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Prospective Students

Harvard University offers one of the most intensive and interdisciplinary graduate programs in East Asian art in the world. Students may pursue a doctorate in one of two departments, History of Art and Architecture (HAA) or East Asian Languages and Civilizations (EALC). Alternatively, students may choose to pursue a two-year master’s degree in the Regional Studies East Asia (RSEA) program.

Graduate training is centered around coursework in Chinese and Japanese art history with the three faculty who oversee East Asian art studies at Harvard – Eugene Wang, Melissa McCormick, and Yukio Lippit – as well as complementary coursework in Western art history and the classical languages, history, literature, and religion of East Asia; the study of objects in the Harvard University Art Museums and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; regular study trips to East Asian, European, and American collections; and instruction with a steady stream of visiting professors and scholars in residence.

If you plan to apply to study East Asian Art at Harvard, please contact one or more of the three core faculty before submitting your application.

• PhD program in HAA
• For applications, please refer to the information on the departmental website:
  http://haa.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k11229&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup61703l
• PhD program in EALC
• For applications, please refer to the information on the departmental website:
  http://harvardealc.org/prospective_grad.html
• MA program in RSEA
• Applicants should refer to the information on:
  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rsea/
• Grants and Fellowships
• Asia-related Grants and Fellowships: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Easiactr/gradgrants.htm
• GSAS Fellowships Office: http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/fellowships_office.php