Programs

Art, Tea, Music, and More: Hands-On Learning about East Asia

Digital Classroom Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching Japanese American Incarceration in Arkansas

A Global 250: Early American Maritime Ties to Asia in Boston

Global Asia(s) Summer Book Club

Beyond the Pacific War: Exploring World War II in East and Southeast Asia

Modern Chinese History: From May Fourth to June Fourth

Write About Asia: 2025 Freeman Award Winners Writer’s Workshop

Vietnam Is Not a War: Ancient Roots to Modern Nation

Religions of China: Homegrown and Foreign, Contemporary and Historical

The Culture of North Korea

People of the Cloth:  Attire in East Asia

Indigenous Cultures in Settler Colonial East Asia

Two Voices of the Tang Dynasty: Understanding China through Li Bai and Du Fu

Yoko Ogawa’s “The Memory Police”

Crossroads of East Asia: Movement through Time and Place

Young Mongols book group

Cycling Taiwan

Walking the Tokaido

“Convenience Store Woman” in Cultural Context

Ink & Image: East Asian History & Culture

Teaching Modern East Asia: Summer Foundational Seminar for K-12 Educators

My Mother, the Mermaid Chaser, with author Jamie Jo Huang

The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet

Meeting with Pol Pot: A Film by Rithy Panh

History and Evolution of Korean Wave with Prof. Jamie Moon

Korean Education System with Prof. Jamie Moon

U.S. and the World: Grenade by Alan Gratz – Global Issues Through Literature

From Joseon to Gen Z: Geographics and Generations of Korean Sound

Perfect Days (2023) – NCTA Online Movie Study

East Asian Picture Scrolls as Teaching Sources

Japan’s Triple Disasters at 15 Years: Essential Background Info and Ideas

Gender and Generations in Contemporary South Korea

Storytelling: From the Individual to Society and Beyond featuring Bing’s Cherries

Buddhism across Asia

East Asia: Origins To 1800

Teaching Migration Through Stories: Southeast Asian Voices in Taiwan Literature and Documentaries

Shifting Global Orders: Teaching the Next 50 Years

Bluff City Chinese with Director Thandi Cai and Community Historian Emerald Dunn

U.S. Allies: Japan and South Korea and Their Impact on U.S.-China Relations

U.S.-China Relations: Domestic Pressures within China

U.S.-China Relations: Chinese Security Issues

Japanese Culture via Onibi: Diary of a Yokai Ghost Hunter

The Tea Ceremony, Samurai Aesthetics and Japanese Garden Traditions During the Edo Period

Contemporary China

Exploring East Asian Artistic Expressions: Format, Function, and Conservation

An Exploration of East Asian Visual Narratives

U.S.-China Relations: The One China Policy and Taiwan

U.S.-China Relations: The Cold War and Nixon’s China Trip

U.S.-China Relations-20th Century: Nationalists, Communists, and U.S. Involvement

U.S.-China Relations – 19th Century: Opium, Missionaries, and War

Lone Star Lens on Asia: Engaging Students in Global Learning

Behind the Headlines: Hong Kong

Behind the Headlines: Xinjiang

Behind the Headlines: Taiwan

Behind the Headlines: North and South Korea

The Silence of Bones with author June Hur

1905 Treaty of Portsmouth

Behind the Headlines: China

Behind the Headlines: Japan

NCTA Alumni Online Book Discussion Group: Let Only Red Flowers Bloom by Emily Feng

Understanding and Teaching Diversity in Japan

Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains with author Anita Yasuda

Understanding the 228 Incident: A Turning Point in Taiwan’s History

Learning Behind Barbed Wire: A Look at Schools in a Japanese American Incarceration Camp during World War II

The House Before Falling into the Sea with Author Ann Suk Wang and Illustrator Hanna Cha

Film in the Classroom: What’s Korean about K-Pop Demon Hunters?

Starting Over: Japan’s Occupation Years

Film in the Classroom: China

Teaching Biography Through East Asian Picturebooks: Korea and Japan

China’s Space Dream: Teaching China’s Space Program

Modern Korea: Science, Science Fiction, State & Society

Teaching Biography through East Asian Picturebooks

East Asia Under Mongol Dominance: Subjects, Allies & Adversaries

Exploring East Asia for K-12 Educators: Common Foundations, Different Journeys

East Asia Through the Lens of Visual and Material Culture

Webinar on Chinese Government

Teaching East Asian Literature Workshop

Fermentation in Japan

Femininity in Colonial Korean Literature

Spring 2026 East Asian Book Club

The Elephant Vanishes and Other Short Stories

K-Pop Demon Hunters: Understanding the Movie and Exploring Ways to Use It in the Classroom

Trading Spaces: Teaching Asia through the Five Themes of Geography

Refugee Admission in Japan

Blossoms on a Poisoned Sea Freeman Book Award 2024 Honorable Mention with author Mariko Tatsumoto

Gambare Hiroshima–Don’t Give Up! with author Stephen Miwa

Urban China in Contrast: Everyday Life and Cultural Identity in Shanghai and Chengdu

Free Spirits: Katsushika Oi and Her Father Hokusai

Culture and Society in Contemporary Japan

The Jesuit Mission to China: Intellectual Exchange between China and Europe, 17th-18th c

Layers of History and Identity: Summer Study in Taiwan

Taiwan Today with TECO Boston

Summer Study Tour to South Korea

Teaching Through Chanoyu at Shoseian Teahouse

Freeman Awards Book Talk: Explores Vietnamese Culture via “A Banh Mi for Two”

Imprinting the Past: Learning about East Asia Using Woodblock Prints and Printing Techniques

Asian Topic Discussions: Korean Poetry

Asian Topic Discussions: Poetry of Vietnam

Asian Topic Discussions: Tale of Genji

Asian Topic Discussions: Haiku and Haikai