Seminars
East Asia Since 1800 (Fall 2024)
Join our 10-week online seminar to explore East Asia’s history and cultures from the Neolithic era to 1800. The course covers demographic shifts, economic and technological changes, cultural exchanges, and the impact of wars and revolutions. It also examines the modern dynamics of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, along with their influence on global trends and evolving ties with the United States.
Japanese Religions (October 8- November 12, 2024)
Join the new 5-week online seminar on Japanese Religions! Designed specifically for educators, this course runs from October to November 2024 and offers a deep dive into the historical, cultural, and socio-political significance of Buddhism and Shintō in East Asia. Equip yourself with insights to effectively integrate diverse perspectives into your curriculum and instructional practices. Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of East Asian religions!
East Asia: Origins To 1800 (Mondays, February 26 - May 20, 2024)
This seminar for educators covers the history and cultures of East Asia from the neolithic past to 1800. The course includes an overview of the region’s geography and demography, early ideologies as well as links between China, Korea and Japan. Participants will examine social hierarchies and expectations through literature and art, and explore the technological breakthroughs, economic rise and political systems of the region. Those teaching history, social studies, art and literature will find the course particularly relevant. Priority given to teachers in California.
East Asia since 1800 (Fall 2023)
This seminar is intended for all k-12 educators eager to bring more of East Asian history and culture to their students. It also explores what makes the region so dynamic and important today. This accredited seminar is complimentary for qualified teachers. This seminar is completely online. It includes recorded lectures, assigned readings and live discussion sessions via Zoom. You can view seminar requirements here.
China's Cultural Revolution with guest speaker Professor Andrew G. Walder (April 14th, 2023)
The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), Stanford Global Studies (SGS), and the USC U.S.-China Institute are excited to offer a professional development workshop for community college and high school educators who wish to internationalize their curriculum.
Objects And Ritual In Japanese History (April 11 - May 9, 2023)
This course will use objects from art, industry, technology, and war to consider the richness of the Japanese past. From court ceremonies to samurai rituals on the battlefield, from daily gift exchanges to Buddhist mortuary markers, Japanese communities have expressed their dreams, fears, power, and imagination using material culture and rituals focusing on objects. Join us to explore Japan’s history through the study of things.
Two Koreas (Tuesdays, March 7 - April 4, 2023)
This five-week intensive online course will help participants better understand North Korea and South Korea as two countries with a common past, divided only since 1945, and still stuck in the Cold War years after the fall of the Soviet bloc.
China and the World (Tuesdays, Jan. 31 - Feb. 28, 2023)
China’s rise has already reshaped our world and its influence continues to grow. Many welcome this. Some worry about it. K-12 educators are encouraged to learn more about China and its global reach in this five week online course. It is aimed at equipping teachers to bring more about these vital developments into their own classrooms.
East Asia: Origins To 1800 (Mondays, February 6 - May 1, 2023)
This seminar for California K-12 educators covers the history and cultures of East Asia from the neolithic past to 1800. The course includes an overview of the region’s geography and demography, early ideologies as well as links between China, Korea and Japan.