Kim Besio
Oak Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures; Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Interested in China, Japan, or Korea?
In addition to thriving language programs in Chinese and Japanese, Colby has courses on East Asian history, literature, politics, economics, sociology, anthropology, music, cinema, art, philosophy, and religion!
About East Asian Languages and Cultures
The East Asian Languages and Cultures Department offers a multidisciplinary approach to understanding Japan, China, and Korea. Students in the major build language competency in Japanese or Chinese and learn to communicate effectively in English and an East Asian language. They critically interpret texts, artistic masterpieces, and cultural materials, and they develop research skills using primary sources and data. Through course work—in a wide variety of courses across the humanistic and social science disciplines—and an immersion experience in an East Asian country, students acquire a comparative understanding of the region and become well versed in traditional and contemporary East Asia.
The department offers a major and minor in East Asian studies, as well as minors in Chinese and Japanese languages.
Faculty and Staff
Yumiko Goto
Japanese Language Assistant
Rio Katayama
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Laura Nuffer
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Fang Wang
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Ankeney Weitz
Ziskind Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Art
Hong Zhang
Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
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