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 …
Eager to learn more about the film that all of your students watched this summer? Come explore the ways that K-Pop Demon Hunters, the smash hit movie on Netflix, incorporates aspects of traditional and contemporary Korean culture into its story, look, and …
Designed for instructors of AP Comparative Government and Politics, this hour-long webinar will provide an overview of Chinese government with practical resources teachers can easily include in their courses. Led by Davidson College professor Keren Zhu, …
Write About Asia is a recurring, annual writing workshop offered by the East Asia Resource Center at the University of Washington in conjunction with the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s (SAAM) Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas and its seasonal Saturday …
Back by popular demand this six-week NCTA course, taught by Cecilia Boyce, will equip teachers with the knowledge and resources needed to incorporate the short fiction of Haruki Murakami into their literature classrooms. Through the exploration of …
East Asia today represents a broad mosaic of ethnic, economic, geographic, and cultural diversity. Even in our current period of rapid political and economic globalization, within which the region has played a major transformative role, East Asia retains …
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, …
This online seminar will provide educators all you need to help students see that East Asia is NOT one entity. While China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan do indeed share some cultural underpinnings, they each embarked on different pathways that make it …