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Undergraduate Programs Information

Major or minor in Asian Studies.

Graduate Programs Information

Including: Master of Arts in Asian Studies, Master’s in Asian International Affairs, and Graduate Certificates in Asian Studies.

Student Testimonials

Christina Geisse

The Asian Studies Program was incredible because most professors were undertaking their own research, passionate about their subject of study, and enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge with students. It felt fresh and profound at the same time. Inspiring! 

Christina Geisse
Kim Sluchansky

I was able to delve deep and focus on the areas of Asian Studies that truly interested me, and therefore gained a much more thorough and developed understanding of my fields of interest, which are applicable to my current career path. Also, the professors are extremely helpful and want their students to succeed. They were very supportive both while I was at UH and after I graduated.

Upcoming Film Screening: 3.11 and Contemporary Art

Artists Respond to 3.11: The Great East Japan Earthquake & Contemporary Art by Eimi Tagore-Erwin (Department of Arts and Cultural Science, Lund University, Sweden) Co-sponsored by the UHM’s Asian Studies Program and Center for Japanese Studies May 15, 2018, 12:00 -…

Summer 2017 release from Dr. Abinales!

The second edition of Dr. Patricio Abinales’ book State and Society in the Philippines will be released this summer via Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group. About the Book: People in the Philippines routinely vote, run for office, organize social movements,…

Job Talk: (Re)Figuring South Asian Coolie Identities

The Asian Studies Program invites the UH Manoa community to a talk by Dr. Arunima Datta, candidate  for the Assistant Professor position in Asian Studies, from 1:30-2:30 pm on Friday February 24, at the Center for Korean Studies Auditorium. (Re)Figuring South Asian…

New Publication from Prof. Barbara Andaya

Asian Studies Program Chair Prof. Barbara Andaya, along with Leonard Andaya, has published A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400-1830, with Cambridge University Press. Reviews & endorsements ‘… the authors convey in remarkably clear terms the complexity of the…

Featured Course – Sustainable Development in Asia

ASAN 470 – Sustainable Development in Asia CRN 88280 Taught by Prof. Sang Hyop Lee Spring 2017 Tuesdays 10:30 – 1:15 This course provides an overview of problems and challenges of sustainable economic development in Asia, focusing on East Asia.…

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