East Asian Studies-related Web Sites

Links to a variety of East Asian studies related sites:

East Asian Organizations

• The American Oriental Society
  The oldest U.S. scholarly society for Oriental Studies.
• The Association for Asian Studies
  The world's largest scholarly organization for Asian Studies.
• The Journal of Asian Studies (via JSTOR)
  Back issues of the Journal of Asian Studies. Searchable and printable.
• The Asia Society
  Web site providing a forum for building awareness of the Asia-Pacific region.
• H-ASIA
  H-Asia is the largest online discussion forum for the discussion of Asia.

East Asian Programs

• University of Wisconsin Center for East Asian Studies
• Korean Program at the University of Wisconsin
• Australian National University - Faculty of Asian Studies
• Columbia University - Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Cornell University - Department of Asian Studies
• Duke University - Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
• Harvard University - Asia Center
• Indiana University - East Asian Studies Center
• Ohio State University - Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
• Princeton University - East Asian Studies
• Stanford University - Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
• University of California at Berkeley - Department of East Asian Languages
• University of California at Los Angeles - Asia Institute
• University of Chicago - Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
• University of Hawai'i - School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies
• University of Michigan - Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
• University of Pennsylvania - Center for East Asian Studies
• University of Southern California - East Asian Studies Center
• University of Washington - East Asian Center

East Asian Libraries

• The Council on East Asian Libraries Home Page
  CEAL - the organization for East Asian librarians in North America.
• Harvard-Yenching Library Home Page
  One of the oldest and finest East Asian collections in the U.S.
• Asia Library at the University of Michigan
  Offers easy access to the networked information resources all over the world.
• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
  Provides expansive resource links maintained at the Australian National University.

East Asian Art, Music, Film, and Theatre

• Arts of China
  University of Wisconsin Art History 370 course: Arts of China.
• Newsletter of East Asian Art and Archaeology
  Information on exhibitions, publications, symposia, grants, etc., in all fields of Asian art.
• Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
  Web site of this museum often features excellent online coverage of their exhibitions.
• Chinese Music FTP Site
  This ftp archive features a wide variety of Chinese music that you can download.
  From traditional instrumentals to songs from the Cultural Revolution, this archive
  has it all. Files are in "au" Sun audio format and can be played on both Mac and
  Windows computer systems. For information on sound utilities for use with these
  files go to: How to play audio files.
• The Internet Chinese Music Archive
  A web site with many links for Chinese music and pointers to other web sites.
• Japanese Theatre Web Site
  Links to web sites related to Japanese Theatre at the University of San Francisco.
• Kinema Club Japanese Film Site
  The Kinema Club is devoted to the study of Japanese moving image media.
• A visual literacy exercise based on Japanese woodblock prints
  An interesting site that uses woodblock prints by 19th-century Japanese designer
  Hiroshige Ando in an exercise designed to introduce students to geographical and
  climactic conditions in Japan. Nice print reproductions. Site designed by Associate
  Professor Lee Makela, Dept of East Asian History at Cleveland State University.

Note: You may need software that allows reading Chinese/Korean/Japanese characters for these web sites.

And please send your suggestions for new resources along with updates/feedback to the CEAS office.

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