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

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

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

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

Write About Asia: 2021 Freeman Award Winners (online) 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

Tuesday, June 28th from 4:30PM to 6:30PM (PDT)   or Thursday, June 30th from 4:30PM to 6:30PM (PDT) Many know Ai Weiwei as China’s most controversial and perhaps most dangerous artist.   As we see from his documentaries or through his accessible installations that can be walked on, around or under, Ai Weiwei continues breaking boundaries to create thought

Implications of the War in the Ukraine for China (online program) Date: Thursday, April 28, 2022 Educators heard regional expert David Bachman, Henry M. Jackson Professor of International Studies at the Jackson School of International Studies, and former chair of the China Studies Program speak about this current topic in light of China’s perspective, position and