Upcoming Events
Spring 2026
Reimagining Feminist Korean Studies Workshop
Friday, April 24 | 9:00AM-6:00PM | AHN | RSVP
This one-day workshop brings together emerging scholars and established voices to reimagine the epistemic foundations of Korean Studies through feminist, queer, indigenous, decolonial, and transnational frameworks. Responding to the rise of right-wing authoritarianism, intensified anti-feminist backlash in South Korea, and the persistent marginalization of feminist discourse in Anglophone Korean Studies, the workshop creates space for collaborative dialogue and methodological innovation.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Feminist Research, East Asian Studies Center, and the Korean Heritage Library
2026 EASC Commencement Open House
Friday, May 15 | 11:00AM-12:30PM | CAS 100 | Invitation Only
Join EASC faculty, staff, family and friends as we gather to celebrate our East Asian Area Studies graduating seniors and M.A. students. Please join us from 11:00AM – 12:30PM at CAS 100 for the EASC Commencement Open House brunch reception before the USC Dornsife Ceremony One at Alumni Park starting at 1:00PM!
USC Main Commencement Ceremony | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Thursday, May 14 at 6:30PM
EASC Commencement Open House | CAS 100 | Friday, May 15 at 11:00AM
USC Dornsife Ceremony One | Alumni Park | Friday, May 15 at 1:00PM
For more information about Commencement 2026, visit the USC Commencement Website.
Providing leadership, coordination and support for East Asian studies at the University of Southern California.
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Affiliated Faculty in over 44 departments
405
Students sent to East Asia on Global East Asia
$3.1 M
Awarded in Student and Faculty Funding
EASC Signature Programs
Undergraduate
Global East Asia (GEA) is a four week upper-division Maymester research course with a study abroad component for USC undergraduate students, made possible by the East Asian Studies Center and USC Dornsife. This intensive program gives students the opportunity to travel and conduct research in China or Japan. Students from all majors, schools and language backgrounds are eligible to apply and experience East Asia in a unique way.
Graduate
EASC Graduate Fellowships provide summer stipends, typically between $1,000-$3,000, depending on the proposed course of study. The purpose of the award is to advance understanding of East Asia and/or US-Asia relations. The award may be used for research, language training or area studies, and can also be used for research including Asia in a comparative context or as a case study.
Research
A centerpiece of the East Asian Studies Center’s efforts to support all forms of research that deal with East Asia at USC is the manuscript review. Any USC faculty working on a book that deals with East Asia in some way are eligible for possible support. The program is designed to provide helpful and timely feedback to faculty preparing monographs or other similarly large academic works prior to submission for publication.
Student Journal of Asian Studies @ USC
The USC Student Journal for Asian Studies (SJAS @ USC) is a student-run journal that publishes undergraduate and graduate research across various disciplines in Asian studies. In its most recent issue, the featured topics span East to Southeast Asia, diasporic communities, and the intersections of domestic and foreign cultures, establishing an overall international and transnational theme.
The Spring 2026 Issue will be coming soon! Please view the Spring 2025 Issue in the meantime.
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East Asian Studies Center
3454 Trousdale Parkway, CAS 100
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