Write About Asia is a writing workshop offered by the East Asia Resource Center at the University of Washington in conjunction with the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s (SAAM) Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas and its seasonal Saturday University Lecture Series, during which participants delve into new themes with a different speaker each week. Challenging, thought-provoking, and sometimes surprising, this long-running and always popular lecture series incorporates audience discussion as experts from around the world join us to share their insights on Asia throughout time.
Write About Asia is offered following each SAAM public lecture and is facilitated by Mary Roberts. During the workshop, time is given to solitary writing in response to the morning lecture. The workshop nurtures educators as writers through self-reflection and group discussion, and takes place after each lecture from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM.
University Lecture titles
Sep 14, 2024 10:00 AM – “What Does This All Have to Do with Coconuts & Rice?”: José Maceda, Arts/Cultural Institutions and Filipino Avant-Garde.
Oct 12, 2024 10:00 AM – Resonance of Silk and Bamboo: A Musical Legacy of Millennia.
Nov 9, 2024 10:00 AM – Discovering Bhutan: Navigating Tradition and Modernity in a Changing Cultural Landscape.
Dec 14, 2024 10:00 AM – Silk Road Environmentalism and the Arts
Feb 8, 2025 10:00 AM – Mexican “Muralismo” in Contemporary Japanese Arts and Literature
Mar 8, 2025 10:00 AM – Plumage and Power, Decadence and Decay: Fashioning Lady Curzon, Vicereine of India
Apr 12, 2025 10:00 AM – Performing Identity in Contemporary Art of Mongolia
May 10, 2025 10:00 AM – Paper Reliquaries: Calligraphy and Mourning in Japanese Buddhist Death Rituals
Jun 14, 2025 10:00 AM – June Talk (Details TBD)
Schedule for each Saturday University Lecture + Write About Asia:
- 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM: Saturday University public lecture.
- 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM: Solitary writing in response to the lecture and to a prompt provided by the program leader.
- 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM: Writing workshop with the Write About Asia group, during with educators share their writing with each other.
Location
The University Lecture and the following Write About Asia Workshop will take place at the Seattle Asian Art Museum.
Important: Participation to the public lecture is mandatory and free for Write About Asia participants.
Benefits
Free admission to the lecture and four free WA OSPI clock hours are available for attending each workshop and fulfilling online discussion requirements.
Registration
This program is open to K-12 teachers of all grades and subjects. Please follow this link to register.
Write About Asia is offered at no cost to current, in-service teachers, and is sponsored by the East Asia Resource Center (EARC) in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, with funding from a Freeman Foundation grant in support of the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA).