Delve into East Asian history and cultures from the Neolithic era to 1800, encompassing geography, demography, early ideologies, and interconnections among China, Korea, and Japan. Explore social hierarchies through literature and art, investigate …
Join the Five College Center for East Asian Studies for a webinar with author Holly Thompson where she’ll introduce her new book, “Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker,” a poetic and moving picture book biography celebrating the life and work …
Join us for a profound exploration of “When Spring Comes to the DMZ,” a powerful picture book by Uk-Bae Lee that contrasts the natural beauty of the Korean Demilitarized Zone with its harsh reality of division. Through vivid illustrations, the story …
In this workshop we will explore geostrategic forecasting, learning how to bring geography and politics together to examine East Asia. We begin by discussing the five themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and …
The Program for Teaching East Asia and the Five College Center for East Asian Studies offer a webinar with Hope Lim, author of
Mommy’s Hometown. Through Hope Lim’s storytelling and Jaime Kim’s illustrations, this picture book takes the reader on a …
Join Professor Uluğ Kuzuoğlu for a discussion on the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. While we talk about the repercussions of the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles in Europe, we rarely if ever consider how these events ending WWI impacted …
Join emerita Professor Sarah Strong, Bates College, for a webinar on Chiri Yukie. Chiri Yukie (1903-1922) was a young Ainu woman who worked to preserve Ainu language and folklore, publishing the first Japanese translation of the Ainu epic poem, Kamui …
Explore the deeper significance of objects from across East Asia in this webinar series with art historian and educator Melanie King, where we examine their creation, imagery, and broader historical context. Join one or all sessions to discover how these …
Ah Q-ism? Kong Yiji literature? What’s all this talk about the “iron house” and “eating people”? From Maoist appropriations to contemporary internet memes, allusions to Lu Xun’s work are ubiquitous in modern Chinese culture. The first half of this …