Jack Meng-Tat Chia (AM '11), Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies at the National University of Singapore, talks about his newly published book, "Monks in Motion: Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea" (Oxford University Press, 2020) in a prerecorded book talk for the Harvard Asia Center's Southeast Asia Fall Lecture Series. View the ...

RSEA hosted the 2020 Alumni Panel on October 22 as an online meeting. The virtual event was enjoyed by 45 participants including current students, faculty members, and more alumni than would normally be able to attend in person, including a good number from outside the US.  RSEA Chair Professor James Robson noted this bonus of the current remote era as he greeted everyone joining from across many time zones.  GSAS Dean Emma Dench added her welcoming remarks on behalf of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. 

Six RSEA alumni panelists were invited to reflect...

Four of the six May 2020 graduates of Harvard's Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations were alumni of the RSEA program. Please join us in congratulating these scholars on achieving their doctoral degree: 

Jingyu Liu (AM'13) completed her dissertation on religion, "...