Program Start Date: Aug 25 2020
This workshop was sponsored by the East Asia Resource Center (EARC) in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington with funding from a Freeman Foundation grant in support of the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) and was facilitated by Mary Roberts. The online workshop allowed teachers
Program Start Date: Jul 1 2020
Participants explored a beautiful, elegant novel that is considered a classic piece of modern day Japanese literature, and was awarded the prestigious 2004 Yomiuri Prize. A best-seller and movie in Japan, Yoko Ogawa’s The Housekeeper and the Professor is centered around the unique friendship between the “professor”, a mathematician whose memory only lasts 80 minutes, and
Program Start Date: May 19 2020
The Brown University Choices Program, with support from four National Resource Centers at the University of Washington, is hosting a series of free webinars for Washington high school teachers on the following units. The East Asia Resource Center c0-sponsored the first session, which focused on the history of U.S. relations with China, but we recommend the
Program Start Date: Jun 9 2020
This online course used three contemporary films (Parasite, Mountains May Depart, After the Storm) to discuss issues of social and economic change in East Asia, focusing on time, class divisions, globalization, and family. This workshop was divided into two parts, with a discussion forum for each film on Moodle prior to the 1-hour live Zoom
Program Start Date: Jun 11 2020
This was a virtual program – instructions on how to join this meeting will be sent the day before the event. You have read the headlines: “The Chinese government has reportedly detained more than a million Muslims in reeducation camps.” Teachers joined us as we discussed the stories beyond the headlines and grapple with Xinjiang’s
Program Start Date: Jun 2 2020
Teachers engaged in cross-curricular critical thinking opportunities in this online workshop that followed the process of creating and producing the modern animated documentary film Day of the Western Sunrise using traditional Japanese storytelling techniques. The program began with a brief background of the film presented by its director, Keith Reimink, who brought the story of
Program Start Date: May 14 2020
University of Washington Professor David Bachman and EARC Program Leader Tese Wintz Neighbor joined together in a discussion on one of China’s most important and impactful development strategies of the 21st Century. China’s Belt and Road Initiative marks a major expansion in China’s growing world in international affairs. It now includes land and maritime
Program Start Date: May 21 2020
Throughout the course of history, disease outbreaks have been a frequent disruptor across civilizations. In this online program, we examined the aftermath of the smallpox epidemic of 735–737 that afflicted much of Japan and had significant social, economic, and religious repercussions throughout the country. Along with a brief overview of the Nara period, we looked at some examples
Program Start Date: Apr 23 2020
This program was an online discussion of the book Convenience Store Woman, a novel by the best-selling Japanese author Sayaka Murata. This brilliant, quirky, sweet gem of a book transported participants into the life of Keiko, a long-term convenience store employee. Perhaps Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen described it best: “A darkly comic, deeply unsettling
Program Start Date: Apr 22 2020
“The Chinese Exclusion Act” was the second event of Study Sessions, a new NCTA series led by Mary Roberts. These three-hour sessions take various forms to provide supportive, non-lecture collaborative group learning formats to study Asian and Asian American topics. Each study session gives educators multiple ways to evaluate teaching resources to extend their learning. On April