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This is the site for online courses co-sponsored by Asia for Educators and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia collaborating to offer them to you.

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The Silk Road: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching about East Asia 
 The Silk Road: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching about Asia -- Spring 2013This course allows guest users to enter
EAST ASIA in WORLD HISTORY Series: Summer 2013-Spring 2014 (participate in one or all) 
 EAST ASIA in WORLD HISTORY (EAWH) Series: OVERVIEW of SERIES and and COMPLETE SCHEDULE of Sessions and Dates
 EAWH I: 3000 BCE-300 CE, Foundations (June 2013)
 EAWH II: c. 300 CE-1300, Golden Age and Samurai (August 2013)
 EAWH III: 1400-1750: Dynasties and Shoguns (Sept-Nov 2013)
 EAWH IV: 1750-1919, East Asia and the West (December 2013--February 2014)
 EAWH V: 20th-21st Centuries, Modern East Asia (March-May 2014)
Archived Simulcast Presentations and Study Modules 
 Earning Professional Development Hours and Study Tour EligibilitySummary

Contemporary Issues 
 U.S.-China Relations Today/China Town Hall 2012 with Ambassador Gary Locke
  Korea Past and Present Summary
 Japan and the U.S.: The Military Relationship
 Education in Japan and East Asia
 Crisis and Response: The Tohoku Disaster and What it Means for Japan's Future
 Japanese Politics: Another Year, Another Government -- Making Sense of Japan's Political Confusion 2012

Contemporary Society and Culture 
 Japanese Women: Reproducing Desire
 Japanese Food, Traditions and Tastes

Economics 
 Four "Little Dragons": Economic Accomplishments and Societal Challenges in Korea/ROC, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore
 What Happened to Japan's Economy? Lessons for the U.S.?
 The Economic Success of East Asia: Developmental Models and Mega-Conglomerates in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan Summary

History -- American and World 
 Modern Japan: Forging a National Identity
 Rethinking the Image of China and Japan in Global History, 1600-1900
 The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 and the Portsmouth Treaty in World History
 The Mongols in World History
 East Asia and America: Past and Present Summary

Belief Systems and Religions 
 Comparative Confucianism in East Asia .
 Confucianism
 Daoism
 The Yijing
 Fengshui
 Buddhism in China and Korea
 Buddhism in Japan
 Shamans
 Shinto
 Christianity
 Islam

Literature 
 Contemporary Japanese Writers on the World Stage: Murakami, Oe, and Others
 Ba Jin's "Family": A Literary Window into Modern Chinese History
 The Tale of Genji in Art and Literature
 The Essentials of Traditional Chinese Poetry: Style, Politics, and Gender in the Writings of Li Po (701-762), Su Shih (1037-1101), and Li Ch'ing-chao (1084-ca.1155) Summary

Theater 
 Dramatic Form in East Asia: Kabuki, Noh, Chinese Opera

Art 
 How to Read Chinese Painting
 Keys to Understanding the Arts of Japan
 Japan's Aesthetic Principles
 Japanese and Chinese Garden Design
 Visual Strategies in Japanese Popular Culture: Manga and More

Music 
EAST ASIA in WORLD HISTORY Series Archive 
 Geography of East Asia

SITE CO-SPONSORS:

Asia for Educators (AFE)
<http://afe.easia.columbia.edu>

and the

National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)
<http://www.nctasia.org/>
sites in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
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