How can educators use the Burn Order podcast to teach about the World War II incarceration of Japanese and Japanese Americans and the legacies of this difficult history as it applies today? Join Dr. Rachel Maddow for a moderated Q&A about her …
This workshop explores the lifeways of rural China through an in-person, experiential workshop at the China Folk House in West Virginia. The China Folk House is the result of a multi-year project to relocate an actual farmhouse from Yunnan Province in …
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 …
Join award-winning author Andrea Wang as she discusses her meticulously researched book “Worthy: The Brave and Capable Life of Joseph Pierce,” published in 2025. Born in Canton, China, Joseph Pierce’s was sold as a child. He embarked on a months-long …
Join James Robson, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, for a webinar on Buddhism in China. Session includes discussion and materials covering key points, questions, and teaching approaches.
Staying informed about global events, especially in East Asia, can be overwhelming with the constant flood of news. That’s why we offer Behind the Headlines, an online series designed specifically for teachers. This series provides a clear and insightful …
Join the University of Pittsburgh NCTA National Coordinating Site, the James and Margaret Tseng Loe Center for China Studies and the Education Department at Saint Vincent College for a day of learning and conversation with scholars and artists focused on …
For author, teacher-librarian, and NCTA alumna Jolene Gutiérrez, her first awareness of US-Japan relations was learning about Amache, the incarceration camp in Granada, Colorado, down the road from her grandparents’ home. Focused on the story of young Min …
How have U.S. immigration and citizenship policies shaped who is considered American and who is treated as a threat? In this two-part virtual workshop series with the East Asia Resource Center and Densho, K-12 educators are invited to examine Japanese …
North Korea is one of the world’s poorest and most reclusive countries, and one of the most challenging places to deliver humanitarian aid. Yet for nearly three decades, Swiss aid worker Kathi Zellweger has been traveling to North Korea, providing aid …