Master in East Asian Studies

 Master in East Asian Studies Université Paris Diderot The Master’s program delivered by the Department of East Asian Studies (Langues et Civilisations de l’Asie Orientale, LCAO) at Université Paris Diderot offers an outstanding training in the language, history and culture of East Asian societies. It is unparalleled in France and combines the very best of research related to Asia in Europe. In the old tradition of La Sorbonne, the team of teachers and researchers (83 professors and associate professors) belongs to several research centers, all of them within a walking distance from one another. This situation is unique not only in Europe but in the world. Such a concentration of faculty offers the best stimulating intellectual environment that a master student can find to start a career in humanities and social sciences. Organization of studies: This Master’s program is a degree accredited in collaboration with INALCO (Institut National des Langues orientales, commonly known as « Langues O »), one of the oldest Institute in Europe for the teaching of Asian languages. The students can choose between four areas of studies — China/Taiwan, Japan, Korea or Vietnam — and three methodological curricula: Arts and Literature; History and Social Sciences; Linguistics. With a full range of specialties (classic and modern literature, linguistics, history, sociology, anthropology, economics, geography, politics, philosophy, intellectual history, religious studies), the Master offers an excellent training for career paths in research, teaching, diplomacy or business administration and management with East Asian countries. Scheme of the curriculum: The Master is a two year program. Each student must obtain a total of 120 ECTS (European Credits Transfer System). There are some variations depending of each specialty (Chinese, Korean, Japanese or Vietnamese Studies). The teaching is given mostly in French as well as, sometimes, in English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese. 
20 ECTS devoted to the development of language skills (Chinese, Korean, Japanese or Vietnamese) in small groups and intensive courses during the first year,  60 ECTS for methodology in one disciplinary (Arts & Philosophy, Social Sciences, or Linguistics),  40 ECTS for the dissertation. Given the high ratio of professors (half of them are native speakers of the languages taught) and a great variety of expertise, each student benefits from a personal and devoted guidance from his/her supervisor. The Master and PhD students enjoy a direct access to the BULAC (Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations), one of the largest library for Oriental Studies in the world. With forty framework agreements with East Asian universities, the Master students can spend part of their curriculum in China, Korea, Japan or Vietnam. MASTER IN CHINESE STUDIES The Master in Chinese studies offers : 
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144 hours: language training (oral and written expression, and capacities for translation) 84 hours: strong methodological preparation for the dissertation 240 hours: a broad view on Chinese civilization, classical as well as modern and contemporary is given by a complete range of research seminars The students can spend part of their curriculum at universities in China (University of Wuhan, University of Lanzhou, University of Nanjing, Xi'an International Studies University) or in Taiwan (National Taiwan Normal University or National Kaohsiung Normal University). MASTER IN KOREAN STUDIES The master in Korean Studies presents a large offer of seminars in collaboration with INALCO and the Research Center on Korea at EHESS (École des hautes études en sciences sociales). The section of Korean studies has developed original teaching methods using e‐schooling or brand new in Europe for the epigraphy of Korean for instance. Université Paris Diderot has the most important concentration of researchers on Korea in France, so the students benefit from a stimulating environment that enhances them to build a strong career in research. The students can spend part of their curriculum at the most prestigious universities of South Korea (Seoul National University, Korea University, Dongguk University, Hankuk University…). MASTER IN JAPONESE STUDIES The master in Japanese studies is organized as follows :. 
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a total of 180 hours (on two years) devoted to the improvement of communication skills (reading, writing and speaking) in contemporary Japanese, as well as translation technics and reading of documents in classical Japanese (bungo and kanbun). A total of 84 hours of methodology of research to train both to the specificities of Japanese studies as well as fields of studies like literature, history, sociology, anthropology and politics. A range of 27 seminars (each one has a total of 24 or 36 hours over one year) given at LCAO, INALCO, EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) and EPHE (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes). Students can spend part of their curriculum in Japan at our twenty partner universities, including the University of Tokyo, Keio University, Waseda Univ., Rikkyo Univ., Ritsumeikan Univ., Osaka Univ., Kobe Univ., Hosei Univ., International Christian Univ, Meiji Univ., to name a few. MASTER IN VIETNAMESE STUDIES The master of Vietnamese master aims at: 
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Improving the languages skills in contemporary and classical language with courses in the translation of literary texts, Sino‐Vietnamese, written and oral Vietnamese Providing a strong training in methodology for humanities and social sciences, and the specificities of research on Vietnam. And offers a wide range of seminar in the social history of Southeast Asia, linguistics and contemporary literature. Part of the curriculum can be taken at the Hanoi University of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Ho Chi Minh Ville University of Pedagogy, the Ho Chi Minh Ville University of Humanities and Social Sciences.