More than Tribute: Foreign Relations in Early Modern East Asia

More than Tribute: Foreign Relations in Early Modern East Asia

by | Dec 18, 2024 | Asia, East Asia, For Students, For Teachers, Grade Level, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Lesson Plans, Resources, Social Studies, Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands, Subject

This set of lessons examines interactions between China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam in the period from ~1350 – 1750 CE. Textbooks often portray these relationships as static, and fully China-centered. By contrast, these primary-document-based lesson helps...

Evolving China-US Relations: Perspectives from Arizona

by | Sep 20, 2023

Join communities across the United States in a national conversation on China. For 17 years, CHINA Town Hall (CTH) has provided local communities across America with a more nuanced understanding of the U.S.-China relationship and its importance to the health of our...
[Speaker] An Anatomy of Lenses by Dr. Tina Lu

[Speaker] An Anatomy of Lenses by Dr. Tina Lu

by | Apr 10, 2023

Dr. Tina Lu of Yale University delves into the history of Jingshi (translated as An Anatomy of Lenses), a book produced circa 1681 and discovered in the Shanghai Library archives in 2007. Dr. Lu will discuss what this book tells us and doesn’t tell us about the...
[Speaker] Teaching Buddhism through Calligraphy

[Speaker] Teaching Buddhism through Calligraphy

by | Apr 10, 2023

Pu Yin Lecture Series talk by Prof. Chia-lin Pao Tao Please join us on Thursday, April 13 at 4 pm (Arizona Time) in the Copper Room at the Student Union for the next lecture of the Pu Yin Lecture Series! A reception will follow. This is a hybrid (in-person/online)...
[Film Screening] Shanghai Queer

[Film Screening] Shanghai Queer

by | Apr 10, 2023

Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) will host an on-campus workshop and film screening with Ms. Chen Xiangqi. Ms. Chen is a feminist activist and the founder of Shanghai Nv’Ai (https://www.chinalgbt.org/shanghai), the only lesbian nonprofit organization in Shanghai,...