East Asian Studies

• The study of East Asian languages: phonology, lexicon, semantics, morphology, syntax, pragmatics.
• Linguistic variation in East Asian languages: register, dialect, and classical language.
• Contrastive studies in East Asian languages.
• Sociolinguistic studies of East Asian languages: dynamics of language contact.
• The study of genres.
• Major trends and literary movements in East Asia. Reception. Problems of translation.
• Contemporary Chinese and Sinophone literature and the global literary system.
• Literary theory and comparative literature in relation to East Asian literatures.

PhD faculty (academic tutors and PhD supervisors)
Helena Casas-Tost, María Carmen Espín Makiko Fukuda, Mihwa Jo, Jordi Mas López, Antonio Paoliello, Sara Rovira-Esteva, Ayumi Shimoyoshi, Mireia Vargas-Urpí, Minkang Zhou.

• Evolution of East Asian political systems
• Dynamics of East Asian international relations.
• East Asian political and administrative structures and processes: agents, institutions, and public bodies.
• Social and demographic structures in East Asia.
• Causes of gender inequality and its reproduction in East Asian societies.
• Internal and international migration in East Asian societies. Diaspora and transnationalism in East Asia .
• Construction of identity and citizenship in East Asia.
• Family and social relations in East Asia.
• Social policies in East Asia : employment, education, health care, housing and the welfare system.
• Ethnic diversity in East Asia ; East Asian identity management policies and their evolution.

PhD faculty (academic tutors and PhD supervisors)
Joaquín Beltrán, Montserrat Crespín, Makiko Fukuda, Blai Guarné, Artur Lozano, Irene Masdeu, Amelia Sáiz López, Minkang Zhou.

• Classical, modern and contemporary thought in East Asia (values, beliefs and ideologies). Construction of the discourse of modernity.
• The role of East Asian cultural products in the West and vice versa: adaptation, incorporation, re-creation and suppression. Production, circulation, consumption and dynamics of interchange of cultural icons.
• Cultural representations and the analysis of visual culture.
• Cultural diversity in East Asia and bi-directional cultural transfer between East Asia and the rest of the world.
• Comparative studies of cultural aspects of East Asia .
• Popular culture in East Asian countries.

PhD faculty (academic tutors and PhD supervisors)
Joaquín Beltrán, Montserrat Crespín, Makiko Fukuda, Blai Guarné, Mihwa Jo, Artur Lozano, Carme Mangiron, Jordi Mas López, Irene Masdeu, Antonio Paoliello, Amelia Sáiz López, Roberto Figliulo. 

• East Asian economic structures and processes: how markets and businesses function; international trade.
• Business organization, administration and management in East Asia
• Social relations, protocol, and negotiation in decision-making processes in East Asia .
• Ethnic economies in East Asia

PhD faculty (academic tutors and PhD supervisors)
Joaquín Beltrán, Artur Lozano, Amelia Sáiz López.