In this lecture, taught by Dr. Morten Oxenbøll, we will dive into the world of outcasts and marginalized groups in early medieval Japan. We will explore how groups like the hinin as well as female entertainers (shirabyōshi) constructed semi‐autonomous …
Discover how music shaped life in early China—and how you can bring that story into your own classroom. This webinar will provide background knowledge and practical strategies to help educators bring materials about early Chinese music into their …
The Tang dynasty (618-907) marks the golden age of Chinese poetry, where history, nature, empire, and emotion intertwine in the vibrant poetic language, offering us a glimpse into a once extraordinary world.
China’s 2021 “double reduction” education policy aimed at reducing schoolwork places a new burden on a former school teacher and her granddaughter. A poignant and humorous portrait of a “tiger grandma” in contemporary China.
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Perhaps the most well-known form of Japanese poetry outside of Japan is the haiku, a deceptively simple three-line, 17-syllable form that usually focuses on themes in nature. This talk will survey the development of haiku, including what the form was …
Join us for presentations by two high school educators who use articles from Education about Asia in their classrooms. Each presentation will be followed by Q&A with the presenter. Recordings of the presentations will be linked on the EAA website to the …
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. Join us for this webinar and …
The “Tale of Genji” is considered Japan’s, and sometimes the world’s, first novel, and was written by one of Japan’s most famous female authors, lady in waiting Murasaki Shikibu. The plot of Genji narrates courtly love and political intrigue spanning many …
Join d:matcha live from Wazuka, Kyoto, Japan to experience five varieties of sencha (green tea) grown organically in their tea fields. Learn why Wazuka is considered to be one of the best tea growing locations in Japan, the differences in the tea …
Vietnam has a long and diverse history of classical poetry, ranging from lyrical sonnets written in Literary Chinese, to epic narrative poems written in the vernacular Vietnamese language and script known as Chữ Nôm. This talk will explore the classical …
Join Sara Newland, Smith College Associate Professor of Government, for a discussion with Charles Liao, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) Boston, about Taiwan.
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 chaekgeori we see the …
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 …
Brenda Jordan is a Japanese art historian who teaches for the Departments of East Asian Languages and Literatures and History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests are early modern and modern Japanese art history, …