Programs

Enriching Online Class Discussion – Using Modern Japanese Texts

“Migration in/from/around Asia” by Southeast Regional AAS conference

Lost Japan, with author Alex Kerr

Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 in China through Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diaries

East Asia: Origins To 1800

Contemporary China

Pandemic Pedagogy: COVID-19 and Education about Asia

Ukiyoe: Depictions of the Tōkaidō

Ukiyoe: Depictions of the Tōkaidō

Walking the Tōkaidō Road: Who, Why and How

Sports in Japan: The Olympics and More

More than Just K-Pop: Take the Journey of Korea

Lost Japan, by Alex Kerr

Teaching the Qin and Han Dynasties” and “Teaching the Song Dynasty and Heian Era”

China, Korea, Japan

Behind the Screens: Exploring the Artistic Environments of Edo Japan

From Our Classrooms to Yours: The Joy of Tangrams

Choosing Daughters: Family Change in Rural China by Lihong Shi

Human and Physical Geography of East Asia

Human and Physical Geography of East Asia Virtual Seminar

Japan through Children’s Literature: Basho’s Edo Japan

Korea (1945-Present): Division and Globalization

Modern Japan Part II: Reinventing Japan. From the Occupation to the 2011 Triple Disasters

Japan’s Approaches to Modernization and Responses to Imperialism

China’s Approaches to Modernization and Responses to Imperialism

Girls on the Line

Through a Lens: Exploring Contemporary China Through Film, Documentary and Social Media

Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 in China and the U.S. through Literature and Writing

Chinese Literature through History, Part II: 20th Century

Stranger in the Shogun’s City, with author Amy Stanley

Understanding the Chinese Landscape Tradition

Japanese Seminar Discussions: Session 1 – Women in Japan Session 2 – The Samurai

From the Silk Road to the Belt and Road: Economies, Trade, and Cultural Exchanges in Eurasia from the Classical Age to the Present.

From Our Classrooms to Yours: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Midnight in Broad Daylight, with author Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

Constitutional Crossroads: A Case Study of Japan’s Post-WWII Constitution in the 21st-Century World

Recovery and the Challenges of Success: Continuity and Change in Japan Since 1945

From Our Classrooms to Yours: Tibetan Buddhism in the Social Studies Classroom

The Japan Disasters Digital Archive: An Archival Tool for Researchers, Educators and the Community

Hong Kong: Where We Are At

Japan: Where We Are At

Taiwan: Where We Are At

South and North Korea: Where We Are At

China: Where We Are At

The Last Days of the KMT in Shanghai through Film and Memoir

Teaching the Impact of Japan’s Invasion of Manchuria: The Lin Family Shop

Public Art + Dissent: Art, Protest, and Public Spaces

Teaching About Climate Change with Choices: Vulnerabilities, Responsibilities, and Action

Perspectives in East Asian Art

Teaching China in the Age of Covid-19

Asia for Your Classroom: World History, Current Events, and Asian Studies

“Has China Won?”

Write About Asia – Color in Asian Art: Materials and Meaning

The Chinese World View: Beyond Confucianism and Daoism

East Asian Case Studies in Human Geography: Population, Migration, and Innovation

Ties That Bind: Connecting the U.S. and East Asia (for Minnesota teachers)

Global Issues Through Literature: Factory Girls by Leslie T. Chang

Indigo Girl

Shiver, Junji Ito’s manga horror short story collection

Making Japan Modern: Japan’s Rise and the Pacific War

East Asian Design: Architecture and Urbanism

Contemporary Issues Course: Borders, Migrations, and Ethnicities: Three Case Studies in Teaching about China Today

Chinese History through Film and Literature: Two Case Studies for the Classroom

From Our Classrooms to Yours: Picture This! Traveling Through Time with Japanese Art and Manga

Our Classrooms to Yours: East Asian Studies in Human Geography, Population, Migration, and Innovation

Ties That Bind: Connecting the U.S. and East Asia

Connecting Students to East Asia with Images, Maps and Texts

Modern East Asia

Angel Island Immigration Station: The Hidden History

Imperial Beijing: The Design and Construction of the Northern Capital

No Steps Behind, with author Jeff Gottesfeld

Indigo Girl, with author Suzanne Kamata

Implementing Peace

Nagasaki: Life after Nuclear War, a Conversation with author Susan Southard

Afro-Asian Ties: Sino-Black Relations

Japan through Children’s Literature: World War II Picture-book Biographies

Korea in the Ancient and Early Medieval World (1st c. BCE -1170CE)

Hong Kong on the Brink

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

Modern Japan, Part I: Meiji through World War II

Career Workshop: Politics, Business, and Economy in East Asia

The Samurai’s Garden

Drinking Tea in Japan

Sake: Beyond the Basics

The Influence of Japanese Ceramics

Grass

The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography

Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes

Banned Book Club

The Satsuma Rebellion: Illustrated Japanese History – The Last Stand of the Samurai

Black Ships: Illustrated Japanese History – The Americans Arrive

Continuity and Change in Japan Post-3.11

Okinawa: Environment, History and Peace Movements

Depopulation and Degrowth in Japan, post-1990

Teaching from Contemporary Asian Art: Student-Centered Engagement Strategies

A Resilient Spirit: The stories, experiences, and legacy of Hawai’i’s WWII Detention Camp

75 Years Later: Rethinking Japan, World War II and the Atomic Bombs

Ties that Bind: Chinese Women and the US

Teaching on the Silk Roads

Write About Asia: 2019 Freeman Award Winners