This 21 hour professional development seminar series explores how currency serves as a lens for understanding national identity and national narrative making in China, Taiwan, and Japan. By examining the figures, images, and places depicted on banknotes …
‘Reel’ Asia: A Lens on Film examines movies from Japan, South Korea, and the PRC—from classics like Rashomon and Godzilla to more contemporary productions. Join us for presentations with four noted East Asian scholars who will talk about East Asian films …
Great works of literature like “The Tale of Genji” and “Dream of the Red Chamber” have influenced the way that many of us think about the culture, history, politics, and traditions of China and Japan. Yet these and other canonical works are largely the …
The Five College Center for East Asian Studies (FCCEAS) will conduct a summer institute in Honolulu, HI. Honolulu offers a unique opportunity to learn about China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea without needing a passport or worrying about currency exchange, but …
As the third nation to independently send humans into space, China reached a major milestone in 2003 with Shenzhou 5 mission. Since then, its space achievements have accelerated. In 2022, China completed Tiangong, its permanently crewed modular space …
K-12 educators are invited to join the Sejong Cultural Society, a nonprofit organization based in Chicago, as they foster greater awareness and appreciation of Korea’s rich cultural heritage in the United States through contemporary creative and fine …
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 two-week NCTA study tour to Taiwan. Fourteen participants will learn about Taiwan’s history and …
This asynchronous NCTA short course will cover Studio Ghibli and how to incorporate a selection of their films into the classroom to facilitate a better understanding of different facets of Japanese culture and history. Topics will include Japanese …
Join the East Asia Resource Center and the Seattle Art Museum for a unique opportunity to partake in a close study of Ai Weiwei’s work from the 1980s to the present in his largest-ever US-based exhibition, Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei at …
Join EASC at IU Bloomington for a summer workshop focused on the remarkable literary productions of China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. The workshop covers pre-modern and modern literature including poetry and novels. Each day, world literature and …
The Mongols’ dominance impacted China, Japan, and Korea in different ways in the 13th and 14th centuries. While some East Asians were subjects of the Mongols, others served as allies or resisted their insurgence. Through different disciplinary lenses …