Write About Asia is a recurring, annual writing workshop offered by the East Asia Resource Center at the University of Washington in conjunction with the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s (SAAM) Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas and its seasonal Saturday University Lecture Series, during which participants delve into new themes with a different speaker each week. Challenging, thought-provoking, and sometimes surprising, this long-running and always popular lecture series incorporates audience discussion as experts from around the world join us to share their insights on Asia throughout time.
Write About Asia is offered following each SAAM public lecture from Fall 2025 to Spring 2026. During the workshop, time will be given to solitary writing in response to the morning lecture. The workshop nurtures educators as writers through self-reflection and group discussion, and took place after each lecture.
Museums, Collections and Social Repair
Sat, Sep 13, 2025 – 10:00–11:30 am (please note, this lecture will take place downtown at Seattle Art Museum)
Spaces of Creative Resistance
Sat, Oct 11, 2025 – 10:00–11:30 am
Sherman E. Lee’s Collecting and Exhibitions of Chinese Art
Sat, Nov 8, 2025 – 10:00–11:30 am
The Temple Room and Beyond
Sat, Dec 13, 2025 – 10:00–11:30 am
Representations of Transnational Adoptees in Contemporary Korean Dramas
Sat, Feb 14, 2026 – 2:00–3:30 pm
Photography and the Afterlife of the War in Vietnam
Sat, Mar 14, 2026 – 2:00–3:30 pm
Blue and Black Panthers
Sat, Apr 11, 2026 – 2:00–3:30 pm
Why Get a Japanese Dragon Tattoo?
Sat, May 9, 2026 – 2:00–3:30 pm