<p>How does one look up the best History Master's program with a Japanese / Chinese weight ?? Preferably East Coast & Midwest.</p>
<p>Harvard, Princeton, and Yale all have excellent departments in both.</p>
<p>I'm almost totally sure Princeton doesn't have a Master's program, and I'm not sure whether Yale has one.</p>
<p>Oh crud...I JUST noticed the "master's" part.</p>
<p>Mea culpa!</p>
<p>Heh, I wondered why :)</p>
<p>In response to the OP, you could try these schools:</p>
<p>University of Washington, Seattle
University of Minnesota
Harvard University
UCLA
UC Berkeley
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
UPenn</p>
<p>I'm sure there are many others as well.</p>
<p>On a sidenote, Columbia has an East Asian Studies program, and so does Yale. Both programs are quite good, as well as flexibile.</p>
<p>See, I can get my story straight! :p</p>
<p>I wonder if it <is> worth it to get a Master's before applying to history PhD programs. I suppose it depends on the amount of preparation you had in your undergraduate career and life experience.</is></p>
<p>And I suppose it makes you more intellectually mature, as well (and maybe is a time to publish something?)</p>
<p>I'm curious about what the OP's situation is.</p>
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<p>Ditto. I think I could help more if I had more details.</p>
<p>I tend to think that PhD-track types should go straight for the PhD if they can. Less applications and less fuss.</p>
<p>"I tend to think that PhD-track types should go straight for the PhD if they can. Less applications and less fuss."</p>
<p>Is this a case of the grass being greener? ;)</p>
<p>Not at all, really. I wasn't really 100% sure that I wanted my PhD, so it would have been silly to have gone for one. The degree I'm getting now is a bit more flexible and far less time intensive.</p>
<p>However, if you REALLY REALLY REALLY must have a PhD, then go straight for it.</p>
<p>Well, I myself have been sure for three years. REALLY REALLY REALLY sure. :)</p>
<p>Then go straight for the PhD. I think you sound far more sure of it than I ever was/have been.</p>
<p>Columbia University and the University of Washington.</p>
<p>If you do a history major at grad school In Chinese or Japanese studies and don't have the respective language ability, you are going to have a tough time finding a job.</p>
<p>I know from experience and from the experiences of a lot of other people.</p>
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<p>It wasn't this way decades ago, but it is now. I am glad it has changed. The old situation of experts who could not speak the language (many of whom are still employed) is changing.</p>
<p>The History candidate does have two years ( and a summer in Beijing language ) of language under her wings --what are ALL the graduate PhD. programs in Asian Studies ??? Is it tough for non-Asians woman ( she has not met many women when presenting papers ) to be in this field ( in the personal opinions of anyone who knows about this route ??)</p>