Program Start Date: Apr 25 2024
Are you intrigued by the evolving public and private dimensions of outer space policy? Did you follow the Odysseus Moon lander, the first privately build spacecraft and first U.S. one to land on the moon in 50 years? Do you think about the potential for both cooperation and conflict among nations in outer space,
Program Start Date: Apr 3 2024
Many know Ai Weiwei as China’s most controversial and perhaps most dangerous artist. Perhaps you have walked around or under or on one of his installations. Or maybe you have watched one or more of his documentaries. Perhaps you joined us two years ago when we gathered to discuss his first memoir, 1000 Years of
Program Start Date: Mar 14 2024
Teachers joined the Committee for Teaching About Asia (CTA) for CTA Day 2024 – Stories of Asian Art: In Consideration of a Decolonial Narrative. This year, we headed to the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) to hear the stories of the SAAM collection and the curatorial decisions behind the make-up of the collection through a
Program Start Date: Mar 12 2024
Educators joined Paul Dunscomb, Professor of East Asian history at the University of Alaska Anchorage, for an online program about the fascinating history and impact of baseball in Heisei Japan. Participants received a free copy of Professor Dunscomb’s book on the subject after the program. The crisis in Japanese professional baseball of 2004 tells us much
Program Start Date: Mar 7 2024
Understanding China in the headlines. Exploring China outside the headlines. Investigating China between the lines. This four-part NCTA seminar explored contemporary topics in detail: Xi Jinping as the President of Everything? China as a Model and Inspiration? How Do We Bridge the US-China Divide? How Do We Wade Through the Media to Teach China
Program Start Date: Feb 26 2024
Compared with ancient Asian states like China and Japan, the United States was the new kid on the block. But as soon as the U.S. came into existence, its officials and entrepreneurs set their sights on engaging with East Asian civilizations. This online 5-week seminar began with America’s first interactions with China and Japan, and
Program Start Date: Jan 24 2024
Teachers joined EARC program leader Mary Roberts and translator Takami Nieda and dived into the fascinating translation world. This workshop focused on translation issues, emphasizing the Freeman Award-winning novels Go by Kazuki Kaneshiro (2018) and The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the Heart by Chesil (2022) and providing a sneak peek into Nieda’s newest
Program Start Date: Jan 16 2024
A grandmother teaches her grandchild how to create rice cakes filled with sweetened red beans, a young girl and her cousins watching YouTube videos together as they gather with their family for their yearly New Year’s feast, a mochi-making tradition is shared on Instagram to online followers–these time-honored rituals of celebrating the New Year have
Program Start Date: Nov 28 2023
Teachers joined Tese Wintz Neighbor – and the “voices” of 22 Tibetan writers – and explored their shared sense of loss and shared search for home. In the book The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays, editor and translator Tenzin Dickie gives us a powerful, intimate, and engaging portrait of modern Tibetan life –
Program Start Date: Nov 16 2023
In 2020, the American Public Health Association declared racism a public health crisis. We have experienced the twin crises of COVID-19 and Racism and while COVID is no longer a public health emergency, the effects of anti-Asian hate persist. In this session we examined the longer history of anti-Asian racism in the United States and