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:

asiaforeducators.org