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| East Asian Languages Research Society | |
|---|---|
| Name | East Asian Languages Research Society |
| Formation | 1983 |
| Type | Academic society |
| Headquarters | Tokyo |
| Region served | East Asia |
| Language | Japanese; Chinese; Korean; English |
| Leader title | President |
East Asian Languages Research Society is an academic organization dedicated to the comparative study of East Asian languages and literatures. Founded in 1983, the Society fosters research across linguistic, philological, and literary traditions linking Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, Tibet, and other regional cultures. It collaborates with universities, museums, archives, and cultural institutions across Asia, Europe, and North America.
The Society was established in 1983 following meetings at University of Tokyo, Peking University, Seoul National University, Harvard University, and Oxford University. Early conferences featured scholars from Kyoto University, Fudan University, Yonsei University, Stanford University, and Cambridge University. Funding and support came from foundations such as the Japan Foundation, Ford Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Asia Society, and grants administered through agencies including Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), National Natural Science Foundation of China, and National Research Foundation of Korea. Notable early participants included researchers affiliated with Tokyo National Museum, National Museum of China, Korean Studies Institute, Harvard-Yenching Institute, and the School of Oriental and African Studies. The Society’s archival initiatives engaged partners like National Diet Library, Shanghai Library, National Library of Korea, Yale University Library, and Library of Congress.
The Society aims to promote interdisciplinary scholarship linking philology, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and literary studies across East Asia. Objectives include fostering collaborations with institutions such as The British Academy, American Council of Learned Societies, European Association for Chinese Studies, Association for Asian Studies, and regional centers like Asia Research Institute (National University of Singapore). It supports projects in cooperation with museums and archives like Asian Art Museum (San Francisco), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum, and research units such as Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and École française d'Extrême-Orient.
Research covers historical phonology, syntax, script reform, manuscript studies, and translation history, engaging topics relevant to institutions including Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Academy of Korean Studies, Academia Sinica, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, and Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences. Publications include a peer-reviewed journal modeled on outlets like Journal of Asian Studies, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Monumenta Serica, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, and series comparable to Cambridge University Press and Routledge monographs. Special issues have examined materials from collections at Dunhuang Research Academy, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Vatican Library, and Russian State Library.
Annual conferences rotate among host institutions such as National Taiwan University, University of Hong Kong, Peking University, Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, and Australian National University. The Society convenes themed symposia in collaboration with centers like Institute of East Asian Studies (UC Berkeley), East Asian Studies Centre (London School of Economics), McGill University, Columbia University, and University of California, Los Angeles. Workshops have been co-organized with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, International Association of Historical Linguistics, International Congress of Linguists, and specialized forums such as Digital Humanities Conference and World Congress of Asian Theatre.
Governing bodies include an elected council with representatives from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, China Scholarship Council, Korean Research Foundation, Taiwan Ministry of Education, and international advisory members from Princeton University, Yale University, University of Chicago, École pratique des hautes études, and Leiden University. Permanent committees oversee archival digitization, ethics, and publications, liaising with organizations like International Council on Archives, Committee on Publication Ethics, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, and regional consortia including Asia-Pacific Research Libraries.
Membership comprises scholars affiliated with University of Michigan, Cornell University, Brown University, Waseda University, Hitotsubashi University, Tohoku University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, National Chengchi University, Chulalongkorn University, and independent researchers from institutions such as Smithsonian Institution, Getty Research Institute, National Palace Museum (Taipei), Sejong Institute, and Mangen Studies Center. Partnerships extend to publishers and associations like Johns Hopkins University Press, Brill, Springer Nature, Elsevier, International Convention Centre, and regional cultural agencies such as Cultural Affairs Bureau (Macau), Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and Korean Cultural Centre.
Contributions include critical editions of classical texts drawn from holdings in Dunhuang Library Cave 17, Nichibunken, Kyoto International Museum of Children’s Literature, and collaborative digital corpora connecting Chinese Text Project, Korean Historical Corpus, Japanese Historical Text Initiative, and Tibetan and Himalayan Library. The Society’s work has informed exhibitions at Tokyo National Museum, Palazzo Vecchio, Getty Museum, and policy dialogues involving ASEAN Cultural Heritage Digital Archive and Asia-Europe Foundation. Its fellows have received awards from Japan Art Association, Tang Prize, Yamazaki Prize, Kyoto Prize, Holberg Prize, and fellowships from MacArthur Foundation, Rhodes Trust, and Fulbright Program.
Category:Academic societies Category:Linguistics organizations Category:Asian studies organizations