Programs

Centering Taiwan in Maritime History, with Prof. Robert Murowchick

Bicycle History and Sustainability in Taiwan, with Prof. Li-Hsin Chen

History and Geography in Taiwan Tourism, with Prof. Richard Wu

African Samurai book group

East Asian Design: Architecture & Urbanism

Great Books of East Asia Series: The Book of Tea, Modern Approaches to a Classic Text

Childhood in Asia: Cultural Connections in Children’s Literature

‘The Three-Year Swim Club’ Summer Book Group

In a League of Their Own: Exploring Taiwan’s Colonial Past through the Baseball Film ‘Kano’

‘Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat,’ with author Lev Nachman

Teach Taiwan with ‘The Boy from Clearwater’

Teaching the Bomb(s): Alternatives to Oppenheimer from Japanese Visual & Popular Culture

Banned Book Club, with authors Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada

Elections in China with John Kennedy, University of Kansas

Pirates and Bandits: Teaching the Myths and Realities in the K-12 Classroom

Sports and Leisure in East Asia: a summer foundational seminar for K-12 educators

Teaching Modern East Asia, a summer foundational seminar for K-12 educators

Double Desire: Navigating Post-3/11 Relationships in Hamaguchi Ryūsuke’s “Asako I & II” (2018)

East Asian Popular Culture

Environment and Politics in the People’s Republic of China

Poetry in the Classroom: Japan

Japanese Classical Literature

Spring Online Book Club Explores Taiwan Via Graphic Novel /Manga

Robert Wells Discusses “Voices from the Bottom of the South China Sea”

East Asian Foodways Across Borders

Hallyu! The Korean Wave

Cycling Taiwan

Walking the Tōkaidō

East Asian Visual Culture

Father Knows Best: Sex, Love, and Kinship in Ang Lee’s “Eat Drink Man Woman”

‘The Boy from Clearwater,’ with translator Lin King

Exploring the Material Culture of Edo Japan

Post-postwar Japan: Its Fall and Rise

Outer Space Policy

“Zodiac” by Ai Weiwei (2024)

East Asian History and Culture

Family and Femininity in Modern China

Global Asia Book Group

Teaching About Contemporary Japan Through Manga and Film

Write About Asia, Winter 2024

Japanese Baseball: When You Come to the Fork in the Road, Take It

Ukiyoe: History, Art and ELA

Kai and the Dancing Butterfly, with author Crystal Z. Lee

Women in Modern East Asia: Understanding their Challenges and Successes

Nothing to Envy and Moms: Modern Issues in Korea Book Club

Imprinting in Their Time: Modern Japanese Prints Exhibit and Workshop for K-12 Educators

Webinar: “Japanese War Brides: Teaching History Through Multimedia Resources”

Webinar For K-12 Educators: Prof. Guobin Yang On Wuhan Lockdown

East Asia Summer Institute for Middle School Teachers

Teaching East Asia: A Virtual Workshop in Memory of Arlene Kowal

When the Sakura Bloom, with author Narisa Togo

Reinventing Japan, 1945-1989: An NCTA Special Topics Course

Hey! We Gotta Talk about This! China Matters!

Contemporary China

Explore Japan Via Graphic Novel/Manga

Rage and Grief: Addressing the Complicated History of Japan and the US in the Contemporary Classroom

Celebrating Identity: Teaching Empathy and Understanding using Cultural Celebrations of the New Year

Teaching East Asian Literature Workshop

Japan’s Long 20th Century in Short Fiction

Foundational Seminar: Crossroads of East Asia: Movement through Time and Place

Take & Go into the Classroom Series: Modern Chinese History

Take & Go into the Classroom Series: Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization

The Silent Witness: A Survivor’s Story of Hiroshima

Science Fiction & Society: Engaging Students in Sci-Fi to Explore a Changing China

Top Ten Things to Know About Tibet

Japan in the World: Modern History

Chinese Literature through History, Part 2: 20th Century

Poetry in the Classroom: China

What Does it Mean to be Taiwanese? An Exploration of Indigeneity, Colonialism, Immigration, Politics and Identity in Contemporary Taiwan

Teaching Natural Sciences through Picture Books, Part 2: Japan and Korea

The Vietnam War: Origins, History, and Legacies

Centering Taiwan in Global Asia: Narratives and Resources for the K-12 Classroom.

Exploring Japanese Art & Aesthetics: The Beauty of Wabisabi

Inventing the Nation: Medievalisms and the Rise of Fascism in Prewar Japan

Chinese Fantasy in Literature: Drawing on the Past to Imagine the Present

Chinese Science Fiction: BC to AI

Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power by Howard French

Why They Came: 19th Century Chinese Immigrants

Reframing American History and Identity

Online Literature Workshop: Morning Sun in Wuhan by Ying Chang Compestine

Far East Deep South: Teaching Asian American History in the Delta

Asia at the Crossroads: Lessons from History

Early Contacts Between East/Southeast Asia and the United States

East Asia Through the Lens of Visual and Material Culture

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

The Elephant Vanishes and Other Short Stories

Finding Junie Kim: A Webinar with Author Ellen Oh

Boundaries and Connections in Medieval East Asia

Currents Events with Thomas Christensen, Columbia University

“On Translation” with Takami Nieda

Online NCTA Book Club: The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays (edited by Tenzin Dickie)

A Big Mooncake for Little Star, with author Grace Lin

Investigating Edo Avant Garde at the Detroit Institute of Art: a K-12 educator workshop

Art and Society in Contemporary Korea

K-Pop Revolution, with author Stephan Lee

The “Japanese Turn” In The Art, Architecture And Cuisine Of Europe And The United States, 1860–2020

Ian Johnson on his new book Sparks: Webinar for K-12 Educators

The Rise Of Modern Japan

Chinese Sci-fi and the Imagination of Sustainable Futures: A NCTA Resource Workshop for K-12 Educators

Twin Pandemics: Resilience and Healing of Asian American Communities