Cultural and Comparative Studies, consisting of cross-cultural and comparative studies among China, Japan, and/or Korea, or particular disciplinary approaches to the study of the East Asian region
Prospective graduate students applying to the department should indicate which specialization they intend to pursue.
Program Requirements
For program requirements in Cultural and Comparative Studies—China Focus
For program requirements in Cultural and Comparative Studies—Japan Focus
For program requirements in Cultural and Comparative Studies—Korea Focus
Faculty in Cultural and Comparative Studies
Stephanie Balkwill
Associate Professor
Buddhist Studies
balkwill@humnet.ucla.edu
Michael Berry
Professor
Chinese film and literature, translation
berry@humnet.ucla.edu
Nina Duthie
Associate Teaching Professor
Premodern Chinese Literature and Cultural History
nduthie@humnet.ucla.edu
Torquil Duthie
Professor, Department Chair
Premodern Japanese literary culture
duthie@humnet.ucla.edu
George Dutton
Professor
Southeast Asian Studies and Vietnamese History
dutton@humnet.ucla.edu
Michael Emmerich
Professor, Yanai Initiative Director
Japanese Literature
Christopher P. Hanscom
Professor, Vice-Chair
Modern Korean Literature
chanscom@ucla.edu
Stephanie W. Jamison
Professor
Asian Religions, Indo-Iranian Literatures
jamison@humnet.ucla.edu
310-206-7736
Michiko Kaneyasu
Associate Professor, Language Program Coordinator (Japanese)
Japanese Linguistics
kaneyasu@humnet.ucla.edu
Namhee Lee
Professor
History of Modern Korea
nlee@humnet.ucla.edu
Min Li
Associate Professor
Chinese Archaeology
limin@humnet.ucla.edu
Seiji M. Lippit
Professor
Post-war Modern Japanese Literature and Film
lippit@humnet.ucla.edu
Gyanam Mahajan
Teaching Professor, Language Program Coordinator (S.E. Asia)
Phonology and Areal Linguistics, Pedagogy
mahajan@humnet.ucla.edu
Huijun Mai
Assistant Professor
Medieval Chinese literature and cultural history
hmai@humnet.ucla.edu
Thu-Huong Nguyen-Vo
Professor
nguyenvo@humnet.ucla.edu
310-267-4587
Sung Deuk Oak
Dongsoon Im and Mija Im Endowed Chair Associate Professor of Korean Christianity
oak@humnet.ucla.edu
Oona Paredes
Associate Professor
Southeast Asia, Indigenous Studies, Philippines
oparedes@humnet.ucla.edu
David C. Schaberg
Professor
Classical Chinese poetry and thought
schaberg@humnet.ucla.edu
Shu-mei Shih
Professor
Sinophone Studies/Comparative Literature
shih@humnet.ucla.edu
Satoko Shimazaki
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Early Modern Japanese Theater and Literature
shimazaki@humnet.ucla.edu
Hongyin Tao
Professor, Language Program Coordinator (Chinese)
Chinese Language and Linguistics
tao@humnet.ucla.edu
Sixiang Wang
Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Language Program Coordinator (Korean)
History of Premodern Korea and East Asia
six@ucla.edu
Yinghui Wu
Associate Professor
Early Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
yinghui@humnet.ucla.edu
For more information about Graduate Programs, please contact the ALC Graduate Student Affairs Officer
Fatin Zubi
Student Affairs Officer (Graduate)
fzubi@humnet.ucla.edu