Webinars & Presentations
Geography on the Plate: Understanding East Asian Food Cultures
This webinar, taught by PhD student Misa Wang, will explore how geography and climate shape the food cultures across East Asia, with the focus on China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Using familiar and accessible examples such as dim sum, boba milk tea, kimchi, and sushi, this session will connect these iconic foods to deeper historical, environmental, and cultural systems from a global perspective. This session aims more than simply mapping “what food comes from where,” but to deepen understanding of how everyday objects can carry layered cultural meaning, identity, memory, and tradition across generations. By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: identify key geographical and climatic differences across East Asia, explain how environmental conditions influence regional food traditions, connect widely known East Asian foods to their cultural and historical origins, integrate culturally informed perspectives into K–12 teaching practices, and foster students’ global awareness through everyday cultural entry points.
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