
The concentration is taken in conjunction with the IS major. The International Studies concentration requires foundational courses in political science and economics.

Professional Development
Several annual grants competitions for teaching and research (available to all faculty)
Research status (one year of paid leave)
Powers grants for foreign travel
Office of Sponsored Programs's staff offers regular advice and assistance in grant writing.