Asia in the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Case for Asian Studies in Liberal Arts Education: A Case for Asian Studies in Liberal Arts Education

The contributors place the development of Asian studies programs in small colleges in historical context, make a compelling case for the inclusion of Asian studies in the liberal arts curriculum, and consider the challenges faced in developing and sustaining Asian studies programs and ways of meeting such challenges now and in the future.

Suzanne Wilson Barnett is a China historian and professor of history at the University of Puget Sound Thomas B. Coburn is a specialist in the religions and cultures of South Asia and is academic vice president and Charles A. Dana Professor of Religious Studies at St. Lawrence University Ainslie T. Embree is a historian of South Asia and professor emeritus of history, Columbia University Rita Smith Kipp is an anthropologist with a specialty in Indonesia, and is a professor of anthropology at Kenyon College Stanley L. Mickel is professor in Chinese language and literature at Wittenberg University Stephen P. Nussbaum is an anthropologist with a specialty in Japan, and is a professor at Earlham College Van Jay Symons is a China historian and professor of history at Augustana College Samuel Hideo Yamashita is a Japan historian and Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History at Pomona College