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EAST ASIA FOR
TEACHERS
E-NEWSLETTER May––August 2012
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
NOTES FROM THE CENTER p. 2
NCTA PROGRAMS p. 3
EVENTS pp. 4–5
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT pp. 6–9
TEACHER RESOURCES p. 10
Anne Prescott
Director
Melinda Buckwalter
Program Assistant
Arlene Kowal
E-Newsletter Consultant
Florence Gilman Pavilion, Smith College
69 Paradise Road
Northampton, MA 01063
(413)585-3751
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.smith.edu/fcceas
2012
Centennial
of the Cherry
Blossom
Festival
Commemorating
the Gift of
3,000 Cherry
Trees from
Tokyo to
Washington,
D.C.
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This has been a busy year at FCCEAS. We’re proud to have served 82 teachers in our
NCTA seminars, more than 60 educators in shorter workshops, and 360-plus people in 12
webinars (with one more to go!). We’ve also participated in a number of programs on our
campuses, including the Five Colleges Hanami Festival and the Smith College Chinese Moon-
Viewing Festival.
The action doesn’t stop when classes let out—on June 25, twelve NCTA educators, ac-
companied by FCCEAS staff, will be headed for four weeks in Japan on a U.S. Department of
Education-funded study tour. They’ll be learning about the human and physical geography of
Japan and will be excited to share what they learn with their colleagues in the fall. Four other
teachers from our region will be joining the first-ever NCTA residential seminar in Hangzhou,
China, where they’ll have a chance to get to know that community while they learn about
Chinese culture and history from faculty experts at Zhejiang University.
We’re also conducting a special NCTA seminar in New Hampshire in late July. T h i s
p r o g r a m i s co-sponsored by the New Hampshire Council for the Social Studies and is for
New Hampshire teachers only. More information is available on our website at http://smith.edu/
fcceas/ncta/states/nh.html. Enrollment is limited to 20 educators, so apply soon to reserve your
place!
To cap off the summer, we’re planning to hold the second annual FCCEAS Bon Odori in
mid-August. Look for more information about it on our website in early August.
Our weekly e-bulletin will soon go on summer hiatus, so we hope you’ll refer to this
newsletter when you’re looking for an East Asia-related event or exhibition this summer.
However, the office will be open all summer long if you want to get a jump on your fall
planning, or simply want to borrow some materials for your own personal enrichment or
entertainment.
As always, we hope to see you at one of our events in the near future!
Anne Prescott
Director, Five College Center for East Asian Studies
NOTES FROM THE CENTER
The logo preceding an entry signals the Center’s or NCTA’s
(National Consortium for Teaching about Asia) direct involvement in the activity.
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SPRING WEBINARS
Korean Unification: Party of Six? Your Table is Ready, May 8 (7–8 pm), Mark Patterson,
NCTA study tour alum, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School, NY. Reserve your Webinar
seat at www.3.gotomeeting.com/register/547262374 or visit www.smith.edu/fcceas/
whatsnew.html.
FCCEAS Webinars are supported by generous funding from the Freeman Foundation; Japan
Webinars are made possible with funding from the US-Japan Foundation.
Questions? [email protected] or Tel (413)585-3751.
SIMULCASTS
AFE, Asia for Educators, and NCTA, National Consortium for Teaching about Asia,
offer online professional development on East Asia in the form of simulcasts. Each class is
complete with visual resources and Power Points. Background materials and class units are
also available online to download. (Credit available for teachers from mid-Atlantic and select
southern and western states only.) To register or for more details, visit
www.asiaforeducators.org and create a log in account.
What Happened to Japan’s Economy? Lessons for the U.S., May 3 (7 pm), presented by
Lucien Ellington.
Japanese and Chinese Garden Design, May 7 (7 pm), presented by art historian, Nancy
Hope.
SUMMER NCTA SEMINAR
FCCEAS, Five College Center for East Asian Studies will hold a mini-seminar in New
Hampshire at Newfoundland Regional High School, Bristol, NH, Jul 23–25 (8:30 am–3:30 pm)
entitled Human Landscapes of East Asia. The seminar is open to teachers in New Hampshire,
and will provide 18 hours of content knowledge on East Asia. Participants may complete
an additional 12 hours of FCCEAS workshops between Aug 2012 and Jul 2013 to become
full-fledged NCTA seminar alums. Funding is being provided in part by the New Hampshire
Council for the Social Studies. For more information, email: [email protected] or
Seminar Leader Arlene Kowal: [email protected].
SUMMER INSTITUTE
Japanese Art and Literature, A Seminar for K-12 Teachers, is Jul 30 through Aug 3 at the
University of Washington, Seattle. Open to K-12 educators, free of charge with modest housing
and meal fees, limited number of openings for of out-of-town participants. There is a priority
deadline of May 14 for those requiring housing. Visit http://jsis.washington.edu/earc/institutes.
NCTA PROGRAMS
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BROWN UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE, RI
Brown University’s Year of China has scheduled Lantern Festival, May 4 (8–9 pm), at the
Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. Visit http://events.brown.edu/cal/main/showMainEnd.rdo.
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NYC
The Printed Image in China, 8th–21st Century opens May 5 and runs through Jul 29. Visit
www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions.
Currently on exhibit are: Storytelling in Japanese Art through May 6; and Red & Black:
Chinese Lacquer, 13th–16th Centuries through Jun 10. Visit www.metmuseum.org/en/
exhibitions/current-exhibitions.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CT Several events have been planned including: Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival),
May 5 (11 am–5 pm) at Mill River Park, Stamford, CT; Bon Odori, Jul 7 (tentative) at Jesup
Green, Westport, CT; and Otsukimi, Aug 4, at the Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll
Garden, North Salem, NY. Visit http://home.earthlink.net/~jsfc/upev.html.
JAPAN SOCIETY, NYC
Dances of Vice: Deco Japan & the Heart of the Modern Girl, an Open House special event
is performed on May 5. Visit www.japansociety.org/page/programs/performing_arts_program.
Upcoming films are: Godzilla, May 5 (4 pm) and Fish Story, May 5 (6:30 pm). Visit
www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film.
Exhibiting in the Gallery are Memory: Things We Should Never Forget through May 27 and
Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920–1945, through Jun 10. Visit
www.japansociety.org/page/programs/gallery.
ODAIKO NEW ENGLAND, WOBURN, MA
Odaiko New England has a calendar of performances: Spring Thunder Festival, May 6 (4
pm) at Concord-Carlisle High School, Concord, MA; on the Boston Common, Boston, MA
with a Walk for Hunger, May 6 (11:30 am–1:30 pm); Sakuri Matsuri, Genki Style: Centennial
Celebration of the Gift of Trees, May 12 (1–3 pm), at Brookline High School, Brookline, MA;
at the Worcester Art Museum, May 17 (6–7pm), Worcester, MA; Cherry Blossom Festival,
May 19, in Central Falls, RI (11 am), in Pawtucket, RI (1 pm), and in Woonsocket, RI (3 pm);
Cambridge River Fest, Jun 2 (noon), Cambridge, MA; Montessori International Fair, Jun 3
(2:30 pm) in Duxbury, MA; at Relay for Life, Jun 16 (6 pm), Needham, MA; Waltham River-
fest, Jun 16 (1pm), Waltham, MA; PortconMaine, Jun 24 (1 pm), Portland, ME; and at the
Mary Baker Eddy Library, Jul 7 (10:45 am), Boston, MA. Visit http://onetaiko.org/calendar/
current-events.shtml.
KEIKO GALLERY, BOSTON
On exhibit is Silhouette ’12, works by Murata Yoshihiko through May 7. Visit
www.keikogallery.com/exhibition/current_exhibit.html.
EVENTS
EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES & FILMS
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KAJI ASO STUDIO (INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS), BOSTON, MA
The Kaji Aso Studio conducts classes in art, ceramics, Japanese arts and culture, and tea
ceremony. Their exhibition calendar includes: Japanese Calligraphy Show, through May 17;
Tree, May 18 through Jun 7; and Summer Festival, Jul 7–26. Visit www.kajiasostudio.com/
webroot/home.cfm.
SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, NORTHAMPTON, MA
Pursuing Beauty: The Art of Edo Japan exhibits through May 27. Visit www.smith.edu/
artmuseum/layout/set/print/On-View/Upcoming/Pursuing-Beauty.
PUCKER GALLERY, BOSTON, MA
Exhibiting Jun 2 through Jul 16 is Rising from the Ashes, new ceramics by Ken Matsuzaki.
Visit www.puckergallery.com/upcoming.html.
KOREA SOCIETY, NYC
Opening Jun 7 through Aug 24 is Feast or Famine: DPRK Agrarian Posters from the Zell-
weger Collection. Ash: Contemporary Korean Art & Ceramics exhibits through May 18. Visit
www.koreasociety.org/arts/gallery.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, MA
Current exhibitions include: Kawanabe Kyosai and the Hell Courtesan through Jun 17; An
Unspoken Dialogue with Japanese Tea through Sep 23; and The Allure of Japan through Dec
31. Visit www.mfa.org/exhibitions.
CHINA INSTITUTE, NYC
Theater, Life, and the Afterlife: Tomb Décor of the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi exhibits
through Jun 17. Visit www.chinainstitute.org/gallery/exhibitions/current-exhibition. In the film
series The Beginning, a documentary film about the Indie animation scene in China is sched-
uled for May 22. Visit www.chinainstitute.org/art-culture/programs-events/films.
ASIA SOCIETY, NYC
On exhibit is Revolutionary Ink: Paintings of Wu Guanzhong through Aug 5. Visit http://
asiasociety.org/new-york/exhibitions/revolutionary-ink-paintings-wu-guanzhong.
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, PROVIDENCE, RI
An ongoing exhibit is The Making of a Japanese Print. Visit www.risdmuseum.org/
exhibitions-current.aspx.
PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, SALEM, MA Current exhibitions through 2013 are: Perfect Imbalance, Exploring Chinese Aesthetics;
Auspicious Wishes and Natural Beauty in Korean Art; and Fish, Silk, Tea, Bamboo: Cultivating
an Image of China. More information is available at www.pem.org/exhibitions/current.
EVENTS
EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES & FILMS
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WHA, World History Association 21st Annual Conference, Jun 27–30, Albuquerque,
NM, has as its themes: “Frontiers and Borders in World History” and “Indigenous Peoples in
World History.” Visit www.thewha.org.
SAVE THE DATE FOR THIS UPCOMING CONFERENCES
NYCAS, New York Conference on Asian Studies, Sep 28–29, New Paltz, State University
of New York. Visit www.newpaltz.edu/asianstudies/nycas/index.html.
NEAAS, New England Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting 2012, hosted by
Amherst College and UMass/Amherst, Oct 20–21. For details, Email: Amanda C. Seaman:
NHCSS, New Hampshire Council for the Social Studies annual conference, Oct 25,
Radisson Hotel/Center of NH, Manchester, NH. Visit www.nhcss.org/nhcss/events.cfm.
NEATE, New England Association of Teachers of English Annual Conference,
Nov 2–3, Mansfield, MA. Visit http://neate.org.
CIEE, Council on International Education Exchange Annual Conference, Nov 14–17,
Shanghai, China. Visit www.ciee.org/conference/shanghai/index.aspx.
NCTE, National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Nov 15–18, Las
Vegas, NV. Visit www.ncte.org/annual.
NCSS, National Council for the Social Studies, Nov 16–18, Seattle, Washington. Visit
http://www.socialstudies.org/conference/program.
VASS, Vermont Alliance for the Social Studies, Dec 7, Sheraton-Burlington, Burlington,
VT. Visit http://vermontsocialstudies.org/annual-conference.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
NYCAS, New York Conference on Asian Studies has a deadline of May 15 for proposals
for its NYCAS 2012 Annual Conference taking place Sep 28–29, in New Paltz, State University
of New York. Visit www.newpaltz.edu/asianstudies/nycas/index.html.
NERC, Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, call for proposals deadline
is May 30. Visit www.masscouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2013-proposal-form3.pdf.
NEAAS, New England Association for Asian Studies, deadline date is Aug 1. Email
Amanda C. Seaman: [email protected].
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CONFERENCES & MEETINGS
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Brown University, Providence, RI, hosts lectures and workshops open to the public in its
Year of China: Emerging China’s Publishing Soft Power: Trends, Challenges, and Strategies
for Academia, May 3 (4–5 pm), Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute; Security Perspectives on
a Rising Asia: China and India, May 4 (2–5 pm), Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute; Jews
and China: Why We Should Pay Attention, May 4 (8:15–9:30 pm), multiple locations;
China...Page by Page: How to Cook and Eat Chinese, May 10 (5–6 pm), Faculty Club. Visit
http://events.brown.edu/cal/main/ showMainEnd.rdo.
Korea Society, NYC, is hosting several events: Hearts of Pine, Songs in the Lives of Three
Korean Survivors of the Japanese “Comfort Women,” May 3 (6:30 pm) in the Book Café; Cov-
ering North Korea, a lecture in their Policy Series, May 10 (8:30 am); a public lecture, New
Perspectives: Women and the Chosŏn Dynasty, May 22 (6:30 pm); a public lecture, Inside the
Gate: An American Nun’s Training Within Korean Buddhism, Jun 6 (6:30 pm); a Gallery Talk:
Collecting Art in North Korea, Jun 7 (6:30 pm); and Honor Thy Parents: Filial Piety in Cho-
sŏn Literature and Paintings, Jun 7 (9 am–3 pm) as part of a Korean Studies Conference open
to K-12 teachers in the greater New York area. Also at the Society in their Korean Film in Fo-
cus is a Director’s Talk with Filmmaker Christine Yoo: Wedding Palace, May 10 (6:30 pm).
For details about the May 22 and Jun 6 events, Email Cody Thiel: [email protected]
or call: (212)759-7525x365. For other event details, visit www.koreasociety.org.
Korean Language Classes, 2012 Summer Session is now accepting registration for classes
occurring May 21 through Aug 10. Visit www.koreasociety.org/korean_studies/language-
classes.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, offers exhibit-related lectures, and talk and tours: The
Technology and Imagery of Chinese Woodblock Prints in the Printed Image in China, 8th–21st
Century, May 5 and May 20 (talk and tour); and the Printed Image in China—A Br i t i s h
M u s eu m Collection and its History, May 11 (lecture). Free with museum admission. Visit
www.metmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/listings/2012/printed-image-in-china.
Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown,
CT, holds the following lectures and events: Japanese Garden Lecture and Viewing, a lecture
by Stephen Morrell, May 7 (4:30 pm) in the Mary Houghton Freeman Room; and Open Days
Garden Conservancy Tour, lecture by Stephen Morrell, May 20 (10 am) in the Tatami Room.
Visit www.wesleyan.edu/mansfield/lectures/index.html.
Penobscot School, Rockland, ME offers Beginning Mandarin Chinese classes beginning
May 7. Youth scholarships are available. Register online at www.penobscot.us or call(207)594-
1084.
Japan Society, NYC, offers a lecture, The Power of Miso, May 8 (6:30 pm) and a work-
shop, Deco Printmaking, May 9 (6 pm). Visit www.japansociety.org/calendar.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
Become a friend of Five College Center for East Asian Studies on Facebook!
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Japan-America Society of New Hampshire has scheduled a ceremony, 100 Years of
Cherry Trees in Portsmouth, NH, May 11. The government of Japan is presenting Portsmouth
with a gift of cherry trees grafted from the nation’s capital originals. Only the planting at Wen-
tworth by the Sea, Portsmouth, NH, can be viewed by the public. For details, visit http://
portsmouthpeacetreaty.org/japan_american.cfm.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, offers two gallery talks: Where Dragons
Roam: The Redesigned Japanese Gallery, May 30 (12:30 pm); and At Home, At Court, and on
Stage: Chinese Garments at the Yale University Art Gallery, Jun 20 (12:30 pm). Visit http://
www.artgallery.yale.edu.
Primary Source, Watertown, MA, offers online courses including: The Enduring Legacy
of Ancient China, Jun 13 through Aug 21, open to all K-12 educators; Changing China: His-
tory and Culture since 1644, Jun 13 through Aug 21, recommended especially for educators in
grades 6-12; and Japan in the World: Historical and Cultural Developments, Oct 31 through
Jan 9. Visit www.primarysource.org/summerinstitutes or Email Abby Detweiler:
[email protected] for more information or to register for a course.
U.S.-China Institute, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, is hosting STARTALK Chinese
Language and Culture Teacher Program, Jul 9–28 (9 am–3:30 pm), a three-week session for K
-12 teachers with two tracks: language for current and prospective language teachers; and cul-
ture for teachers of social studies, history, arts, literature, science and other subjects. Applica-
tion deadline is May 15. Contact Kongli Liu at (401)232-6566 or Email: [email protected].
PIER, Programs in International Educational Resources, Yale University, New Haven,
CT, offers Global Movements: Migration, Trafficking, and Tourism, a summer institute for
educators, Jul 9–13. Application deadline is May 31. For more information, contact Minjin
Hashbat at (203)432-3412 or Email: [email protected]. Applications can be completed
online at www.yale.edu/macmillan/pier/institutes.
Asian Studies Outreach Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, offers STAR-
TALK, a residential program for Chinese language teachers in New England interested in im-
proving their language teaching skills, Jul 24 through Aug 7. For more details and to apply,
visit www.uvm.edu/~startalk.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
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GLOBAL EXPLORATION FOR EDUCATORS ORGANIZATION
Summer professional development travel programs are offered by Global Exploration for
Educators Organization, open to K-12 teachers, university educators, school administrators, and
retired educators. Educators are also permitted to bring along a non-educator guest. Travel
programs include China and Vietnam. For information, visit www.geeo.org.
Japan Society, NYC, has scheduled a family program, Celebrating Japan’s Children’s
Day: Kodomo no hi, May 6. Visit www.japansociety.org/calendar.
Also offered for high school students is Japanese Language in Action: Theater Perform-
ance, Aug 6 through Aug 18. Visit www.japansociety.org/event/japanese-language-in-action-
theater-performance.
The East Asian Program at Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, MA, features its
Japanese House with tatami mats. Activities in include: May 6, Celebrate China! Listen to tra-
ditional music, see a performance with Boston Erhu Ensemble with Zhantao Lin (11 am–12
noon) in The Common, and make a paper fortune cookie; May 20, Celebrate Japan! Visit Kyo
-no-Machiya, the Japanese house, and make a samurai helmet to wear, hear a kamishibai story,
and try on Japanese geta (shoes) or a yukata (cotton kimono). Visit
www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/calendar/index.html or Email:
China Institute, NYC, offers a Children’s Summer Program with three sessions between
Jul 2 and Aug 10. Email: [email protected].
Asian Studies Outreach Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, is offering a
Chinese language summer program, StarTalk Vermont 2012 for high school students in states
of Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, Jul 27 through Aug 3. Applica-
tion deadline is May 18. Visit www.uvm.edu/~startalk.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TRAVEL & STUDY
FOR YOUR STUDENTS
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SPICE, Stanford Program on International and Cross Cultural Education, has produced a
unit, Legacies of the Vietnam War. Visit http://spice.stanford.edu.
China Institute, NYC, has a website for teachers featuring resources related to study tours
in 2010 and spring 2011, including lesson plans and maps–Teach China: Sustainability Issues
in China. Visit www.China360online.org/featured resources.
TEACHER RESOURCES
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please note that the purpose of this E-Newsletter is to provide information about East Asia. Inclusion of any listing
should not be construed as an endorsement of any service, group, or individual. Also, dates and times may be sub-
ject to change, and there may be a charge for some events. Please contact the appropriate organization for details.
