Program Start Date: Jun 14 2025
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 University Lecture Series, during which participants delve into new themes with a different speaker each week.
Program Start Date: Oct 29 2024
Staying informed about global events, especially in East Asia, can be overwhelming with the constant flood of news. That’s why we offered Behind the Headlines, an online series designed specifically for teachers. This series provided a clear and insightful overview of recent developments in Taiwan, South and North Korea, China, Xinjiang, Japan, and Hong
Program Start Date: Oct 17 2024
Participants joined historian Tracy Lai and art historian Melanie King for an in-depth discussion of the recent University of Washington Press publication Resisting the Nuclear: Art and Activism Across the Pacific. Utilizing the text as the basis of our discussion, we approached this series through the perspectives of impacted peoples and communities, activists, and artists
Program Start Date: Nov 19 2024
In this seminar, we read selected short stories to introduce four modern Chinese women writers: Xiao Hong, Ding Ling, Eileen Chang, and Wang Anyi. Class meetings included a lecture component that situated the text in modern Chinese cultural history as well as a discussion component in which participants were invited to share their insights and
Program Start Date: Aug 6 2024
Write About Asia: 2023 Freeman Award Winners The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), the Committee on Teaching about Asia (CTA) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), and Asia for Educators (AFE) at Columbia University sponsor the annual Freeman Book Awards for new young adult and children’s literature. The awards recognize quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an
Program Start Date: Jun 4 2024
In this program, we explored the 1930s and 1950s Taiwan through the eyes of Tsai Kun-lin, a boy who was born in Qingshui. This true story begins with Tsai growing up in Japanese occupied Taiwan. Through Tsai’s eyes and the graphic artist’s pen, the reader comes face to face with a changing Taiwan: from an
Program Start Date: May 15 2024
Director Hamaguchi Ryūsuke burst into the cinematic mainstream with his Best International Feature Film Oscar win for Drive My Car in 2022, but few are aware of his already prodigious filmography. Coming from a theatrical background and with a penchant for working with amateur actors, many of Hamaguchi’s films focus on the impact of the 3/11 Triple
Program Start Date: Aug 3 2024
Educators spent three days exploring works of Asian art on display at the Seattle Art Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum. Utilizing the collection of the Seattle Art Museum, we considered the original context within which objects were created and followed them along their paths of trade, transformation, and influence. This study included close consideration
Program Start Date: May 23 2024
What does it mean to be a family—or for that matter, a man or woman—in a rapidly changing society where traditional structures of meaning find themselves under siege? As the final installment of Ang Lee’s (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Brokeback Mountain; Hulk) “Father Knows Best” trilogy and his only film shot entirely in Taiwan, Eat
Program Start Date: May 21 2024
Teachers joined art historian Melanie King for a continuation of the introductory to East Asian visual culture workshops. These 90-minute, stand-alone sessions each had a unique focus and are intended for people new to East Asian art history or people looking for a refresher course. During each session we spent time exploring artistic, historical,