Programs

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

Introduction to East Asian Visual Culture

Okinawa: Past, Present, and Future

Investigating Japan’s Edo Avant Garde at Portland Japanese Garden

Food in Contemporary Japanese Literature, a workshop for K-12 educators

East Asia Since 1800

Economic Systems with Junyan Jiang, Columbia University

Legislative Systems with Andrew Nathan, Columbia University

Executive Systems with Xiaobo Lü, Columbia University

Social Movements & Adaptation of Social Policy with Xiaobo Lü, Columbia University

Behind the Headlines: Hong Kong

Behind the Headlines: Japan

Behind the Headlines: China

Behind the Headlines: Xinjiang

Behind the Headlines: North and South Korea

Social and Political Cleavages with Andrew Nathan, Columbia University

Centering Taiwan in Global Asia: A Resource Workshop for K-12 Educators

Behind the Headlines: Taiwan

China Planet: Environmental Implications of the Rise of China

Online literature workshop: The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the Heart

Modern Shanghai/The Age of the Sensationalists: Unraveling the Culture and History of Chinese modernism

Investigating Japan’s Edo Avant Garde

Voyage of the Phoenix of Hiroshima (1954-1958)

Applying Classical Chinese Philosophy to Contemporary Politics and Culture

“Viewing the Moon” through Chinese Poetry – How the Moon Connects Us Across Time and Space

Teaching Natural Sciences Through East Asian Picture Books Professional Development Workshop

Teaching Natural Sciences Through Picture Books, Part 1: China and Taiwan

Japan in the World: Premodern History

Teaching Korea through Young Adult Literature: K-Pop Revolution

Chinese Literature through History, Part I: Yuan, Ming, Qing

Understanding Chinese Sources: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with Kaiser Kuo

War and Peace: Voices from Japan

Asian Book Discussion Club

East Asian Pop Culture

National Narratives, Personal Memories: Ai Weiwei’s 1000 Years of Sorrows

Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World, an online book discussions group

Three Frontiers of China: An Introduction to Tibet, Xinjiang, and Mongolia

Shattering Myths: Teaching About the Diversity of East Asia in the K-12 Classroom

Ties that Bind: On the Ground in Boston

Japanese Government and Politics, Lauren McKee

Teaching East Asia Seminar Series

Contemporary East Asian Art

Summer Online Book Club Explores Chinese Culture

Virtual Sijo Workshop: Comparing Verses from Korea, China, & Japan

Science Fiction in China: From BC to AI

Exploring Japanese Art and Aesthetics: The Beauty of Wabi-Sabi

Viewing Socialist China Via Propaganda Posters

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

Summer Online Book Club Explores Japanese Culture

The Age of the Samurai: Teaching Tokugawa Japan

Centering Southeast Asia: Teaching Modern Vietnam

The Curious Relevance of Japan

Exploring Asian Art: Trade, Transmission, and Cultural Exchange

Write About Asia: 2022 Freeman Award Winners

East Asian Legacies of Colonialism and Imperialism

Real and Imaged Rivers of Japan and China

Investigating Japan’s Edo Avant Garde: Workshop and Film Screening at Minneapolis Institute of Art

Exploring the Two Koreas II

Walking the Tōkaidō Virtual Seminar

Eric Carle ❤️ Japan

Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence

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

Online Book Talk – Mind, Body & Soul in “Shadow Life” by Hiromi Goto

China’s Cultural Revolution featuring Professor Andrew G. Walder

Vietnam Today: MAIKA, the Girl from Another Galaxy; a workshop for K-12 Educators

A Journey Through Time – Book Study on Asia: War Trash by Ha Jin

A Journey Through Time – Book Study on Asia: The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin Yoke

A Journey Through Time – Book Study on Asia: Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook

A Journey Through Time – Book Study on Asia: Freedom Swimmer by Wai Chim

A Journey Through Time – Book Study on Asia: You Gotta Have Wa by Robert Whiting

Teaching East Asia Foundational Summer Seminar: Art & Literature

The Dalai Lama at 89: Looking Back and Reflecting Toward the Future

Disaster and Resilience: Lessons from Minamata

Foundational Seminar: Exploring East Asia Through Illustrative Juvenile Literature

Teaching about China: Resources for teaching about timely topics