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Chinese Studies: East Asia Studies

A research guide for Chinese study materials at the University of Washington Libraries

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East Asia Studies

East Asian Studies is a distinct multidisciplinary field of scholarly enquiry and education that promotes a broad humanistic understanding of East Asia past and present. The field includes the study of the region's culture, written language, history, and political institutions.

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About East Asia

East Asia is a sub-region of Asia. That can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. Geographically and geo-politically, it covers about 12,000,000 km2(4,600,000 sq mi), or about 28 percent of the Asian continent, about 15 percent bigger than the area of Europe. The UN sub-region of East Asia and other common definitions of East Asia contain the entirely of the People’s Republic of China, Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan,) Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Mongolia.  
 

Interdisciplinary East Asian Studies

Chinese Studies

Tibetan Studies

Taiwanese Studies

 

Japanese Studies

Korean Studies

East Asia Librarian

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Zhijia Shen
Contact:
322B Gowen Hall
206-543-5635
Website

Find More? See Our East Asia Library Collections

Location

322 Gowen Hall
Box 353527
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3527

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Open Hours

Mon-Thu 8am - 7pm
Fri 8am - 5pm
Sat-Sun 1pm - 5pm

 

(Check our holiday open hours!)

EAL Collections

The East Asia Library collections are primarily composed of materials in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan covering all areas of the humanities and social sciences. As of June 2013, the East Asia Library holds approximately 660,086 items. The holdings of monograph and bound journal collections in different languages are as follows:

  • Chinese: 294,150
  • Japanese: 157,329
  • Korean: 110,972
  • Western: 29,343
  • Tibetan: 9,124
  • Serials: 1,919

EAL Auxiliary Stacks

UW faculty and students are welcome to make an appointment to visit and browse the East Asia Library Kane Auxiliary Stacks. Browsing access is to aid research as needed.

Procedures:

  • Make an appointment in person or call the Information Desk (206-543-4490) ahead of of your visit
  • Staff will assist you to locate the books and journals you need in EAL Kane Auxiliary Stacks
  • Once you have identified the material that you want, we will check it out to you.

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