Welcome to the Asian Studies Program at the University of Louisville!

Asia is the home of 60 percent of the world’s population. China and Japan are the second and the third largest economies in the world, and India has also experienced very rapid economic growth in the last three decades.  Asia has some of the world’s most ancient civilizations in the world, such as the Chinese civilization and the Indian civilization.  The United States trades more with Asia than with any other continent in the world.  Actually, China and Japan are among the four largest trading partners of the United States, besides Canada and Mexico, our neighbors across the border. 

The Asian Studies Program, started in 2007, currently offers a minor and a Graduate Certificate in Asian Studies.  We plan to start our Asian Studies Major in the fall of 2012.  We offer 84 courses related to Asia.  The plan is underway to establish the Department of Asian Studies in the near future.   Our 15 teaching faculty come from such disciplinary areas as Anthropology, Classical and Modern Languages, Communication, Fine Arts, Geography and Geosciences, History, Humanities, and Political Science. 

For questions, please contact Dr. Shiping Hua, Director of the Asian Studies Program:

Dr. Shiping Hua

Phone: (502) 852-3305

Email: shiping.hua@louisville.edu

423 Guy Stevens Hall

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY 40292