Melanie King

Melanie King is an art historian and educator who has worked with the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia for over twenty years.  She has experience developing and teaching programs on East Asia from an art historical perspective and leading study tours to Japan and China.  Her current areas of research are focused on decolonizing Asian art history and museum collections, and addressing representation in the arts and education.

Melanie’s recent programs

• Workshop Artistic Expressions of East Asia: Histories and Legacies (2021)
• Workshop Asian American Activism: Voices, Representation, and Resistance (2021)
• Workshop Identity After Upheaval: Connecting Asian Artists and Student Voices (2021)
• Workshop Teaching Empathy and Understanding: Asian Pacific Islander American Communities, Our Celebrations, and Our Stories (2021)
• Workshop Continuity and Change in Japan Post-3.11 (2020)
• Workshop Okinawa: Environment, History and Peace Movements (2020)
• Workshop Depopulation and Degrowth in Japan, post-1990 (2020)
• Workshop Teaching from Contemporary Asian Art: Student-Centered Engagement Strategies(2020)
• Workshop A Resilient Spirit: The stories, experiences, and legacy of Hawai’i’s WWII Detention Camp (2020)
• Workshop Edo Avant Garde: How Japan Invented Modern Art – Workshop at SAM (2020)
• Summer Institute Tradition, Exchange, and Innovation in Art: An Introduction to East Asian Visual Culture and Beyond (2019)
• Summer Institute Art and Politics (2018)
• Summer Institute East Asian Philosophies and Religions: A Visual and Literary Introduction (2017)
• Workshop Episodes in Cultural Exchange (2016)
• Workshop A Visual Introduction to East Asian Philosophies and Religions (2016)
• Workshop Introduction to East Asian Art in the K-12 Classroom (2016)
• Summer Institute Japan and the West: From First Encounters to Contemporary Global Issues (2016)
• Seminar  Japan and the West: From First Encounters to Contemporary Global Issues (2015)
• Summer Institute Reading Spaces and Places: Exploring East Asian Cities through the Visual and Literary Arts (2015)
• Seminar Reading Spaces and Places: Exploring East Asian Cities through the Visual and Literary Arts (2015)
• Summer Institute Artists Respond to 20th Century East Asian History and Culture (2014)