Historically, colleges and universities in all six New England states have been rich resources for information about Japan. The following list is in alphabetical order, by state, and includes many links that we hope will be helpful to people interested in learning about our country. Further information on Japanese studies at the secondary level and in other settings may be found elsewhere on our Web Site.

Connecticut

Connecticut College
Department of East Asian Language and Cultures, Japanese Program,
270 Mohegan Avenue,
New London,
CT 06320.

Tel: 860-439-2584.

Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street,
New Britain,
CT 06050,

Tel: 860-832-CCSU or instate 888-733-2278.

Fairfield University
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures,
Japanese Courses,
1073 North Benson Road,
Fairfield,
CT 06824.

Tel: 203-254-4000
Fax 203-254-4119.

Sacred Heart University
5151 Park Avenue,
Fairfield,
CT 06825-1000.

Tel: 203-371-7999.

Teikyo Post University
Arts and Sciences,
800 Country Club Road,
Post Office Box 2450,
Waterbury,
CT 06723-2450. 

Tel: 800-345-2562; 203-596-4500
Fax 203-756-5810

Trinity College
Asian Studies,
300 Summit Street,
Hartford,
CT 06106-3100.

Tel: 860-297-2471
Fax 860-297-5358

Wesleyan University

1. Department of Asian Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University,
   Fisk Hall, Third Floor, 
   262 High Street,
   Middletown,
   CT 06459.
   
   Tel: 860-685-2090
   Fax 860-685-2091
   
   
2. East Asian Studies Program
3. The Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies

Yale University
New Haven,
CT 06520.

Tel: 203-432-4771

1. East Asian Languages and Literatures Undergraduate and Graduate.
   East Asian Studies, Undergraduate and GraduateYale University Art Gallery,
   1111 Chapel Street,
   New Haven, CT
   
   
2. Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies

Maine

Bates College
Department of German, Russian and East Asian Languages and Literatures,
Lewiston,
ME 04240.

Tel: 207-786-6287
Fax 207-783-6123.

Bowdoin College
Asian Studies Program,
38 College St.,
Brunswick,
ME 04011-8475.

Tel: 207-725-3046
Fax. 207-725-3059

Colby College
East Asian Studies Program,
Waterville,
ME 04901.

Tel: 207-872-3118
Fax 207-872-3752

Amherst College
Japanese Language Program,
Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations,
PO Box 5000,
Amherst, MA 01002.

Tel: 413-542-5841
Fax 413-542-8426

Babson College
Center for Language and Culture,
Babson Park, MA 02157.

Tel: 781-239-4506
Fax 781-239-5232

Bentley College
Department of Modern Languages,
175 Forest St.,
Waltham, MA 02157.

Tel: 781-891-2195

Teaches two years of Japanese language and offers a one-semester course on the history of Japan and another on Contemporary Japan (1945 to the present). In addition, there is an undergraduate minor in Japanese Studies and a one-semester course in the MBA Program entitled "Japan: Growth of a World Economic Power."

Boston College
Newton, MA 02159.

Tel: 617-552-3910

Boston College, through its Slavic and Eastern Languages Department, offers an interdisciplinary minor in East Asian Studies for undergraduates.

The requirements for this program are as follows:

1. An introductory course, usually Far Eastern Civilizations.
2. One course in Asian history, political structure, or diplomacy.
3. Two courses in an Asian language beyond the elementary level.
4. Two approved electives in Asian Studies from related areas such as Art History, Philosophy, Theology, Political Science, Literature, or a second Asian language. One of these electives may be a directed senior research paper on an approved topic.

Boston University
Japanese Language and Literature Program,
Boston, MA 02215.

Brandeis University
East Asian Studies Program,
Waltham, MA 02254.

Tel: 781-736-2284

This university offers an interdisciplinary East Asian Studies Program, under the aegis of its Department of History, which seeks to give the student a broad, yet intimate, knowledge of the history, politics, economics, art, and language of the major areas of East Asia. The crux of the program is its language requirement, and  target students are those who plan to go on to postgraduate study or careers dealing with East Asia.

Bridgewater State College
Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
Hart Hall,
Bridgewater, MA 02325.

Tel: 508-531-1355.

Bridgewater State offers nearly a dozen courses in the Japanese language and East Asian arts, culture, history, sport and physical education, and theater, as well as sponsoring a lecture series and an audio-visual resource center.

Clark University
950 Main St.,
Worcester, MA 01610.

Tel: 508-793-7711. 

Clark University offers an interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration in Asian Studies. This concentration, which may be taken to complement any major, consists of six Asian Studies courses, at least four of which must be non-language courses, including several introductory offerings and a seminar or independent research project. Students in the program who are focusing on Japan are encouraged to enroll for a year or a semester at Kansai University of Foreign Studies. Clark offers Japanese language at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced level. In addition, students may also take Asia-related courses at the nearby College of the Holy Cross.

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138.

1. Department of East Asian Languages and CivilizationsFairbank Center for East Asian ResearchHarvard Yenching LibraryReischauer Institute of Japanese StudiesReischauer Institute Documentation Center on Contemporary Japan
2. Program on U.S.-Japan Relations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.,
Cambridge, MA 02139.

Tel: 617-253-1000.

1. Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Japanese Language and Culture ProgramMIT Japan ProgramJPNET Project, which is seeking to build a clearinghouse for tools, services, and information for Japanese language and cultures educators and students worldwide.
2. Star Festival, Tanabata: an interactive Japanese language learning program created by Dr. Shigeru Miyagawa, head of the Japanese Language and Culture Program at MIT.

Merrimack College
315 Turnpike Street,
North Andover, MA 01845.

Tel: 978-837-5000 

Merrimack College offers the following three-credit courses related to Japan: History of East Asia, Japanese Literature in Cultural Context, Japanese Fiction and Twentieth Century Japan, Asian Philosophy, Religions of East Asia, Religions of China and Japan, Buddhism, Japanese Government, and Contemporary U.S.-Japanese Relations.

Mt. Holyoke College
Asian Studies Program,
South Hadley, MA 01075.

Tel: 413-538-2885

Smith College
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Wright Hall 131,
Northampton, MA 01063.

Tel: 413-584-3350
E-mail: fleveille@smith.edu.

Tufts University
Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages, Medford, MA 02178.

Tel: 617-627-3442
Fax. 617-627-3945
E-mail: vcirrone@tufts.edu.

University of Massachusetts Boston
Program in East Asian Studies,
Boston, MA 02125.

Tel: 617-287-6125
E-mail: michael.lafargue@umb.edu.

UMass Amherst
Dept. of Asian Languages and Literatures,
440 Herter Hall, Box 39312,
161President's Drive,
Amherst, MA 01003.

Tel: 413-545-0886
Fax 413-545-4975
E-mail: kitagawa@asianlan.umass.edu.

Wellesley College
Japanese Department,
Wellesley, MA 02181.

Tel: 781-283-3226

Wheaton College
Asian Studies Department,
Norton, MA 02766.

Tel: 508-286-3660

Williams College
Department of Asian Studies,
Williamstown, MA 01267.

Tel: 413-597-2075
Fax. 413-597-4222

Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755.

Tel: 603-646-1110

1. Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures Tel: 603-646-2861
   Fax: 603-646-3115
2. Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program

Keene State College,
229 Main Street,
Keene, NH 03431.

Tel: 800-572-1909

University of New Hampshire
Dept. of Political Science,
321 Horton Social Science Center,
Durham, NH 03824.

Tel: 603-862-1750
Fax 603-862-0178
Info: Holly Hillsgrove

Brown University
Box 1850,
Providence, RI 02912.

Tel: 401-863-1000

1. Department of East Asian Studies
   Box 1850,
   Providence, RI 02912.
   
   Tel: 401-863-2229
   Fax: 401-863-2659
   E-mail: East_Asian_Studies@brown.edu.Japanese Studies
2. Linked with Keio University Kyoto Center for International Studies for Exchange Program

Providence College
Program in Asian Studies,
Providence, RI 02918.

Tel: 401-865-2520
Fax: 401-865-2410

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881.

Tel: 401-874-1000

Marlboro College
Marlboro, VT 05344.

Tel: 802-343-0044

Middlebury College
Japanese Department,
Hillcrest Annex,
Middlebury, VT 05753.

Tel: 802-443-5784
E-mail: llarocqu@middlebury.edu

University of Vermont
Asian Studies Program,
479 Main Street,
Burlington, VT 05405.

Tel: 802-656-5765
Fax: 802-656-8472

The university offers an undergraduate degree program with a concentration on East Asian Studies. The requirements are two years of Japanese (or Chinese) and seven additional semester courses on East Asia. Several performances highlighting East Asian music and dance are given annually, and the university's art collection includes several hundred Edo and Meiji period woodblock prints.