Women in Modern East Asia: Understanding their Challenges and Successes

From the mid-19th century on, East Asian women’s lives have been marked by modernizations, imperialism, revolutions, warfare, and new roles in the workforce and within the family home. Women claimed their autonomies and rights through different avenues, be it liberalization, feminism, and the idea of the “new” or “modern” woman. Various state initiatives uplifted and/or appropriated women, affecting their day-to-day lives. This summer institute offers secondary teachers the opportunity to work with scholars and specialists and investigate primary sources to better understand Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese women’s voices and experiences. What were their challenges and successes across time and place in modern East Asia?

• • Starts:
  • July 7, 2024
• • Ends:
  • July 12, 2024
• • Learning Format:
  • In-Person
• • Type of Course:
  • Summer Residential Programs
• • Audience:
  • U.S. secondary social studies and humanities teachers (grades 6-12)
• • Offered to:
  • All States
• • Registration and Info:

  • Applications will be accepted through the close of business on March 24, 2024.

    Questions? Contact Catherine Ishida, Assistant Director for Japan and Korea Projects, at catherine.ishida@colorado.edu. Additional information about the Program for Teaching East Asia is available on our website: www.colorado.edu/ptea