Results for "Center for East Asian Studies"

Created in 2004, the center is housed in the Department of Asian Studies, and features a diverse faculty from fields such as anthropology, history, literature, language pedagogy, and political science. Focusing primarily on contemporary East Asian cultures, societies, and languages, Center scholars have conducted research on issues relating to classical and modern literature, consumerism, demography, film, gender, language instruction, poetry, popular culture, religion and ritual, social movements, and transnational migration. The primary mission of the Center is to promote research related to East Asian cultures and societies, to enrich the learning experiences of undergraduate and graduate students interested in the region, and to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration on East Asia throughout the University of Texas at Austin campus.

Website: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/eastasia/?path%5B0%5D=eastasia

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Faculty

Chiu-Mi Lai

Affiliated Departments:
College of Liberal Arts, Asian Studies, Plan II Honors Program, School of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests:

Classical Chinese poetry and poetics, Classical Chinese and medieval Chinese literature and literary theory
History of the Chinese writing system, Pre-modern Chinese history
Translation practices
History…

Huaiyin Li

Affiliated Departments:
Asian Studies, History, Center for East Asian Studies
Research Interests:

Modern Chinese history; Contemporary Chinese economy, society, and politics; imperial China; gender and family; agrarian studies; Chinese culture and religions; and comparative studies of development and…

Patricia Maclachlan

Affiliated Departments:
Asian Studies, Center for East Asian Studies, Government
Research Interests:

Dr. Maclachlan's research interests focus on political-economic development in advanced industrialized democracies, with an emphasis on Japan. Her publications address consumer politics in Japan, the history and…

Youjeong Oh

Affiliated Departments:
Asian Studies, Center for Asian American Studies, Center for East Asian Studies, Geography / Environment
Research Interests:

Critical Urban Studies in East Asia; Coloniality and Decolonization; Development and Social Movement; Media, Tourism and Place; Korean Popular Culture

Robert Oppenheim

Affiliated Departments:
Asian Studies, Center for East Asian Studies
Research Interests:

Korean culture and history, Objects/space/place, History of anthropology