Program Start Date: Jan 16 2024
Location: Online Program
A grandmother teaches her grandchild how to create rice cakes filled with sweetened red beans, a young girl and her cousins watching YouTube videos together as they gather with their family for their yearly New Year’s feast, a mochi-making tradition is shared on Instagram to online followers–these time-honored rituals of celebrating the New Year
Program Start Date: Jan 29 2024
Location: Online Program
Compared with ancient Asian states like China and Japan, the United States was the new kid on the block. But as soon as the U.S. came into existence, its officials and entrepreneurs set their sights on engaging with East Asian civilizations. This online 5-week seminar will begin with America’s first interactions with China and Japan,
Program Start Date: Nov 28 2023
Location: Online Program
Teachers joined Tese Wintz Neighbor – and the “voices” of 22 Tibetan writers – and explored their shared sense of loss and shared search for home. In the book The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays, editor and translator Tenzin Dickie gives us a powerful, intimate, and engaging portrait of modern Tibetan life –
Program Start Date: Nov 9 2023
Location: Online Program
Participants joined art historian Melanie King for a series of introductory workshops to East Asian visual culture. Each one-hour online session focused on a different aspect of art history and is intended for educators new to East Asian culture and art history and people looking for a refresher course. Participants chose to attend one or
Program Start Date: Nov 16 2023
Location: Seattle, WA
In 2020, the American Public Health Association declared racism a public health crisis. We have experienced the twin crises of COVID-19 and Racism and while COVID is no longer a public health emergency, the effects of anti-Asian hate persist. In this session we examined the longer history of anti-Asian racism in the United States and
Program Start Date: Oct 12 2023
Location: Online Program
Teachers joined us for this unique opportunity to speak with staff members of the Okinawa Prefecture DC Office to learn more about the history, culture, environment, and on-going issues surrounding the vast US military presence in Okinawa. This interactive session included a presentation by members of the Okinawa Prefecture Office located in Washington DC followed
Program Start Date: Jan 23 2024
Location: Seattle, WA
Join EARC program leader Mary Roberts and translator Takami Nieda and dive into the fascinating translation world. This workshop will focus on translation issues, emphasizing the Freeman Award-winning novels Go by Kazuki Kaneshiro (2018) and The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the Heart by Chesil (2022) and providing a sneak peek into Nieda’s newest
Program Start Date: Oct 10 2023
Location: Online Program
With the 24-hour uninterrupted news cycle, it can be challenging to stay on top of what is happening in East Asia and around the world. The online series Behind the Headlines offers teachers a recap and a nuanced understanding of current events happening in Taiwan, South and North Korea, China, Xinjiang, Japan, and Hong
Program Start Date: Oct 17 2023
Location: Online Program
With the 24-hour uninterrupted news cycle, it can be challenging to stay on top of what is happening in East Asia and around the world. The online series Behind the Headlines offered teachers a recap and a nuanced understanding of current events happening in Taiwan, South and North Korea, China, Xinjiang, Japan, and Hong Kong. Each regional
Program Start Date: Oct 3 2023
Location: Online Program
With the 24-hour uninterrupted news cycle, it can be challenging to stay on top of what is happening in East Asia and around the world. The online series Behind the Headlines offered teachers a recap and a nuanced understanding of current events happening in Taiwan, South and North Korea, China, Xinjiang, Japan, and Hong Kong. Each regional
