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East Asian Studies
Location
Location
- Department of East Asian Studies
- 688 Sherbrooke Street West, Room 425
- Montreal QC H3A 3R1
- Canada
- Telephone: 514-398-3650
- Email: asian.studies [at] mcgill.ca
- Website: www.mcgill.ca/eas
About East Asian Studies
About East Asian Studies
The Department of East Asian Studies is committed to offering a rigorous, innovative, and interdisciplinary environment in which students learn a variety of critical and historical approaches to the study of East Asian arts, cultures, histories, languages, literatures, media, and social practices. The research expertise of our faculty members spans a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds including:
- anthropology;
- archaeology;
- art history;
- cultural studies;
- film and media studies;
- gender and women's studies;
- history and literature;
- religion both institutional and popular.
The unique curriculum of East Asian Studies allows students to gain an intellectually rich, historically informed, theoretically sophisticated, and materially grounded understanding of China, Japan, and Korea as spaces of dynamic formation and transformation, all while developing proficiency in languages of the region. Graduate students may choose from a wide range of courses offered both by the Department and other departments in the Faculty of Arts, and in other faculties that encourage the development of strong intellectual connections with multiple disciplines.
The Centre for East Asian Research (CEAR), affiliated with the Department of East Asian Studies, actively supports and encourages community outreach. It offers a wide range of activities throughout the year such as lectures, presentations, seminars, workshops, speech contests, and cultural activities, and welcomes new associate members.
| Master of Arts (M.A.) East Asian Studies (Thesis) (Ad Hoc) (45 credits) |
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The M.A. program requires a thesis that engages with current theoretical and methodological issues and uses both primary and secondary sources in East Asian languages. Entering students are expected to have a background and/or degree in disciplines relating to East Asia, and have knowledge of an East Asian language. Graduates of our program are pursuing careers in academia, publishing, government service, the financial industry, media and communications, and other fields. |
| Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) East Asian Studies (Ad Hoc) |
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The Ph.D. program requires a thesis that engages with current theoretical and methodological issues and uses both primary and secondary sources in East Asian languages. Entering students are expected to have a background and/or degree in disciplines relating to East Asia and have knowledge of an East Asian language. Graduates of our program are pursuing careers in academia, publishing, government service, the financial industry, media and communications, and other fields. |
East Asian Studies Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
East Asian Studies Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
General
A minimum standing equivalent to a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.0 out of 4.0, or a GPA of 3.2/4.0 for the last two full-time academic years.
Applicants who have not studied at a Canadian institution must submit official copies of their Graduate Record Examination (GRE) at the time of application. These scores must come directly from the ; hard copies and photocopies are not accepted. A minimum Test of English as a Foreign Language () score of 86 (Internet-based test (iBT); with no less than 20 in each of the four component scores) is required of all applicants whose mother tongue is not English and who have not completed an undergraduate or graduate degree at a foreign institution where English is the language of instruction, or at a recognized Canadian institution (anglophone or francophone). Alternatively, students proving their English proficiency may use the International English Language Testing System () examination, for which the minimum score is an overall band score of 6.5 (academic module). For the TOEFL and GRE, you must indicate the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ institution code: 0935.
M.A.
Applicants must hold, or expect to hold by September of the year of entry, a bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies or a related field. Applicants are expected to have proficiency in the East Asian language(s) most useful for the proposed graduate work (preferably three years or more of coursework, or equivalent).
Ph.D.
Applicants must hold, or expect to hold by September of the year of entry, a master's degree in East Asian Studies or a related field.
Application Procedures
Application Procedures
McGill’s online application form for graduate program candidates is available at www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply.
See University Regulations & Resources > Graduate > Graduate Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Application Procedures > Application Procedures for detailed application procedures.
Additional Requirements
Additional Requirements
The items and clarifications below are additional requirements set by this department:
- Curriculum Vitae;
- Research Proposal – approximately 500 words for master's and five pages for Ph.D. applicants. A description of the proposed research project, with brief bibliography, should be included in the Research Proposal;
- Writing Sample;
- GRE – required for applicants who have not studied at a Canadian university.
Application Dates and Deadlines
Application Dates and Deadlines
Application opening dates are set by Enrolment Services in consultation with Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), while application deadlines are set by the Department of East Asian Studies and may be revised at any time. Applicants must verify all deadlines and documentation requirements well in advance on the appropriate McGill departmental website; please consult the list at www.mcgill.ca/gps/contact/graduate-program.
| Ìý | Application Opening Dates | Application Deadlines | ||
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| Ìý | All Applicants | Non-Canadian citizens (incl. Special, Visiting & Exchange) | Canadian citizens/Perm. residents of Canada (incl. Special, Visiting & Exchange) | Current McGill Students (any citizenship) |
| Fall Term: | Sept. 15 | Jan. 6 | Jan. 6 | Jan. 6 |
| Winter Term: | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summer Term: | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Admission to graduate studies is competitive; accordingly, late and/or incomplete applications are considered only as time and space permit.
East Asian Studies Faculty
East Asian Studies Faculty
| Chair |
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| Grace Fong |
| Director, Undergraduate Studies |
| Gal Gvili |
| Director, Graduate Program |
| Yuriko Furuhata |
| Emeritus Professor |
| Kenneth Dean; B.A.(Brown), M.A., Ph.D.(Stan.) |
| Thomas Lamarre; B.Sc.(G'town), D.E.A., D.Sc.(Aix-Marseille), M.A., Ph.D.(Chic.) |
| Professors |
| Grace S. Fong; B.A., M.A.(Tor.), Ph.D.(Br. Col.) |
| Robin D.S. Yates; B.A., M.A.(Oxf.), M.A.(Calif.), Ph.D.(Harv.) (joint appt. with History) |
| Associate Professors |
| Yuriko Furuhata; B.A.(Int'l. Christian), M.A.(N. Mexico), Ph.D.(Brown) |
| Jeehee Hong; B.A., M.A.(Yonsei), M.A., Ph.D.(Chic.) |
| Gavin Walker; B.A., M.A.(Penn.), Ph.D.(Cornell) (joint appt. with History) |
| Assistant Professors |
| Kimberly Chung; B.A.(N'western), M.A., Ph.D. (Calif.-San Diego) |
| Xinyu Dong; B.A.(Inner Mongolia), M.A.(Iowa/Col.), Ph.D.(Beijing Normal/Harv.) |
| Gal Gvili; B.A., M.A.(Hebrew), Ph.D.(Col.) |
| Maria Cecilia Hwang; B.A.(Ore.), M.A., Ph.D.(Brown) (joint appt. with IGSF) |
| Lei Kwan (Rongdao) Lai; B.A.(UWest), M.A.(Qu.), Ph.D.(McG.) (joint appt. with Religious Studies) |
| Xiao Liu; B.A.(BISU, China), M.A.(Tsinghua), Ph.D.(Calif., Berk.) |
| Faculty Lecturers |
| Jennie Chang, Tomoko Ikeda, Myung Hee Kim, Joy Lin, Yasuko Senoo, Miwako Uesaka, Bill Wang |
Master of Arts (M.A.) East Asian Studies (Thesis) (Ad Hoc) (45 credits)
The Department only offers a thesis option. The M.A. program with thesis includes: ...
For more information, see Master of Arts (M.A.) East Asian Studies (Thesis) (Ad Hoc) (45 credits).
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) East Asian Studies (Ad Hoc)
The Graduate Studies Committee will assign an advisory committee to advise the student and specify the student's program of study. ...
For more information, see Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) East Asian Studies (Ad Hoc).
