Programs: Nebraska

The Judiciary System in China in Comparative Perspective

This course will use objects from art, industry, technology, and war to consider the richness of the Japanese past. From court ceremonies to samurai rituals on the battlefield, from daily gift exchanges to Buddhist mortuary markers, Japanese communities …

Background on Chinese art for those teaching art and AP-Art History
FEATURED SPEAKER at Conference: Shawn Yuan, Associate Curator of Asian Art — San Antonio Museum of Art

What is Hong Kong? The British considered it a “barren rock” without meaningful history. The People’s Republic of China claimed it as its own, and believe it was finally returned to its rightful place in 1997. When protests erupted in 2019 and were met …

Strike the Zither, 2022 Freeman Book Of Note, with author Joan He.

This combination online book discussion and workshop will explore the Freeman Book Award winning graphic novel The Minamata Story: An EcoTragedy, which tells the story of how the Japanese town of Minamata became synonymous with environmental tragedy and …

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, who describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk, will turn 89 this summer. The Dalai Lama fled the People’s Republic of China for India in March 1959 after PRC troops occupied Tibet. He has been living in …

Honolulu offers a unique opportunity to learn about China, Japan and Korea without needing a passport or worrying about currency exchange, but still with a dash of jet lag.

In this one-week NCTA Summer Institute, 17 participants will …

Teachers who have experienced this workshop rave about it. For 6 days in July, on the beautiful campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, experts in the history and literature of China, Japan, and Korea lecture and discuss the full range of literature …

Current scholarship challenges traditional narratives of women as one-dimensional actors with little agency in pre-20th century China, Japan, and Korea. Focusing on premodern times through the 19th century, the institute will consider the diversity of …