Welcome to the website of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, the academic heart of East Asian studies at Harvard University.

For decades one of the world's great centers for the study of East Asia, EALC is home to an international faculty of nearly 60 professors, preceptors, and instructors offering instruction in the languages, literatures, religions, philosophy, history, art history, and popular culture of China, Japan, Korea, and Inner Asia, from ancient times to the present. With the strong support of  the world-renowned Harvard-Yenching Library and the various regional centers and research institutes, EALC strives to maintain the highest levels of academic achievement at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Whoever you are, wherever you are, we invite you to browse these pages for a better understanding of the Department's mission and scope.

• A Message From the Department Chair



• EALC is now accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Modern Science and Technology in East Asia