# East Asian Studies

**Source**: https://eas.fas.harvard.edu/
**Parent**: https://college.harvard.edu/academics/liberal-arts-sciences/concentrations

## Welcome to East Asian Studies at Harvard!

[View the EAS Handbook](https://eas.fas.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum3111/files/2025-10/eas_handbook_2025-26.pdf)

East Asian Studies is a unique interdisciplinary concentration that welcomes students interested in the humanities and/or the social sciences. Our graduates go on to diverse careers from business, government, law, medicine, international relations, and diplomacy, to academia, journalism, architecture, design, the entertainment industry, and more.

Concentrators in East Asian Studies develop an expertise in the region and gain a critical understanding of the human experience in East Asia and its diaspora. The program gives students the freedom, advising support, and structure to study one or more societies from any disciplinary vantage point, while encouraging a broad transregional understanding of East Asia and its place in the world.

The concentration aims to examine East Asian cultures by foregrounding texts and voices from the region, past and present. Language study is therefore an important component of the program both for the practical benefits of proficiency for coursework and future careers, and as one of the most meaningful ways to expand one’s intellectual horizons and challenge preexisting worldviews. We offer instruction in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, as well as less commonly taught languages such as Chaghatay, Manchu, Mongolian, and Uyghur. Students take language courses on campus and through Harvard’s numerous study-abroad opportunities in Asia. The concentration also accommodates students with different levels of time to devote to language learning and specialization through our .

### **EAS Office Hours:**

Reach us by [e-mail](mailto:eas@fas.harvard.edu) every day **Monday-Friday 9am-5pm**

Or come visit us in person for tea, coffee, snacks and support\
at **9 Kirkland Pl, Room 102** on **Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday - 9am-5pm**\
*During winter and summer vacations, physical office may also be closed on Fridays*\
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