About the Department

       Chair, Edward Kamens 
       Director, Graduate Studies, John Treat (Fall), Kang-i-Sun Chang (Spring)
       Director, Undergraduate Studies, Edward Kamens (Fall), Tina Lu (Spring)
       Department Administrator, Reva Alavian
       Department Administrative Assistant, Tracy Ford
       Director of Language Instruction, Seungja Kim Choi

The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures offers undergraduate degree programs in the languages and literatures of China and Japan, Ph.D. programs in Chinese and Japanese literature, and language courses in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean from the elementary to advanced level. Our goal is to support the humanistic study of East Asian cultures through their languages and literary traditions, ancient and modern.

This semester, the department offers over fifty courses in Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Please see the Courses section of our web site for a complete listing.

If you are considering Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, or are currently studying one of these languages, subscribe to the East Asian Languages and Literatures mailing list and receive announcements about course offerings and placement exams.  All current and prospective students should subscribe.  Click Undergraduate Program for the time and place of the current year's placement exams.  Information on the current year's exams is posted in August.

EALL News

An unofficial version of the courses offered by the department for Spring 2012 can be found here. 

EALL and Yale's Program in Theater Studies are pleased to announce the appointment of William D. Fleming as assistant professor in the field of Japanese theater and performance. Will received his Ph.D. in 2011 from Harvard University and is currently a Post-Doctoral Associate in Yale's Council on East Asian Studies at Yale.  Beginning in the academic year 2012-13, he will offer courses on traditional Japanese theater and early modern literature and culture for both undergraduate and graduate students.  

Watch this space for announcements of additional pending appointments; we are currently conducting searches to appoint a new assistant professor in one of the many areas of Chinese literature and a lector or senior lector in Chinese language.