2000-present

2002-05
Philip Kuhn serves as Chair of EALC.
2005-08
Michael Puett serves as Chair of EALC.
2006
EALC assumes administrative responsibility for the Ph.D. program in History and East Asian Languages (HEAL).
2008-11

Wilt Idema serves as Chair of EALC.

The faculty of EALC includes 25 tenured or tenure-track professors and 34 language instruction staff.

2011-17
Shigehisa Kuriyama serves as Chair of EALC.
2017
David Howell appointed Chair of EALC.