Join us for a fascinating five-week course that explores the key cultural moments, movements, and individuals who have shaped the urban and artistic landscapes of East Asia. Designed especially for middle school educators in history, art, geography, and …
In this webinar Yuyuan Zhang, a PhD Candidate in the IU Department of History and Religious Studies, will lead participants through the prehistory of area studies in the West, specifically in Western Europe between the 16th and 18th Centuries. During this …
This asynchronous NCTA short course guides participants on an exploration of Chinese literature and culture through the lens of imagination and fantasy. This course will help teachers explore Chinese literature through a focus on the rich cultural …
A Chinese proverb warns that “Two Tigers cannot share the same mountain”, but what happens when there are three tigers competing for the same territory?
Journalist Micheal Booth claims that his long fascination with Asia prompted some …
This course explores the transformative era of Xi Jinping’s leadership in China, focusing on his key policies and their impact on Chinese society through a reading of Emily Feng’s newly published “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi …
Join us for this six-week seminar course exploring the politics of memory in and about Asia through consideration of museum collections, memorials, and personal ephemera. The politics of memory refers to the ways that societies remember, and sometimes …
Join us for a special 2-hour online seminar with Professor Morgan Pitelka as he examines how Japan’s cultural traditions evolved during the transformative 19th century. Through the lenses of tea culture, the samurai, and garden design, Professor Pitelka …
This course will work with secondary teachers to develop “religious literacy” in East Asian religious and philosophical traditions with special attention paid to 1) China as the gateway for Buddhism and the source of Daoism and Confucian philosophy in …
Over the past century, China has undergone significant demographic changes and in 2023, India surpassed it as the world’s most populous country. This course explores the history, motivations, and outcomes of China’s population measures, and the policy …
Ignite your teaching with a dynamic five-week online seminar exploring modern Japanese literature—from the Meiji era to the present day. Designed specifically for K–12 educators, this program blends literary analysis with historical and cultural context, …
Join us for a special 2-hour online seminar with Professor Mark Jones exploring how Japanese society navigated daily life, cultural change, and historical upheaval during 1931–1945. Rooted in the legacy of the Meiji Era, this period was marked by rapid …
Most standard curricula related to Chinese socialist culture in the United States rely on popular memoirs and films that reflect upon the horrors of the Chinese socialist period in retrospect. Many of these materials were written originally in English, …
Join us for an exciting webinar that brings the future to the forefront of classroom discussion through the lens of Chinese and Sinophone science fiction. This 90-minute professional development session will explore how speculative fiction reflects the …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …