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East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies – UC Santa Barbara About About the Department Visit the Department Newsletters People Faculty Affiliated Faculty Visiting Faculty and Scholars Graduate Students Staff Academics Undergraduate 5-Year BA+MA Graduate Language Programs & Placement Tests Courses Apply Events Centers and Resources Giving About About the Department Visit the Department Newsletters People Faculty Affiliated Faculty Visiting Faculty and Scholars Graduate Students Staff Academics Undergraduate 5-Year BA+MA Graduate Language Programs & Placement Tests Courses Apply Events Centers and Resources Giving Yiming Ma receives AAS Grant for Dissertation Research Read more… Humanities Decanted 5/14: Thomas Mazanec in conversation with Xiaorong Li Read more… Graduate Student Conference: Research on East Asia (May 18-19, HSSB 4041) Read more… East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, UC Santa Barbara The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies is dedicated to the study of the civilizations of China, Japan and Korea in all their richness and diversity. Study focuses not only on East Asia’s increasingly vital role on the world scene, but also on various elements of the region’s long and fascinating history. Anti-racism Statement We, the faculty in EALCS, condemn the racism and violence against the Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) in this country and beyond. The settler colonial occupation of the United States entailed the removal of Indigenous tribes to clear the land for enslaved African and Black people, whose labor literally built the nation. Thus, our society is founded on the dispossession of Indigenous Americans, enslavement of Black Americans, and settler colonialism by European immigrants. Most recently, the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Chantel Moore, Breonna Taylor and too many others are not just tragic but deeply unjust. We recognize the persistent anti-blackness and racial inequity rooted in this centuries-old injustice… Read More Recent News Humanities Decanted 5/14: Thomas Mazanec in conversation with Xiaorong Li May 13, 2024 Announcement , Chinese Program , Event , People in the Department Graduate Student Conference: Research on East Asia (May 18-19, HSSB 4041) May 13, 2024 Announcement , Conference , Event , Graduate Program Japanese Language Lecturer in the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Department May 2, 2024 Announcement Korean Language Lecturer in the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies Department April 25, 2024 Announcement Yiming Ma receives AAS Grant for Dissertation Research April 24, 2024 Chinese Program , Graduate Program , People in the Department Chinese Popular Culture course offered in summer session B April 22, 2024 Chinese Program , Undergraduate Program View All Recent News Site Login div...