Center for East Asian Studies
East Asia is a region with millennia-old, highly developed cultures and today plays a central role in global politics and economics. At Heidelberg, East Asian Studies explore the societies of the region in their historical development, regional interconnections, and contemporary forms.
About us
The centre was established in 2005 by integrating the institutes of Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies and East Asian Art History as well as the Korean Language Studies. This integration resulted in an excellent framework for organisation, research and teaching.
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Institutions
The Center for East Asian Studies houses the following facilities:
Degree Programmes
The degree programmes offered by the Center examine the history, present, and regional interconnections of East Asia. The Centre for East Asian Studies is one of Europe’s leading and internationally connected centers for research and teaching.
Exchange Programmes
The institutes of the Centre for East Asian Studies offer a wide range of study and research opportunities at partner. Numerous exchange and funding options are available through the Centre as well as the Erasmus programme.
Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies
Together with the Institute of Anthropology (IfE), the South Asia Institute (SAI), and the Centre for East Asian Studies (ZO), the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS) forms the Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS). The CATS complex surrounds the new central library building.