Our National Consortium for Teaching about Asia colleagues at the Five College Center for East Asian Studies continue to offer terrific webinars and other opportunities.

FCCEAS NCTA Webinars

Wed.,Mar. 7, 2018, 7-8pm EST, What do They Teach? Textbooks in East Asia and the U.S., Nayun Eom. Register here. 

Wed., Mar. 14, 2018, 7-8pm EDT, The Story of Nagasaki Hibakusha (A-Bomb Survivor) Mr. Katsura Shigeyuki, as told by Yoko Fujimoto. Register here. 

Wed., Apr. 25, 2018, 7-8pm EDT, Shaping the Future Emperor through English Language Lessons: Elizabeth Vining and Crown Prince Akihito, with Cynthia Daugherty, Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan. Register here. 

Wed., May 2, 2018, 7-8pm EDT, Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming, with Sigrid Schmalzer, UMass Amherst, author. Register here.

Spring Workshop

Register now for Along the Silk Road, April 7, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. By popular demand, we've opened a few more spaces for this workshop. Join us as we learn more about life, trade and the arts along the Silk Road! Presenters will include Rylan Sekiguchi, award-winning curriculum designer for SPICE, and Dr. Priscilla Tse, an expert on the music of China. Registration link.

FCCEAS Book Group

April 18-May 2, 2018, NCTA national online book group for K-6 teachers on Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming by Sigrid Schmalzer. This picture book is suitable for both lower and upper elementary school students. Cosponsored by the University of Massachusetts Amherst History Department's 2017-2018 K12 History Institute.

Registration and more information here.