EAST ASIA FOR TEACHERS
Newsletter of the Five College Center
for East Asian Studies
Winter
2008
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CALENDAR Ongoing
Exhibits * December * January Home Page * General/East Asia |
Listings are described in more detail within
the newsletter body.
*An asterisk preceding an entry signals the Center’s or NCTA’s (National Consortium for Teaching about Asia) involvement in the activity.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Thru Sun, Jan 4: Children of Hangzhou: Connecting with China (Boston Children’s Museum, MA)
Thru Sun, Jan 4: Zen Mind/Zen Brush: Japanese Ink Paintings (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA)
Thru Sun, Jan 4: Art of Wang Hui (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC)
Thru Sun, Jan 11: Movement (Smith College, Northampton, MA)
Thru Sun, Jan 11: New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters (Japan Society, NYC)
Thru Sun, Jan 11: Art and China’s Revolution (Asia Society, NYC)
Thru Mon, Feb 16: Stage Idols, Japanese Kabuki Theater (Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
Thru Sun, Mar 1: Kunisada’s 12 Months (Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Thru Mon, Mar 2: Western Artists in China (MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA)
Thru Fri, Mar 6: Chinese American Women in New England (Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA)
Thru Sun, Mar 22: Early Buddhist Manuscript Painting (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC)
Thru Sun, Apr 26: Liu Zheng: The Chinese (Williams College, Williamstown, MA)
Thru Sun, May 31: Visions of Kyoto (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA)
Thru Sun, Jun 7: Alive in Colorful Display (Worcester Art Museum, MA)
Thru Sun, Jun 28: Exploring Chinese Aesthetics (Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
Thru Fall 2009: Tibetan Arms and Armor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
DECEMBER
Sat 13: Performance, Taiko Drumming (Odaiko New England, Woburn, MA)
Mon 15: Application deadline, Institute on China and Its Cultures (University of Vermont, Burlington)
Mon 15: Lecture, Stabilizing the U.S.-Japan-China Triangle (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)
Sun 21: Event, Winter Season in Korea (Boston Children’s Museum, MA)
Wed 31: Event, Japanese Animation at First Night Boston (Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA)
JANUARY
Thu 1: Event, Shogatsu: Japan’s New Year (River Garden, Brattleboro, VT)
Mon 5: Online application available after this date, Korea and Japan Study Tour Program (FCCEAS/NCTA, Northampton, MA)
Fri 9 & Sat 10: Performance, Contemporary Dance Showcase Japan + East Asia (Japan Society, NYC)
*Sat 10 (1st session): NCTA Seminar, East Asia (FCCEAS/Union Graduate College, Schenectady, NY)
Sat 10: Performance, Chu-Fang Huang and Daxun Zhang (Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts, Boston, MA)
Sat 10: Event, Japanese New Year Celebration (Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
Sat 10: Workshop, Buddhist Art (Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, MA)
Sat 10: Event, Japanese Storytelling (Boston Children’s Museum, MA)
Sun 11: Event, New Year Reception (Japan Society of Fairfield County, CT)
Sun 11: Performance, New Sounds of Korean Traditional Music (Asia Society, NYC)
Mon 12: Application deadline, Spring Fellowship in Korean Studies (Korea Society, NYC)
Tue 13: Lecture, Tibet Today (Primary Source, Watertown, MA)
*Thu 15 (1st session): NCTA Seminar, East Asia (FCCEAS/Buffalo Teacher Resource Center, NY)
*Thu 15 (1st session): NCTA Seminar, Teaching about China, Japan, and Korea (FCCEAS/St. Georges School, Middletown, RI)
*Sat 17 − Mon 19: Conference, Int’l. Studies Schools Assoc. (Westin Tampa Harbour Island Hotel, FL)
Sun 18: Event, Oshogatsu (Boston Children’s Museum, MA)
Tue, Jan 20 − Sun, Apr 26: Exhibition, Tea Culture of Japan (Yale University, New Haven, CT)
Thu, Jan 22 − Sun, Mar 8: Exhibition, Ink Tales: Chinese Paintings (Colby College, Waterville, ME)
*Sat 24 (1st session): NCTA Seminar, Teaching East Asia (FCCEAS/Nessacus Reg. Middle School, Dalton, MA)
*Sat 24 (1st session): NCTA Seminar, East Asia (FCCEAS/Essex Community Educational Center, Essex Junction, VT)
Sat 24: Event, Lunar New Year of China, Korea, and Vietnam (Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, VT)
Mon 26: Chinese New Year (Year of the Ox)
Wed 28/Thu 29: Lecture/Exhibition tour, Wabi: Savoring the Past and Reinventing the Future (Yale University, New Haven, CT)
Fri 30 − Sat 31: Event, Lunar New Year (Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA), p. 12.
FEBRUARY
Sun 1: Application deadline, 2009 GEM Grants (Global Education Massachusetts/Primary Source)
§*Mon 2: Application deadline, Korea and Japan Study Tour Program (FCCEAS/NCTA, Northampton, MA)
Mon 2: Application deadline, Elgin Heinz Teacher Award (United States-Japan Foundation, NYC)
Mon 2: Lecture, Chinese Contemporary Art (Primary Source, Watertown, MA)
Tue, Feb 3 − Sun, May 10: Exhibition, Ink Tales: Chinese Paintings (Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME)
Fri, Feb 6 − Sun, May 31: Exhibition, Chinese Contemporary Art (Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA)
*Sat 7 (1st session): NCTA Seminar, East Asia (FCCEAS/Suffield Academy, CT)
Sat 7: Event, Celebrate the Lunar New Year (Asia Society, NYC)
Sun 8: Event, Chun Jie: Chinese New Year Celebration (Boston Children’s Museum, MA)
Mon 9: Registration deadline, ASIANetwork Conference (Hickory Ridge Conference Center, Lisle, IL)
Tue 10: Lecture, A Constant Thread in Japanese Art and Aesthetics (Yale University, New Haven, CT)
Wed, Feb 11 − Mon, Nov 9: Exhibition, Showa Sophistication: Japan in the 1930s (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA)
Thu, Feb 12 − Sun, Jun 7: Exhibition, Noble Tombs at Mawangdui (China Institute, NYC)
Sat 14: Event, Japanese Storytelling (Boston Children’s Museum, MA)
Sun 15: Application deadline, Teaching Teachers in China (Sino-American Bridge for Education and Health, Duxbury, MA)
Sun 15: Application deadline, Faculty Development Seminars (Council on Int’l. Educational Exchange)
Tue 17: Registration deadline, Chinese Contemporary Art Workshop (Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA)
Tue 17: Lecture, New Media Art (Yale University, New Haven, CT)
Fri 20: Lecture, A Study of Individual Investors in China (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
Fri 20 − Sun 22: Conference, Camden Conference (Camden Opera House, ME)
Sat 21: Application deadline, Japan-America Student Conference (International Student Conferences)
Sat, Feb 21 − Sun, May 17: Exhibition, Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art (Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
Tue 24: Workshop, Chinese Contemporary Art (Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA)
Tue 24: Lecture, Tea as Popular Culture (Yale University, New Haven, CT)
§*Wed 25: Lecture/Gallery Tour, Chinese Contemporary Art (FCCEAS/Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA)
Wed 25 − Fri 27: Conference, National Association of Independent Schools (McCormick Convention Center, Chicago, IL)
Fri 27: Workshop/performance, Awaji Puppet Theatre Company (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Sat 28: Lecture, Allen Say (Sandwich Reads Together, MA)
Sat 28: Application deadline, Educator Fellowship to Japan (Keizai Koho Center)
Sat 28: Performance, Awaji Puppet Theatre (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Sat 28: Workshop, Teaching World Literature (Framingham State College, MA)
MARCH
Sun 1: Submission deadline, New Year Postcard Art Contest (Japanese Cultural Center, Spokane, WA)
Mon 2: Application deadline, From Chang’an to Xi’an (China Institute, NYC)
Mon 2: Application deadline, Production and Consumption in World History (Center for World History, Santa Cruz, CA)
Mon 2: Application deadline, U.S. China Teacher Exchange (National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, NYC)
Tue 3: Doll’s Festival (Hina matsuri)
Thu 5: Seminar, Exploring Kyoto (Boston Children’s Museum, MA)
Thu 5 − Sat 7: Performance, Awaji Puppet Theater Company (Japan Society, NYC)
Fri 6: Application deadline, Teaching East Asian Literature Workshop (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Fri 6: Application deadline, Korea-America Student Conference (International Student Conferences)
Sun 8: Event, Hina matsuri: Doll Festival of Japan (C.X. Silver Gallery, W Brattleboro, VT)
Mon 9: Performances, National Acrobats of China (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Tue 10: Event, Classical Chinese Poetry (Smith College, Northampton, MA)
Wed 11: Workshop, Visions of Kyoto (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA)
*Thu 12 − Sat 14: Conference, National Council for History Education (Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, MA)
Fri 13 − Sun 15: Conference, ASIANetwork (Hickory Ridge Conference Center, Lisle, IL)
Sat 14: Event, Community Cultural Celebration (Lake Region High School, Naples, ME)
Sat 14: Event, Japanese Storytelling (Boston Children’s Museum, MA)
§*Mon 16 − Thu 19: Conference, Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies (Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, MA)
Tue, Mar 17 − Sun, Jun 21: Exhibition, Art of the Korean Renaissance (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC)
§*Fri 20: Registration deadline, Bus trip to NYC Museums (FCCEAS, Northampton, MA)
Sat 21: Performance, Meng-Chieh Liu (Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts, Boston, MA)
Thu 26: Conference, CTA Day (Chicago, IL)
Thu 26 − Sun 29: Conference, Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting (Sheraton, Chicago, IL)
Fri 27 − Sun 29: Conference, The Rebirth and Transformation of Buddhism in Mongolia (Smith College, Northampton, MA)
APRIL
*Wed 1 − Sat 4: Conference, New York State Council for the Social Studies (Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs, NY)
§*Sat 4: Event, Bus trip to NYC (FCCEAS, Northampton, MA)
Sun 5 − Tue 7: Conference, New England League of Middle Schools (Providence, RI)
Mon 6: Application deadline, Association of Teachers of Japanese Bridge Project (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Reading Our Newsletter
East Asia for Teachers is designed to help teachers and students learn more about China, Korea, and Japan. It includes descriptions of East Asia-related events, opportunities for travel in and study of East Asia, and resources on East Asia.
The newsletter offers a calendar that covers all
dated events listed in the body of the newsletter. By scanning the calendar,
a reader can focus on types of events or geographic locations.
Please note that the purpose
of this 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.
Readers who want more information about the
Center or have comments on our newsletter can contact
us at: Tel 413-585-3751; Fax 413-585-3748; Email fcceas@email.smith.edu
; web www.smith.edu/fcceas .
We look forward to hearing from you.
FIVE COLLEGE CENTER FOR EAST ASIAN STUDIES
Director: Kathleen Woods Masalski
Assistant Director: Maureen Stephens
Administrative Assistant and Newsletter Editor: Anita Finnell
Administrative Assistant: Sandra Di Carlo
This newsletter is supported by:
United States-Japan Foundation
American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation
Konica Minolta Colorful Tomorrow Foundation
The Freeman Foundation
Five Colleges, Incorporated