Decades before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese empire expanded into Korea and Manchuria, setting off a conflict that would eventually engulf all of East and Southeast Asia. But histories of the Pacific theater of World War II that focus only on …
This free online K-12 educator mini-course will explore traditional outfits worn in East Asia, such as the hanbok (Korea) and the qipao (China). This course, which meets online across two Saturday mornings, gives participants the tools needed to …
The NCTA coordinating site at University of Pittsburgh is now accepting applications for their 2026 summer study tour to South Korea. This eight-day program will give participants valuable first-hand experiences in a country that has risen to become an …
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 study tour to Taiwan. In this two-week NCTA Study Tour, 14 participants will learn about Taiwan’s …
This asynchronous NCTA short course invites participants to explore the visual arts and political culture of Socialist China (1949-1976) through propaganda posters. We will examine how these posters, as political tools, showcase a socialist utopia …
Study and write about selected 2025 Freeman Award books in this online multi-session workshop. Presented by the the East Asia Resource Center (EARC) in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and facilitated by …
The East Asia Resource Center invites middle and high school educators to join the Global Asia(s) Summer Book Club from June to August 2026. Don’t miss this opportunity to partake in an online professional development reading series built around …
This webinar, taught by PhD student Misa Wang, will explore how geography and climate shape the food cultures across East Asia, with the focus on China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Using familiar and accessible examples such as dim sum, boba milk tea, …
This NCTA course, taught by PhD student Kathryn Vandrey, provides an introduction to the early development of Chinese thought with a focus on the religious, political, and philosophical theories of classical Confucianism from the Spring and Autumns period …
In an effort to infuse Asian studies in the social studies and language arts curricula, SPICE (in collaboration with the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)) is offering a free Virtual Summer Institute on East Asia for up to 25 middle …