ASIAN STUDIES

Welcome to UMBC’s Asian Studies program, which offers an inter-disciplinary major, minor and certificate. Please visit the links below for more information, and feel free to contact individual faculty members to discuss your options in the new program.

Samurai

Samurai of the Choshu domain, in Japan, during the Boshin War, 1868.

Skyline

Contemporary Pudong Skyline, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.

Page

A page from the Hunminjeongeum Eonhae (lit. The Correct/Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People), 1443, Korea

Harihara

Harihara—the combined deity form of Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara), India

Rice Fields

Rice fields (Longji Terrace), Longshen County, Guilin, China

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WHAT'S NEW

Asian Studies Welcome Week Event, Thursday, 8/30 (4 pm, 7th floor Administration Building)

ASIA (Asian Studies) COURSES FOR FALL 2012. (Read more)

ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM in The Baltimore Sun, Education Section (Read Article)

UPCOMING ASIAN STUDIES EVENT (10/3/12) with Dr. James R. Bartholomew (Department of History, Ohio State University): "Japanese Science and International Politics in the Interwar Period: The Nobel Prize Candidacies of Hideki Yukawa (Physics) and Katsusaburo Yamagiwa (Physiology)." A.O.K. Library Gallery, 4 p.m. Event co-sponsored by the Social Science Forum; Office of the Dean, College of Natural & Mathematical Sciences; The Human Context of Science and Technology Program; and Department of History

STUDENT NEWS: Amy Fowler, Jillian Long, Vadim Rubin and Nieshia Watts win Ministry of Education Huayu Scholarships to study Mandarin in Taiwan, June-August 2012.

First UMBC Asian Studies graduates accepted to graduate schools (in China): Amy Fowler, Nankai University; Jocelyn Lee (Peking University)

FACULTY NEWS:

Alan Kreizenbeck (Department of Theatre), completes 2012 Summer Freeman Foundation Workshop on Japan at Tokai University in Hawai'i. (Read about his experience... and click here for more information on the program...)

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ASIA BLOG

Asian Studies' Blog and Archives of Faculty and Student News: umbcasianstudies.wordpress.com

ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM

Administration Building 720-721
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Phone: 410-455-2094
Fax: 410-455-1045
E-mail: asianstudies@umbc.edu

Director: Constantine N. Vaporis
Program Management Specialist: Julie A. Rosenthal