The Department of East Asian Studies at Dickinson focuses on the study of China and Japan but attends increasingly to the broader regional and global contexts of these two civilizations. In our courses, students explore the region from multiple disciplinary perspectives: from ancient origins to contemporary realities through the study of history, society, politics, business and economics, literature and culture.

Students may also choose one of three majors—East Asian studies, Chinese or Japanese—all of which are language-based. East Asian studies majors study Japanese or Chinese through the end of their second year. Japanese and Chinese majors study language through the advanced level. East Asian studies majors must also take a range of courses on East Asian topics across multiple disciplines and countries. Chinese and Japanese majors are required to take several courses on topics related to China or Japan, respectively.

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    David G. Strand's Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s (University of California Press, 1989) 

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    David G. Strand's An Unfinished Republic: Leading by Word and Deed in Modern China (University of California Press, 2011) 

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    David G. Strand's Cities in Motion: Interior, Coast, and Diaspora in Transnational China (Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley, 2007) 

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    Rae Yang's Spider Eaters: A Memoir (University of California Press, 1997) 

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    Neil Diamant's Revolutionizing the Family: Politics, Love, and Divorce in Urban and Rural China, 1949-1968 (University of California Press, 2000) 

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    Neil Diamant's Engaging the Law in China: State, Society, and Possibilities for Justice (Stanford University Press, 2005) 

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    Neil Diamant's Embattled Glory: Veterans, Military Families, and the Politics of Patriotism in China, 1949-2007 (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2009) 

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    Shawn M. Bender's Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion (University of California Press, 2012) 

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    Alex Bates' The Culture of the Quake: The Great Kanto Earthquake and Taisho Japan (University of Michigan Press, 2015) 

Contact Info

Chair:
Shawn Bender
Assoc Prof East Asian Studies
benders@dickinson.edu

Department Coordinator:
Etsuko Nichols
nichoets@dickinson.edu

Phone:
717-245-1732
Fax:
717-245-1025

Location:
105C, Stern Center for Global Ed
Mailing Address


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