Program Start Date: Sep 26 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
‘Focus on Asia: Photography Past and Present’ explored how photography in Asia encompasses memory and identity; distance and intimacy; reportage, advocacy, and aesthetics. Educators attended public lectures and then met for a writing workshop with Mary Barber Roberts. During the workshop, time was given to solitary writing in the art galleries in response to the morning lecture. The group then reconvened to share working drafts.
Program Start Date: Sep 12 2015
Location: Bellevue, WA
K-12 teachers were invited to participate in a half-day workshop at the 2015 Aki Matsuri (Japanese Fall Festival) on the Bellevue College campus. The workshop drew on festival themes and current issues and was designed to share creative ideas for teaching about Japanese culture, past and present.
Program Start Date: Jul 27 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
‘Reading Spaces and Places’examined major cities in China, Japan and Korea across different eras to witness the emergence of these political and cultural centers as they responded to shifting politics, religious traditions, foreign incursions and natural disasters.
Program Start Date: Jul 13 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
The Tokugawa period is known as the 200 years of peace in Japan between 1603 and 1868, when shoguns ruled, foreigners were banned, cities and arts flourished and economic change undermined social hierarchies. Participants in this seminar built an understanding of the lives and multiple perspectives of the people of Tokugawa Japan through primary sources such as visual artworks, poetry, journals, board games, official documents, and stories.
Program Start Date: May 26 2015
Location: Anchorage, AK
This Anchorage School District Summer Academy course explored the essential elements of Chinese culture and the historical forces that have shaped China’s return to international economic, strategic and cultural prominence with an emphasis on pedagogical approaches for the classroom.
Program Start Date: Feb 7 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
“Crossing the Indian Ocean: Asia/Africa Connections” was offered in conjunction with the Saturday University lecture series at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Educators attended public lectures and then met for a writing workshop with Mary Barber Roberts. During the workshop, time was given to solitary writing in the art galleries in response to the morning lecture. The group then reconvened to share working drafts.
Program Start Date: Jan 26 2015
Location: Boise, ID
This course explored East Asia during World War II. Participants studied the chronological aspects of the war and land/sea battles in East Asia. The focus of the seminar, however, was the social, economic, political, and religious changes that occurred in China and Japan due to World War II.
Program Start Date: Jan 21 2015
Location: Bellingham and Tacoma, WA
Since Mao’s death and Deng Xiaoping’s nationwide experiment with “socialism with Chinese characteristics,” China has become an increasingly complex and dynamic society. How can we integrate China into our teaching and situate China in a global context?
Program Start Date: Jan 10 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
This East Asian Author Study workshop explored the intersection between literature and culture. Teachers of grades K-12 gained new ideas, resources, and approaches to examine the culture and literature of China, Japan, and Korea. Each participant in the East Asian Author Study chose an author appropriate for the grade level they teach and read and studied that author independently over the course of a month.
Program Start Date: Jan 10 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
‘Reading Spaces and Places’ examined major cities in China, Japan and Korea across different eras to witness the emergence of these political and cultural centers as they responded to shifting politics, religious traditions, foreign incursions and natural disasters.
