Fields are defined differently from university to university, and from department to department, but common area-studies fields include:
Africa •
African studies •
Ethiopian studies (Abyssiniology) •
North African studies •
Berber studies (Berberology) •
Coptology •
Somali studies Americas •
North and South American studies (Interamerican studies) •
American studies (in the
United States this has traditionally referred primarily to
North America and especially the U.S.) •
Appalachian studies •
Southern studies •
Canadian studies •
Québec studies (see also Latin American studies) •
Caribbean studies (see also Latin American studies) •
Latin American studies (see also Iberian studies, Romance studies, Caribbean studies, and Québec studies)
Asia •
Asian studies and
Oriental studies •
Central Asian studies •
Mongolian studies (also under East Asian studies) •
Tibetan studies (Tibetology, also under South Asian or East Asian studies) •
Turkology (Turkic studies, see also Turkish studies) •
Uyghur studies (also under East Asian studies) •
East Asian studies •
Chinese studies (Sinology) •
Hong Kong studies •
Pekingology •
Taiwan studies •
Japanese studies (Japanology) •
Ainu studies •
Okinawan studies (Ryukyuan studies) •
Korean studies (Koreanology) •
North Korean studies •
Manchu studies (Manchurology) •
Miao studies (also under Southeast Asian studies) •
Mongolian studies (also under Central Asian studies) •
Tibetan studies (Tibetology, also under Central Asian or South Asian studies) •
Uyghur studies (also under Central Asian studies) •
Yi studies (also under Southeast Asian studies) •
Zhuang studies (Zhuangology, also under Southeast Asian studies) •
Middle Eastern studies (Near Eastern studies) •
Arab studies •
Caucasology (Caucasiology, also under European studies) •
Abkhaz studies •
Armenian studies (Armenology) •
Chechen studies •
Dagestan studies •
Avar studies •
Georgian studies (Kartvelian studies or Kartvelology) •
Ossetian studies •
Iranian studies (Iranology or Iranistics) •
Persian studies •
Kurdology (Kurdish studies) •
Turkish studies (subfield of Turkology or Turkic studies, see also Central Asian studies) •
Ottoman studies •
Seljuk studies (Seljuq studies) •
South Asian studies (Indology) •
Bengali studies •
Dravidian studies (Dravidology) •
Pakistan studies (Pakistanology) •
Sindhi studies (Sindhology) •
Tibetan studies (Tibetology, also under Central Asian or East Asian studies) •
Southeast Asian studies •
Burmese studies •
Indonesian studies •
Khmer studies •
Lao studies •
Miao studies (also under East Asian studies) •
Philippine studies (Filipinology or Philippineology) •
Thai studies •
Vietnamese studies (Vietnamology) •
Yi studies (also under East Asian studies) •
Zhuang studies (Zhuangology, also under East Asian studies)
Arctic •
Circumpolar studies (Northern studies) •
Eskimology (Inuitology)
Europe •
European studies •
Balkan studies (Balkanology) •
Albanian studies (Albanology) •
Hellenic studies •
Byzantine studies (Byzantinology or Byzantology) •
South Slavic studies (also under Slavic studies) •
Bosnian studies (Bosniacistics) •
Bulgarian studies (Bulgaristics) •
Croatian studies (Croatistics) •
Macedonian studies (Macedonistics) •
Montenegrin studies (Montenegristics) •
Serbian studies (Serbistics) •
Slovene studies (Slovenistics) •
Yugoslav studies (Yugoslavistics) •
Baltic studies (Baltic Sea Region studies or Baltistics) •
British studies •
Anglo-Saxon studies •
Cornish studies (also under Celtic studies) •
Manx studies (also under Celtic studies) •
Scottish studies (also under Celtic studies) •
Welsh studies (also under Celtic studies) •
Caucasology (Caucasiology, also under Middle Eastern studies) •
Abkhaz studies •
Armenology (Armenian studies) •
Chechen studies •
Dagestan studies •
Avar studies •
Georgian studies (Kartvelian studies or Kartvelology) •
Ossetian studies •
Celtic studies (Celtology) •
Breton studies •
Cornish studies (also under United Kingdom studies) •
Irish studies •
Manx studies (also under United Kingdom studies) •
Scottish studies (also under United Kingdom studies) •
Welsh studies (also under United Kingdom studies) •
Central European studies •
German studies (Germanistics or Germanics) •
Austrian studies •
Hungarian studies (also under Finno-Ugric studies) •
West Slavic studies (also under Slavic studies) •
Czech studies (Bohemistics) •
Kashubian studies (Kashubistics) •
Polish studies (Polonistics) •
Slovak studies (Slovakistics) •
Sorbian studies (Sorbistics) •
Dutch studies (
:nl:Neerlandistiek) •
Finno-Ugric studies (Finnougristics) •
Finnish studies •
Hungarian studies (also under Central European studies) •
Romance studies (see also Latin American studies) •
Aromanian studies •
French studies •
Occitan studies •
Iberian studies (see also Latin American studies) •
Basque studies (part of Iberian studies, but not Romance studies) •
Catalan studies •
Hispanism (Hispanic studies or Spanish studies) •
Portuguese studies •
Italian studies •
Romanian studies •
Scandinavian studies •
Slavic studies (Slavonic studies or Slavistics) •
East Slavic studies •
Belarusian studies (Belarusistics) •
Russian studies •
Soviet and communist studies •
Kremlinology •
Rusyn studies (Rusynistics) •
Ukrainian studies (Ukrainistics) •
South Slavic studies (also under Balkan studies) •
Bosnian studies (Bosniacistics) •
Bulgarian studies (Bulgaristics) •
Croatian studies (Croatistics) •
Macedonian studies (Macedonistics) •
Montenegrin studies (Montenegristics) •
Serbian studies (Serbistics) •
Slovene studies (Slovenistics) •
Yugoslav studies (Yugoslavistics) •
West Slavic studies (also under Central European studies) •
Czech studies (Bohemistics) •
Kashubian studies (Kashubistics) •
Polish studies (Polonistics) •
Slovak studies (Slovakistics) •
Sorbian studies (Sorbistics)
Oceania •
Pacific studies •
Australian studies •
Hawaiian studies •
New Zealand studies Related fields Other interdisciplinary research fields, such as
women's studies,
gender studies,
disability studies, and
LGBT studies, are not part of area studies but are sometimes included in discussions alongside it. There is significant overlap between area studies and
ethnic studies, such as
African American studies,
Aramaic studies,
Asian American studies,
Chicano studies,
Hebraic studies,
Jewish studies,
Latino studies,
Mandaean studies,
Native American studies,
Romani studies,
Semitic studies, and
Syriac studies. ==Institutions==