Past programs

Behind the Headlines: South and North Korea (online program)

Program Start Date: Sep 19 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

Behind the Headlines: Taiwan (online program)

Program Start Date: Sep 12 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

Write About Asia: 2022 Freeman Award Winners

Program Start Date: Aug 29 2023

Location: Online program

Write About Asia: 2022 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

Real and Imaged Rivers of Japan and China – Online NCTA Seminar

Program Start Date: Aug 10 2023

Location: Online program

This interdisciplinary seminar for K-12 teachers explored how rivers have shaped, and in turn were shaped by human society and the environment in China and Japan. Combining geographic background with artistic representations, and environmental/political perspectives, this workshop helped teachers gain a comparative perspective on Asia’s landscape and culture. Geared toward secondary teachers, course content looked

NCTA Summer Seminar – Exploring Asian Art: Trade, Transmission, and Cultural Exchange

Program Start Date: Jul 29 2023

Location: Seattle, WA

  Teachers joined us for a three-day in-person intensive workshop in collaboration with the Seattle Art Museum as we considered the themes of trade, transmission, and cultural exchange. The first day took place on the University of Washington campus with discussion of the historical contexts and conditions of works of art we saw during our

Online NCTA Program: East Asian Legacies of Colonialism and Imperialism

Program Start Date: Jul 10 2023

Location: Online program

This series of standalone online workshops considered the legacies of colonialism and imperialism within an East Asian context. Designed for secondary teachers in Social Studies, History, Art History, Art, Language Arts, English, and Visual Culture, each workshop addressed different aspects of the historical legacy and present-day realities of imperialism and colonialism. Elementary educators were welcome

Online Book Talk – Mind, Body & Soul in “Shadow Life” by Hiromi Goto

Program Start Date: May 16 2023

Location: Online program

Participants joined Professor Kathy Whitham for an online conversation with Japanese Canadian author Hiromi Goto to discuss aging, mortality, intersectionality, independence, body positivity, friendship, living life to the fullest, and other themes in her delightful graphic novel Shadow Life. Professor Whitham lead an author interview, followed by Q&A. About Shadow Life Poet and novelist Hiromi

Disaster and Resilience: Lessons from Minamata – NCTA Online Program

Program Start Date: May 6 2023

Location: Online program

  This combination online book discussion and workshop explored the NCTA award winning graphic novel The Minamata Story: An EcoTragedy, which tells the story of how the Japanese town of Minamata became synonymous with environmental tragedy and recovery. The story of the Minamata disaster, on the island of Kyushu, has application to a range of

Image, Text, and Language at the Intersection of Cultures – East Asia and Beyond (NCTA Online Seminar)

Program Start Date: Apr 26 2023

This four-session online seminar explored the relationship between image, text, and language in East Asia and beyond. Each week we examined different genres such as woodblock prints, scrolls, manga, and multimedia expressions from an interdisciplinary approach to consider shifting language-text traditions and practices. Themes and topics included nature, religion, intercultural exchange, and adaptation. Participants completed