Undergraduate Program

Student Awards

The Asada Eiji Prize

The Center for East Asian Studies sponsors an annual prize of $250.00 awarded for the best University of Chicago BA theses dealing with a topic related to East Asia. Starting in 2009, one prize is awarded in the area of Humanities and one is awarded for Social Sciences. This prize is named in honor of Asada Eiji, the recipient of the first Ph.D. degree awarded by the University of Chicago in 1893. Professor Asada went on to enjoy an illustrious career at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

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Asada Eiji Prize Winners
2008-2009
Camila Dodik, "Eros and Resistance: Politicized Portrayals of Sexual Deviance in Two Postwar Japanese Works" (Humanities Division)

Qi Stephanie Zhu, "Happy Body, Healthy Spirit: Conceptions of the Body and Wellness in Contemporary Shanghai" (Social Sciences Division)

2007-2008
Lauren Kocher, "Japanese Feminisms and the 'Gender-Free' Controversy”

2006-2007
Christopher Chhim, "New Beijing, New Olympics, New Wenming..."

2005-2006
Pendry Haines, "Korean Ancestors and National Identity"


Foreign Language Acquisition Grants (FLAG)

FLAGs provide summer support from the College for continuing language study or research. These grants may be used to fund study through the Chicago in Beijing program. More information and applications for Summer International Travel Grants can be found at https://sitg.uchicago.edu/ or contact Juliana de Sousa Solis, Assistant Director for Study Abroad.

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Number of FLAGs awarded for East Asia Studies