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Stanford
Department of History
School of Humanities and Sciences

East Asian History Working Group

The East Asian Studies Working Group supports the informal intellectual community of professors and graduate students interested in East Asian history. The group meets periodically to discuss recently published works by historians at and beyond Stanford.

2025-2026 Faculty Organizer:
Matthew Sommer | msommer [at] stanford.edu (msommer[at]stanford[dot]edu) 

2025-2026 Graduate Student Organizers:
Longkai Zang | lz122 [at] stanford.edu (lz122[at]stanford[dot]edu) 

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Past Events

May
12

Lunch with Sarah Chang

Date
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Location:
Lane History Corner 302
May
1

Dinner with Micah Muscolino

Date
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Location:
Lane History Corner 302
February
25

“Dual-ing” Nationality and Dueling Sovereignties: Mobility and the Transimperial Origins of Nationality Law in East Asia, 1895–1915

Date
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Location:
Lane History Corner 302
February
23

Negotiating the Boundaries: Human Trafficking, Mobility, and Border Control in Qing Southwest Sichuan

Date
-
Location:
Lane History Corner 302
February
3

Multispecies History, It's the Cat's Meow

Date
-
Location:
Lane History Corner 302

 

Department Bookshelf

 

Browse the most recent publications from our faculty members.