Program Start Date: Oct 1 2022
With support from Youth Theatre Northwest and the Seattle Japanese Garden, the East Asia Resource Center was pleased to present a special opportunity for teachers to watch a Kamishibai performance by the only full time Kamishibai Storyteller remaining in Japan, Tatsuo “Tachan” Kawakami. The performance was followed by an optional 90 minute workshop, aimed primarily
Program Start Date: Oct 18 2022
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. Behind the Headlines online series offered teachers a recap and a nuanced understanding of current events happening in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Xinjiang. Each regional expert provided
Program Start Date: Oct 11 2022
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. Behind the Headlines online series offered teachers a recap and a nuanced understanding of current events happening in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Xinjiang. Each regional expert provided
Program Start Date: Oct 4 2022
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. Behind the Headlines online series offered teachers a recap and a nuanced understanding of current events happening in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Xinjiang. Each regional expert provided
Program Start Date: Sep 20 2022
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. Behind the Headlines online series offers teachers a recap and a nuanced understanding of current events happening in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Xinjiang. Each regional expert will
Program Start Date: Sep 27 2022
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. Behind the Headlines online series offers teachers a recap and a nuanced understanding of current events happening in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Xinjiang. Each regional expert will
Program Start Date: Oct 14 2022
Program date: October 14, 2022 In the morning, teachers joined us virtually for Storytelling in Asian Art. In the afternoon, they attended the in-person workshop, Connecting Words and Images at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. The morning virtual workshop and the afternoon in-person workshop could be attended together or separately. Both programs were free but
Program Start Date: Sep 24 2022
With support from Youth Theatre Northwest and the Seattle Japanese Garden, the East Asia Resource Center is pleased to present a special opportunity for teachers to watch a Kamishibai performance by the only full time Kamishibai Storyteller remaining in Japan, Tatsuo “Tachan” Kawakami. The performance will be followed by an optional 90 minute workshop, aimed
Program Start Date: Aug 2 2022
Science fiction often highlights competing ideologies, dreams, and provides subversive commentary on political issues. These stories also raise questions of which bodies are marked as “other” by categorization and placement in hierarchies, and/or understood as human. Geared towards secondary teachers, this online seminar offered an introduction to political, cultural, and social challenges represented in East
Program Start Date: Jul 11 2022
Top left: ‘Sakamoto and the Monks of Hieizan’. Photo: Andrew William Top right: “VITRIFIED” (2018) Etsuko Ichikawa. Photo: Peter Kuhnlein Bottom left: ‘A Walk among 1,200 Buddhas’. Photo: Andrew William Bottom right: ‘Broken Poems of Fireflies’ (2020) Etsuko Ichikawa. Photo: Alec Miller Program dates and times: Monday, July 11th to Thursday, July 14th Curated and