EAST ASIA FOR TEACHERS E-NEWSLETTER January/February/March/April 2013 Notes from the Center Welcome to the Year of the Snake! The beginning of the calendar year and the middle of the academic year is a good time for us to stop and reflect on where we are headed before we plunge into our spring programming. This newsletter is filled with information on opportunities for you to experience East Asia in museums, lectures, conferences, and online. Our weekly e-bulletin will remind you of some of these happenings as well as informing you of late-breaking events, recommended resources, and other news. You can also connect with us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest on our activities as well as links to important stories out of East Asia. We always appreciate your suggestions for programming and resources which will help you teach about East Asia, from elementary to graduate school. In response to your requests, look for upcoming webinars on Americans in East Asia, Japanese tea ceremony, and contem- porary China. Also watch for announcements about new Korea and China culture kits, a new Center website, and more. Finally, we hope to see you at a Center event soon! Anne Prescott, Director Five College Center for East Asian Studies Anne Prescott Director INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Melinda Buckwalter NCTA PROGRAMS pp. 2 3 Program Assistant – Arlene Kowal EVENTS pp. 4–7 E-Newsletter Consultant PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT pp. 8–10 Smith College 69 Paradise Road TEACHER RESOURCES p. 11 Northampton, MA 01063 (413)585-3751 TRAVEL & STUDY p. 12 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.smith.edu/fcceas ANNOUNCEMENTS p. 13 1 NCTA PROGRAMS The Five College Center for East Asian Studies, a national coordinating site for the Na- tional Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), invites grades K-12 educators interested in increasing their knowledge and improving their teaching about China, Japan, and Korea to en- roll in an NCTA seminar in New England or upstate New York. The consortium is a multiyear initiative to foster a permanent place for Asia in the pre-college curriculum. Seminars are de- signed to support teachers’ efforts to integrate East Asia into the classrooms. They offer 30 hours of instruction in the history, geography, cultures, arts, and literatures of East Asia. In addition to completing the required hours, participants submit implementation plans that demonstrate how seminar content and materials will be incorporated into their classrooms. Dur- ing the subsequent school year they attend a session at which they share the ways they have in- tegrated East Asia into the curriculum with their colleagues. Successful completion of these requirements makes seminar “graduates” eligible to apply for future Center-sponsored study tours to East Asia (pending funding). In addition, the Center provides enrichment activities for seminar alumni. Teachers who complete the seminar program receive a $300 stipend. This project is generously funded by a grant from the Freeman Foundation. Further information is available at www.smith.edu/fcceas and www.NCTAsia.org. 2013 Japan Study Tour The Five College Center for East Asian Studies will conduct a study tour to Japan, June 20 through July 2 (tentative dates: pending funding). Alumni of the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia program from any state are eligible to apply. The group will be led by Center Director Dr. Anne Prescott with John Frank, Social Studies Teacher, Center Grove High School, Greenwood, IN, as curriculum coordinator. The group will visit Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Kyoto. The goal of this study tour is to learn about peace education in Japan and to use that knowl- edge to develop teaching strategies for use in U.S. schools. Pre-departure online orientation and a post-study tour dissemination project are required. The study tour is funded by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (pending) and the Freeman Foundation. For application and details, visit www.smith.edu/ fcceas/news/2013 Japan study tour application.pdf. The logo preceding an entry signals the Center’s or NCTA’s (National Consortium for Teaching about Asia) direct involvement in the activity. 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 subject to change, and there may be a charge for some events. Please contact the appropriate organization for details. 2 NCTA PROGRAMS 2013 SEMINARS & WEBINARS Massachusetts Arlington: Timothy Hoey. Tel (781)475-5360. Email: [email protected]. Dates and lo- cation: Jan 5, 26, Feb 9, Mar 2, 6, 23, 2013 (8:30 am-3:30 pm); All sessions held at Arlington High School. Chicopee: Arlene Kowal. Tel (413)250-1424. Email: [email protected]. Dates and location: Jan 26, Feb 2, 9, Mar 9, 16, 2013 (8:30 am–3:30 pm); All sessions held at Elms College. New York Buffalo: Bruce Acker. Tel (518)631-9870. Email: [email protected]. Dates and location: Jan 17, 26, 31, Feb 9, 14, 28, Mar 9, 14, 23, 2013 (Thurs sessions: 4-7 pm, Sat sessions: 9 am-12 noon); All sessions held at Western New York Teacher Center at Erie BOCES, West Seneca. Rhode Island Middletown: Christopher Walsh. Tel (401)423-0902. Email: [email protected]. Dates and locations: Jan 15, 22, 29, Feb 5, 12, 26, Mar 5, Apr 2, 9, 30, 2013 (4-7 pm). All sessions held at St. George’s School. WEBINARS DISTANT VOICES: 19th Century American Diplomats, Missionaries, and Adventurers in East Asia with John Frank, 2011 Elgin Heinz Award Winner, Feb 21 (7-8 pm EST) Reserve your webinar seat at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/513856998. Japanese Tea Ceremony with Yuko Eguchi, Apr 16 (7-8 pm EDT). Reserve your webinar seat at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/439955462. Remember that you can view these past webinars: All About Korea; Elementary School Life in Japan; Footbinding in China; Japanese Aesthetics: From Ma to Kata and Beyond; Korean Re- unification: Party of Six? Your Table is Ready; Life in Shikoku: Noodles, Pilgrimage, and More; O-Shogatsu: Japanese New Year's Traditions Explained; Okinawa; Other Voices in Japan: South Asia; Sakura in Japanese Culture; Teaching about March 11 and Japan’s Recovery; There's a Shrine in My Temple! Combinatism in Japanese Religion; Through Children's Eyes: Hiroshima Visit http://www.smith.edu/fcceas. Also available, please email the Center for the link: Culture Day in Japan: Living National Treasures & Tangible Cultural Properties, Korean Salmunori, October 10 in Taiwan and Japan. Questions? [email protected] or Tel (413)585-3751. 3 EVENTS EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES & FILMS 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 beginning Jan 7. Their calendar of events includes the exhibitions Pine Wind, Jan 19 through Feb 14 with an opening reception Jan 19 (7 pm); Drawing Show, Feb 16 through Mar 14 with an opening reception Feb 18 (7 pm); Dot Show, Mar 16 through Apr 4; and Endless Journey, Apr 6–25. Visit www.kajiasostudio.com/webroot/home.cfm. JAPAN SOCIETY, NYC The 15th Contemporary Dance Showcase Japan + East Asia is scheduled for Jan 11–12 followed by a MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception on Jan 11. Visit www.japansociety.org. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NYC Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art displays until Jan 13 and Buddhism Along the Silk Road until Feb 10. Opening Feb 2 is Birds in the Art of Japan. Visit www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions. KOREAN CULTURAL SERVICE, NYC Currently exhibiting through Jan 18 is Unbreakable. “Korean Movie Night” at Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street, NYC) includes: The King of Pigs, Jan 15; Padak, Jan 29; The House, Feb 12, and The Window, Feb 26. For details visit www.koreanculture.org? mid=FilmsE_KMN. ASIA SOCIETY, NYC Currently on exhibit is Bound Unbound: Lin Tianmiao through Jan 27. Patronage and Power: Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection runs Feb 26 through Aug 4 and The Artful Recluse: Painting, Poetry, and Politics in 17th Century China opens Mar 6 and continues through Jun 2. Visit www.asiasociety.org/arts/asia-society-museum. Performances include: Dis/Oriented: Antonioni in China, Jan 13; The Knights and Wu Man, Feb 7 (8pm); and Yuhemina Puppet Company, Feb 15. Visit www.asiasociety.org/calendar- home. KOREA SOCIETY, NYC The exhibition Traces of Life: Seen Through Korean Eyes, 1945–1992 is in the gallery through Jan 31. Visit www.koreasociety.org/arts/gallery. In their film series, Sleepless Night screens Jan 13 (5 pm), and a performance, Sonnet of an Innocent Flower: Music and Dances of the Choson Kisaeng, is scheduled Jan 17 (6:30 pm). Visit www.koreasociety.org. ART COMPLEX MUSEUM, DUXBURY, MA To begin the museum’s 2013 exhibition schedule, a teabowl by Raku Sonyu will be high- lighted with representative Chinese objects. Visit www.artcomplex.org/exhibitions.html. 4 EVENTS EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES & FILMS WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, WORCESTER, MA On exhibit are Spotlight on Maki Haku through Jan and Looking at the Stars through May. Opening in late Jan will be Silent Gardens. Visit www.worcesterart.org/Exhibitions. PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, SALEM, MA Ongoing exhibitions are Fish, Silk, Tea, Bamboo: Cultivating an Image of China through Sep 15 and FreePort (No. 005): Michael Lin through Oct 27. More information is available at www.pem.org/exhibitions/current. SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, NORTHAMPTON, MA Collecting Art of Asia displays Feb 1 through May 26. The exhibition will include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and South and Southeast Asian art.