MA in History - East Asian History in Madison United States | University of Wisconsin-Madison

The East Asian History department provides comprehensive comparative and interdisciplinary education focusing on Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and pan-Asian historical studies. Though our research specialties overlap in meaningful ways, together we embody diverse methodological perspectives and scholarly focuses. Both faculty and students actively engage with UW-Madison's dynamic academic network, including the Center for East Asian Studies, the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, and the East Asia Graduate Student Association.

Our department's particular expertise spans multiple domains: the social, cultural, political, and political-economic developments across China's pre-modern, modern, and global contexts; gender studies in contemporary China; China's environmental history and frontier regions; post-colonial Korea's cultural and social evolution; early modern and modern Japan's societal, cultural, and political transformations; as well as transnational Asian studies encompassing intellectual history, migration patterns, and diaspora communities.