Online Simulcast Presentations
Online Simulcast Presentations on Selected Topics in East Asian History, Literature, and the Arts
Dates | Jan 24 & 28, Feb 6, 9 & 28, Mar 1, 5 & 10, Apr 24 & 26, May 3 & 7
Location | Online (Asynchronous) at asiaforeducators.org
- A series of synchronous, live broadcasts
- Offered for in-service credit*
- Qualifies for NCTA study tour eligibility*
* Please see the bottom of this page for details on in-service credit and NCTA study-tour eligibility
The simulcasts all include specialists on camera and large-screen visuals/slide presentations. Teachers can participate from their home computers, logging on at asiaforeducators.org to view the live stream and raise questions by email. (Some presentations will also be available at specific host sites; please refer to the course website at asiaforeducators.org for more information.)
[ DETAILED SCHEDULE ]
The Mongols in World History
Speaker: Morris Rossabi, Columbia University
The Tale of Genji in Art and Literature
Speakers: Frank and Linda Chance, University of Pennsylvania
Dramatic Form in East Asia: Kabuki, Noh, Chinese Opera
Speaker: Farley Richmond, University of Georgia
The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and the Portsmouth Treaty in World History
Speaker: William Tsutsui, Southern Methodist University
Visual Strategies in Japanese Popular Culture: Manga and More
Speaker: Joseph Murphy, University of Florida
Education in Japan and East Asia
Speaker: Lucien Ellington, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Family by Ba Jin: A Window into the Literature of Modern China
Speaker: Kristin Stapleton, University of Buffalo, SUNY
Rethinking the Image of China and Japan in Global History, 1600-1900
Speaker: Benjamin Elman, Princeton University
Contemporary Japanese Writers on the World Stage: Murakami, Oe, and Others
Speaker: Joseph Murphy, University of Florida
Comparative Confucianism in East Asia
Speaker: Richard Smith, Rice University
What Happened to Japan's Economy? Lessons for the U.S.?
Speaker: Lucien Ellington, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Japanese and Chinese Garden Design
Speaker: Nancy Hope, University of Kansas
To view the simulcasts, please visit the course website: