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The Center for East Asian Studies, a member of the Wisconsin International Resource Consortium (WIRC), is pleased to be able to offer a special event in the “Teaching the World” webinar series: Open Sesame: How Ginseng Established an American Presence in 1780s Canton by Qiong Wu, Ph.D. candidate in history, College of William & Mary …
For three weeks starting in mid-May 2026 CEAS associate director David Fields and seventeen UW undergraduate students explored the history of US-Korean relations as well as Korea’s development on location in South Korea. This faculty-led study abroad program was made possible by the UW’s Global Gateway Initiative. Working with CIEE—a study-abroad provider in Seoul—Fields and …
MADISON — The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce award recipients for the most recent “East Asia in the Upper Midwest Library Program” competition. Nearly $21,000 in funding will be distributed to 19 libraries across Wisconsin, representing 11 of the state’s 15 library systems. This is …
The call for proposals is now open for the 75th Annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA). The 2026 Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA) will be held at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse from October 2–4, 2026. Organized by UW–Madison History PhD and Professor Shuma Iwai, the conference brings together scholars of Asian studies …
The annual spring “Chinese Badgers/Badgers in China” student workshop will include profiles of four notable alum whose careers in China and education in the early 1900s in Madison exemplified the Wisconsin Idea. The 2026 event will also feature an unusual twist: an original screenplay written by Andrew Liu (UW Class of 2024, History) that will …
The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) kicked off the Year of the Horse with a presentation Tuesday, Feb 17, at Atmus Filtration Technologies and Cummins offices in Stoughton, Wisc. CEAS project assistants Jimin Gim (Sociology doctoral student) and Andrew Liu (History, Class of 2023) offered comments to an audience of about 70 employees (from …
The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) is honored to announce that it has received a $90,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to offer expanded outreach opportunities to public libraries and theaters across the Midwest. Building on the foundation of the East Asia in Wisconsin Library Program, which provided mini-grants to public libraries beginning …
The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin—Madison is delighted to announce that the “East Asia in the Upper Midwest” library program, now in its sixth year, is accepting applications. (Priority consideration ended March 23, but we will continue to consider applications after the initial grants are awarded if funding is …
Connecting the Upper Midwest and East Asia has been a core mission of CEAS since 1962. To further this mission, CEAS is piloting a new initiative this year funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. This program supports screenings of films that focus on East Asia or emphasize the connections between East Asia and the United …
by Jimin Gim, CEAS project assistant The Yenching Academy Scholars Program, housed within Peking University in Beijing, China, offers a highly customizable Master’s program in China studies for English speakers with varied levels of Chinese language competency. UW–Madison has partnered with Yenching Academy since 2024, through which the university nominates outstanding students for consideration for the …