Program Start Date: Mar 6 2025
“Never to Cease Fighting”, a portrait of Lu Xun by painter Tang Xiaoming, is on display at the National Art Museum of China. Photo from The China Project. 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
Program Start Date: Feb 26 2025
Teachers joined Tese Wintz Neighbor, an experienced NCTA seminar leader with a deep connection to China, as she lead her final seminar session. Tese’s journey with China began in 1976 when she was captivated by a professor’s lecture on “Red China” at Indiana University. Since then, she has never looked back. Among the first
Program Start Date: Feb 24 2025
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: Feb 20 2025
Teachers joined historian Tracy Lai and art historian Melanie King for an exploration of Japanese American Incarceration through an examination of first person accounts, visual culture, and literary expressions. Taking place over three sessions, this program centered around Traci Chee’s We Are Not Free and included the work of other Japanese American artists, authors, poets, and activists
Program Start Date: Jan 14 2025
Author/artist Teresa Wong pursues an emotional connection with her parents by researching and documenting their (extra)ordinary stories of escape from China during the Cultural Revolution in the graphic novel All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey. Although deeply personal, Wong’s book covers lessons in history, culture, immigration, identity, and multigenerational family experience. The stories,
Program Start Date: Dec 5 2024
We’re excited to announce the release of Peter Hessler’s much-anticipated new book! Hessler, a seasoned journalist and gifted storyteller, draws from his experiences as a journalism teacher at Sichuan University and as a father of two young daughters attending a local elementary school. Through these perspectives, Other Rivers: A Chinese Education provides a fascinating look
Program Start Date: Nov 19 2024
In this seminar, we read selected short stories to introduce four modern Chinese women writers: Xiao Hong, Ding Ling, Eileen Chang, and Wang Anyi. Class meetings included a lecture component that situated the text in modern Chinese cultural history as well as a discussion component in which participants were invited to share their insights and
Program Start Date: Nov 13 2024
Participants joined translator Takami Nieda and EARC program leader Mary Roberts to discover the fascinating world of literary translation. Discussion focused on the translation process of her latest book, Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi, the translator’s role as creative writer, and thematic readings of the text. Finger Bone is the prize-winning novella by the Japanese author
Program Start Date: Oct 29 2024
Staying informed about global events, especially in East Asia, can be overwhelming with the constant flood of news. That’s why we offered Behind the Headlines, an online series designed specifically for teachers. This series provided a clear and insightful overview of recent developments in Taiwan, South and North Korea, China, Xinjiang, Japan, and Hong
Program Start Date: Oct 17 2024
Participants joined historian Tracy Lai and art historian Melanie King for an in-depth discussion of the recent University of Washington Press publication Resisting the Nuclear: Art and Activism Across the Pacific. Utilizing the text as the basis of our discussion, we approached this series through the perspectives of impacted peoples and communities, activists, and artists