News & Announcements
University of Chicago Announces New PhD Program in East Asian Cinema
The University of Chicago announces the formation of a joint PhD program in East Asian cinema, a result of collaboration between the Program in Cinema and Media Studies and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. The University of Chicago has long-standing engagement with both Film and East Asian studies and has already graduated a number of scholars who are changing the field of East Asian cinema around the world. The purpose of this degree program is to provide the best possible training in the methods, languages, and cultural contexts needed to undertake original research on specific topics in East Asian cinema and media studies. The benefits of the joint degree will come from the intellectual linkage of fields that are often kept separate by lack of a shared methodology and tradition of research. Faculty working together on the joint degree will develop shared research programs that will help prepare students to do groundbreaking work and lead the next generation of East Asian film scholars.
For questions about admission requirements or the program in general, contact Michael Raine.
Searching the Film Library Catalog just got easier!
New functionality allows users to search for titles three ways: English, Foreign Language, or Transliterated title. Need subtitles? Use the "Subtitles" search to find all the films with subtitles in English or other languages. Users can still browse over 3,500 titles from Japan, Korea, and China and find out current availability in real time. Click on a column header to sort results in ascending or descending order.
Meet CEAS Director Dali Yang
Dali L. Yang, the Director of the University of Chicago's Center for East Asian Studies, is Professor in the Department of Political Science. His research interests are political institutions and political economy, with special reference to China. Professor Yang has previously served as Director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, Chairman of the Political Science Department at the University of Chicago, and is also a former director of the University of Chicago's Committee on International Relations, one of the oldest graduate programs in international affairs. Find out more about Professor Yang here.
Professor of History Guy Alitto witnesses China's Rise First-Hand
As a scholar, Guy Alitto, Associate Professor of History, has devoted his career to studying Chinese history. He was among the first Americans invited to visit the Communist country in 1973, and in 1986, he opened the first site for rural research. He has witnessed remote villages blossom into communities with modern infrastructures and industrial plants. But it was Alitto's biographical work on Chinese philosopher and reformer Liang Shu-ming that endeared him to the Chinese people and helped create a minor industry on the topic. Millions of copies of his book have been sold in Chinese translation. Alitto is now somewhat of a celebrity in China, and the foreign media frequently rely on him as an expert--most recently, as a commentator on President Obama's inauguration. Read the full story here.
