Congratulations

The East Asian Studies Department would like to congratulate the Class of 2008!

 Department Seniors

Class Day will be held June 1 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in 202 Jones Hall.  There will be the reading of the Honors list and presentation of prizes.

Graduate Students

The Second Annual Graduate Student Conference in East Asian Studies to be held at Princeton University from Wednesday, June 4 to Thursday, June 5, 2008. The goal of this conference is to provide an opportunity for graduate students to present works-in-progress in a friendly, informal setting. 

 Faculty

The East Asian Studies Department would like to congratulate Assistant Professor, Atsuko Ueda, for her book Concealment of Politics, Politics of Concealment (Stanford University Press, 2007).

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

The following change in the requirement will apply for class of 2010 and beyond:

The Department of East Asian Studies provides undergraduate concentrators with a broad-ranging, cosmopolitan knowledge of the languages and cultures of China, Japan, and Korea. Concentrators are expected to achieve proficiency in one East Asian language through the third-year level, and take eight departmental courses. The departmentals must include the junior seminar, at least one course on pre-modern East Asia, *and any combination of two of the four courses HIS/EAS 207-208 and HUM/EAS/COM 233-234, *and at least one *other *course covering material outside of student's primary area of language specialization A single course may not be used to satisfy two requirements.
A minimum of six of the eight departmentals must be EAS-prefixed courses, language courses at or above the 300 level (after the three year proficiency requirements is fulfilled), or any language courses in a second East Asian language. 

End-of-year Announcements

Sophomores

The Department of East Asian Studies will be holding their sohomore open house on Tuesday, April 8 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., in 202 Jones Hall.  There will be departmental handouts, and professors available to discuss your interests. Refreshments will be served.   

Thesis

Nominated theses will be considered for both the Marjory Chadwick Buchanan Senior Thesis Prize and the Leigh Buchanan Bienen and Henry Bienen Thesis Prize (see announcements below).  

Marjory Chadwick Buchanan Senior Thesis Prize
This prize, originally established by the Class of '44 and now provided through the Marjory Chadwick Buchanan fund is awarded to the senior in the Department of East Asian Studies who, in the opinion of the department, submits the best thesis based, at least in part, on source materials in an Asian language. 

Leigh Buchanan Bienen and Henry Bienen Thesis Prize:
The Leigh Buchanan Bienen and Henry Bienen thesis prize ($1,000) will be awarded to a senior in the Program in East Asian Studies who, in the opinion of the program, submits the best thesis on an East Asian topic. The thesis must be based on extensive and appropriate sources in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean as well as Western language materials.

Faculty members nominating a thesis/es must submit by May 09, 2008:
1) a copy of the thesis
2) a letter of nomination
3) copies of readers' reports

Please turn in materials to June Balint, 211 Jones Hall.

Faculty members who nominate theses cannot serve on the prize committee. The Bienen Prize Committee will review all nominations and award the prize at an Honors meeting to be held May 29. The winners will be announced at the East Asian Studies Class Day reception on June 4.

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Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum

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TO PRINCETON-IN-ISHIKAWA ALUMNI:
A Message From the Ishikawa Prefectural Government (New York Office):
Ishikawa Prefecture, one of Japan's most culturally rich and historic regions has hosted students participating in the Princeton In Ishikawa (PII) exchange program for many years. Our New York Office would like to welcome new participants and also reach out to PII alumni who are interested in continued dialogue. If you were a participant of PII please contact us and let us know what you're doing.

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