In August 1945, Japan surrendered after years of war. The final months of 1945 were a cataclysmic break with the past as the Japanese people were called upon to “endure the unendurable”: defeat, occupation, and the first difficult steps of rebuilding …
Join our Ohio State University colleagues as the NCTA Tokaido, Origami, Temples and Shrines (TOTS) team will present the new, visually rich “Virtual Japan Experience” curriculum series developed by a cohort of K-12 and community college educators.
China has one of the oldest and richest literary traditions in the world. This session explores early foundations of Chinese literature. Understanding the content and background of these poems can give us insight into the values and habits of early …
In this lecture, taught by Dr. Morten Oxenbøll, we will dive into the world of outcasts and marginalized groups in early medieval Japan. We will explore how groups like the hinin as well as female entertainers (shirabyōshi) constructed semi‐autonomous …
Discover how music shaped life in early China—and how you can bring that story into your own classroom. This webinar will provide background knowledge and practical strategies to help educators bring materials about early Chinese music into their …
This seminar traces the arc of China–Africa relations from their symbolic beginnings at the 1955 Bandung Conference—where Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai joined leaders from newly independent Asian and African nations to champion anti-colonialism and …
The East Asian Studies Center at Indiana University is happy to announce the 2025 Fall book group facilitated by Mr. Morgan McLaughlin, long-time NCTA Master Teacher. The seven-week book group will focus on stories of searching from East Asia and examine …
The Tang dynasty (618-907) marks the golden age of Chinese poetry, where history, nature, empire, and emotion intertwine in the vibrant poetic language, offering us a glimpse into a once extraordinary world.
China’s 2021 “double reduction” education policy aimed at reducing schoolwork places a new burden on a former school teacher and her granddaughter. A poignant and humorous portrait of a “tiger grandma” in contemporary China.
Join us as we …
This program is aimed at elementary teachers and middle school teachers interested in integrating picture books into literacy and/or social studies instruction. The course will focus on the teaching of biography while learning about the life of a famous …
In this online seminar, we will explore literary texts from the Chinese reform era and new millennium as a lens for examining the consequences of China’s rapid modernization.
Each week will focus on a different contemporary crisis and …
Join us for a dynamic five-week online seminar exploring China’s global role—past, present, and future. As China’s rise continues to reshape the international landscape, this course equips K–12 educators with the context, resources, and strategies to …
Perhaps the most well-known form of Japanese poetry outside of Japan is the haiku, a deceptively simple three-line, 17-syllable form that usually focuses on themes in nature. This talk will survey the development of haiku, including what the form was …
Join Andrea Gevurtz Arai, Professor of Japan and East Asia Studies and Cultural Anthropology in the Jackson School of International Studies, for an online program exploring the newly published volume “Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects …
Join us for presentations by two high school educators who use articles from Education about Asia in their classrooms. Each presentation will be followed by Q&A with the presenter. Recordings of the presentations will be linked on the EAA website to the …
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. Join us for this webinar and …
Join NCTA at Princeton for a half-day workshop on the Jesuit Mission to China featuring Dr. Mårten Söderblom Saarela of the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History, Boston College. Dr. Söderblom Saarela will discuss European contact with …
In August 1945, Japan surrendered after years of war. The final months of 1945 were a cataclysmic break with the past as the Japanese people were called upon to “endure the unendurable”: defeat, occupation, and the first difficult steps of rebuilding …
The “Tale of Genji” is considered Japan’s, and sometimes the world’s, first novel, and was written by one of Japan’s most famous female authors, lady in waiting Murasaki Shikibu. The plot of Genji narrates courtly love and political intrigue spanning many …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …