Five College Center for East Asian Studies

The Five College Center for East Asian Studies is one of many programs administered by Five Colleges, Incorporated. The member institutions of the consortium are: Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. East Asian studies at the five institutions involve a wide range of departments/program structures: three nations--China, Japan, Korea; many disciplines--languages and other humanities and social sciences and geography; and professional schools. The Center's programs are currently funded by grants from The Freeman Foundation and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership. Gifts from Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. help to support our Japan-related projects, and Kasumi Kaikan Foundation of Japan has contributed books, videos, maps, slide sets, and calligraphy kits.

Resource Center Library
The Center maintains a Resource Center Library of curricular materials on China, Japan, and Korea. A catalogue describing the Center's resources is available upon request. Curriculum units, videos, books, recordings, slides, kits, posters, etc. are mailed to precollege and college teachers throughout New England on a free-loan basis.

• Resource Request Form
• Request to be added to mailing list

Newsletter
The Center publishes East Asia in New England, which provides information about East Asia-related events, workshops, conferences, and exhibitions, and reviews of instructional material, videos, and books.

• Fall 2005 Newsletter
• Spring and Summer 2006 Newsletter
• Winter 2005-2006 Newsletter

Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, and Institutes
The Center conducts institutes, seminars, and workshops for teachers throughout New England. Audiences include elementary school teachers, faculty of 2-year colleges, museum educators, and media specialists.

National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA)
NCTA Seminars through the Five College Center for East Asian Studies

For further information, contact Kathleen Woods Masalski, at the Five College Center for East Asian Studies, Florence Gilman Pavilion, Smith College, 69 Paradise Road, Northampton, MA 01063; Tel: (413)585-3751; Fax: (413)585-3748; E-mail: kmasalsk@smith.edu

Questions or comments on this website should be directed to: kmasalsk@smith.edu
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