Summer & Fall 2023 Courses are Available on CEAS Website

Kaiser Kuo to speak at UW-Madison April 4th

CEAS is a presenting sponsor for films at the Wisconsin Film Festival

This year is the 25th annual Wisconsin Film Festival, and CEAS is delighted to be a presenting sponsor for the three films. The film festival begins on April 13th and ends on April 20th. For full listings and tickets, visit their ticketing website. Tickets are free for students with a UW student ID! We at …

UW-Madison Anthropology Professor Receives Order of the Sacred Treasure

The Japanese government recognized the work of William F. Vilas Anthropology Professor Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, with its highest honor for public service, awarding her the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbons (瑞寶綬章) on November 28, 2022, in Chicago. Tajima Horoshi, Consul-General of Japan in Chicago, presented Prof. Ohnuki-Tierney with the honor at …

Pharmacy archives reveal stories of early students from China

by Laurie Dennis A combination of serendipity and knowing what to look for led history of science graduate student J.J. Strange to a treasure trove of materials about some of the first students from China to study pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “There was a vague awareness that we had good information on early …

CEAS spring semester features China podcaster, East Asian history talks, and more

Spring semester 2023 programming for the Center for East Asian Studies will include an April 4 talk by China current affairs podcaster Kaiser Kuo, a March 21 partnership with the Law School’s East Asian Legal Studies Center for a lecture on law and bureaucracy in imperial China, and an array of talks about topics related …

Winners of the 2022 East Asia in Wisconsin Library Program awards

MADISON — The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at the University of Wisconsin—Madison is pleased to announce the winners of the recent “East Asia in Wisconsin Library Program” competition. Grants have been awarded to public libraries throughout Wisconsin, enriching their collections with new titles that will enable patrons to deepen their understanding of East …

Spring 2023 Course List

The 3rd Annual Wisconsin Sijo (WiSiJo) Poetry Contest is now open!

The Wisconsin Sijo (WiSiJo) Poetry Contest opens for its third Year! MADISON–Wisconsinites of all ages will have the opportunity to learn a new poetry form and possibly win a prize for doing so. For the third year in a row, the UW–Madison Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), in collaboration with the Sejong Cultural Society …

Congratulations Prof. Monica Kim!