East Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)
About the programme
The MA Asian Studies East Asian Studies offers focused study of China, Japan or Korea. You can study the country of your choice from an expansive number of disciplinary perspectives including history, literature, art, art history, sociology, anthropology, media, cultural studies, religious studies, philosophy, economics, development studies, linguistics, or politics and international relations.
Programme structure
Semester 1
The first semester consists of the compulsory core course Introduction to Asian Studies that all students of the MA in Asian Studies have to take. East Asian studies students are also following required advanced language courses in either Mandarin, Japanese or Korean and an elective in each semester.
Semester 2
Students dedicate most of their time in semester two to research and writing for the MA thesis. Next to this, you continue with the second level of the advanced language course, and you will follow an elective from the East Asia specialization.
Our goal is that, by the time you are ready to write your MA thesis, you will be in a strong position to integrate your language and academic skills to the point where you can use primary sources written in Mandarin, Japanese or Korean as part of your research.
Detailed programme
To find out more about the programme structure and courses offered on this programme, please check the Prospectus.
Please note that this guide applies to the current academic year, which means that the curriculum for next year may slightly differ.
Ethan Mark
Senior University Lecturer
“I try to encourage my students to think critically by pushing them to interrogate the categories through which we think and by which we describe the world: where they came from, what forces constructed them, and for what purposes.”
“In a world in which we are so often confronted with the appearance of essential differences, I seek to stimulate an awareness of the interconnectedness of our identities and our histories, informed by an awareness of history itself not as a single narrative of objective facts, but as a field of ongoing contestation between competing narratives and competing political agendas.”
Admission and Application
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