Upcoming Events
Fall 2025
EASC Guest Speaker Series: Media as Method: New Perspectives on Early Modern Chinese Drama – Talk by Yinghui Wu
Monday, November 17 | 2:00PM-3:20PM | DML 240 | RSVP
EASC Guest Speaker Series: Talk by Prof. Yinghui Wu (UCLA) with Faculty Moderator Prof. Mengxiao Wang (EALC 145: Introduction to Chinese Culture, Art and Literature)
In this talk, Wu will offer a new model for thinking about drama history through a critical reflection on medium/media as historically specific and broader than modern mass media technology. The talk will also present specific case studies that explore the entwinement of plays and different forms of media in shaping perception, molding experience, and enabling new subject positions to emerge in early modern China.
This event is co-sponsored by the USC East Asian Library.
Fall 2025 EASC Grad Student Connect
Tuesday, November 18 | 4:00PM – 5:30PM | CAS 100 | RSVP
Please join us for the Fall 2025 EASC Grad Student Connect! Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC while learning about EASC’s academic programming and opportunities. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so this is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with East Asia-related research topics and interests!
EASC Guest Speaker Series: Two Hours with Chinese Kunqu Opera: A Cultural Encounter – Talk by Fang Wei
Friday, November 21 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | DML 240 | RSVP
EASC Guest Speaker Series: Talk by Dr. Fang Wei with Faculty Moderator Dr. Wanmeng Li (EALC 110: East Asian Humanities: The Great Tradition)
Please join us for a performance and guest lecture by Dr. Fang Wei and her team from the Kunqu Opera Society USA! Dr. Fang and her team of artists are professional performers of Chinese Kunqu and Yue opera, two essential genres that are fundamental to the theatre tradition in East Asia. This special event offers a unique opportunity to learn about this rich artistic heritage in an immersive and interactive way. Dr. Fang and her team will present a live performance of selections from two classic Kunqu pieces, accompanied by an introduction to the tradition.
This event is co-sponsored by the USC East Asian Library.
EASC Guest Speaker Series: Possibilities and Predicaments: Rethinking Asian American Filmmaking in the Age of AI – Talk by Yeon Jin Lee
Tuesday, December 2| 2:00PM-3:20PM | THH 201 | RSVP
This lecture examines the tensions between AI and Asian American filmmaking as a form of double consciousness, where creativity and identity are continuously negotiated against the backdrop of technological transformation in a transnational context. We are honored to host Yeon-jin Lee, a Korean American graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, whose migration from Korea to Indonesia and eventually to the United States, and whose professional journey from Silicon Valley and NASA to Hollywood, provides a powerful lens for understanding the possibilities and predicaments of Asian American filmmaking in the age of AI. Yeon-jin will present her short films and share the struggles and insights that have shaped her filmmaking career.
Providing leadership, coordination and support for East Asian studies at the University of Southern California.
120
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.
EASC 360: Global East Asia TOKYO Applications are Open!
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 Japan. Students from all majors, schools and language backgrounds are eligible to apply and experience East Asia in a unique way.
Applications are due Monday, November 10, 2025!
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