Since originating in China and then spreading across East Asia, woodblock printing has both enabled the creation of some of the region’s most iconic images as well as the transmission of beliefs, histories, and culture from the past to the present.
Join d:matcha live from Wazuka, Kyoto, Japan to experience five varieties of sencha (green tea) grown organically in their tea fields. Learn why Wazuka is considered to be one of the best tea growing locations in Japan, the differences in the tea …
Vietnam has a long and diverse history of classical poetry, ranging from lyrical sonnets written in Literary Chinese, to epic narrative poems written in the vernacular Vietnamese language and script known as Chữ Nôm. This talk will explore the classical …
Join Sara Newland, Smith College Associate Professor of Government, for a discussion with Charles Liao, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) Boston, about Taiwan.
In this program, we will examine Japan’s declining birth rates through the lens of “care” (kea, ケア) and the evolving discourse of “who cares” that gained renewed attention in the aftermath of the 3.11 disaster and the COVID-19 pandemic. With guidance from …
A singular object can provide multiple points of inquiry beyond the surface, leading to discussions surrounding the conditions of its creation, analysis of the imagery, and in some cases far beyond its original context. Through chaekgeori we see the …
This webinar, taught by PhD student Yunmeng Zhang, will guide participants through urban life in China with a focus on two major cities, Shanghai and Chengdu. Participants will explore the cultural, economic, and historical distinctions between these two …
A singular object can provide multiple points of inquiry beyond the surface, leading to discussions surrounding the conditions of its creation, analysis of the imagery, and in some cases far beyond its original context. Through paintings, installations, …
Sijo is a Korean verse form originally composed for musical performance dating back to the fourteenth century. This talk explores sijo both in traditional sung performance as well as in written form as the genre has flourished in the 20th and 21st …
While much of today’s news emphasizes growing U.S.-China tensions, Dan Wang’s Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future offers a fresh perspective on China and sheds light on the United States in the 21st century. Combining sharp analysis with …
Eager to learn more about the film that all of your students watched this summer? Come explore the ways that K-Pop Demon Hunters, the smash hit movie on Netflix, incorporates aspects of traditional and contemporary Korean culture into its story, look, and …
This seminar explores Japan and China during World War II, with presentations covering topics such as military victories and defeats, the first six months of 1942, Japan’s six aircraft carriers that reshaped global history, and the diplomatic, economic, …
Yuki is the daughter of a poor fisherman. Kiyo is the son of a senior executive at Chisso, a huge chemical conglomerate. In 1956, they meet and become friends. But then all living things in the once beautiful Minamata Bay suddenly die. The impoverished …
When the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, Japanese schoolboy Larry Fumio Miwa faithfully recorded each day’s events in his diary, despite the massive devastation he experienced firsthand. His eyewitness account of the improbable survival …
Brenda Jordan is a Japanese art historian who teaches for the Departments of East Asian Languages and Literatures and History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests are early modern and modern Japanese art history, …
The Five College Center for East Asian Studies (FCCEAS) and the Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA) at the University of Colorado Boulder will conduct a study tour to Taiwan. In this two-week NCTA Study Tour, 14 participants will learn about Taiwan’s …