Japanese Studies in North-America: Programs and Library Resources

This list is created to supplement Japanese Collections by Size; Notable Strengths by Kristina Troost at Duke University. While Krist’s list focus on Japanese collections with volume numbers and collection strength, the file below intends to give an overview of Japanese studies programs and library resources in North America.

The institution name serves as hyperlink to the East Asian library / collection website.
The academic degree column serve as hyperlink to the website for each institution’s East Asian Studies program / center website. Click on it and you will be connected to get more information about its Chinese, Japanese, or Korean studies program.
The institutions are listed according to alphabetical order, as appeared in East Asian Library Websites In North America, from the Council on East Asian Libraries ( CEAL).
Information on subject strength and academic degrees are obtained from each program’s website as of December 2004.

INSTITUTION	SUBJECT STRENGTH	ACADEMIC DEGREE

University of Arizona	religion, linguistics, anthropology, literature, history	B.A.M.A. Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley	Japanese literature and culture, political science, linguistics, histroy, art and architecture	B.A.M.A. Ph.D.
Brown University	anthropology, comparative literature, linguistics, history	undergraduate concentration, joint degree with other departments,Ph.D
University of Chicago	linguistics, history, gender studies, art and art history	B.A.M.A.Ph.D.
University of Colorado at Boulder	Japanese language and culture, linguistics, religion	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
Columbia University	Japanese literature,comparative literature, art history, political science, philosophy, sociology	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
Cornell University	languages, literatures, linguistics, religions,	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
University of California, Davis	anthropology, history, sociology, economics, political science, religion, languages, and literatures.	B.A
Duke University	art and art history, cultural anthropology, history, modern literature, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology	B.A. M.A.
Harvard University	Japanese art, Buddhism, classical poetry and literature, traditional and modern fiction, early modern and modern history, economics, politics, sociology, and linguistics	undergraduate concentration, joint degree with other departments,Ph.D.
University of Hawai, Manoa	anthropology, art, business, linguistics, economics, geography, history, law, music, history, philosophy, religion, sociology, theater and dance	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	anthropology,language, history	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
Indiana University, Bloomington	languages, societies, cultures, politics	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
University of Iowa	languages, linguistics	B.A. M.A.
University of California, Irvine	languages, literatures	B.A. (M.A.) Ph.D.
University of Kansas	anthropology, art history, history, political science, and theatre and film	B.A. M.A. (Ph.D.with other departments)
University of Maryland	languages, linguistics, literatures, business	B.A. M.A.
University of Michigan	anthropology, linguistics, literature, history, sociology, politics, business, music, economics, women's studies	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
University of Minnesota	languages, literature	B.A. M.A.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	langauage, culture, history	B.A.
Ohio State University	language pedagogy, linguistics, literature	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
University of Oregon	language and pedagogy, linguistics	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh	anthropology, language, literature, cinema, economics, history, religious studies, sociology, international studies, theatre, and art history.	Certificate and Interdisciplinary M.A. in East Asian Studies, Ph.D with other departments
Princeton University	anthropology, language, lingusitics, history, literature	certificate, B.A.Ph. D.
University of California, San Diego	anthropology, language, history, political science and international relations, sociology, music, linguistics, literature	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara	languages, literature, religion, history and culture	Japanese Program: Major & Minor
Stanford University	cultural and social anthropology (CASA), anthropological sciences, art history, asian Languages, comparative literature, economics, history, linguistics, political science, sociology, religious studies	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
University of Toronto	Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology	Major & Minor, M.A. Ph.D.
University of British Columbia	Modern and Pre-modern Literature (modern prose, pre-modern prose, poetry, art history) Pre-modern History, Thought (philosophy and religion)	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angels	anthropology, art history, languages and cultures, theater, economics, geography, history, music, political science, sociology, law. women's studies	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
University of Massatusetts, Amherst	language and literature	Major & Minor, M.A.
University of Southern California	languages, linguistics, literature, thought and civilizations of Japan	B.A. M.A.
University of Virginia	anthropology, art history, history, language, litarature, politics, sociology, women's and gender studies	B.A. M.A., Doctoral programs in East Asia are administered by individual departments
University of Washington	art history, anthropology, history, law, political economy, business, language and literature, music	B.A. M.A.
Washington University in St. Louis	law, language and literature, dance and theatre, politics	Major & Minor, M.A.
University of Wisconsin, Madison	language, literature	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
Yale University	history, language, literature, film studies , religious studies	B.A. M.A. Ph.D.

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