東亞研究引進了在人文社會科學裡自我反省的過程，而這個自我反省過程也改變了東亞研究。這些學科學會批判原本的假設，以及如何達到國學之外的抽象層次。「全球」這個概念已受到評論並重建。這個進化為「全球化」的過程開啟了不同的概念，並朝融合全球化研究邁進。

East Asian Studies have introduced in Human and Social Sciences a self-reflective process, which is transforming them. These disciplines learn how to criticize their presuppositions and how to reach a level of abstraction beyond National Studies. The conception of the ”universal” is criticized and reconstructed. This evolution opens a different perspective on the Globalization process and leads to the emergence of Global Studies.