Summer 2015 Institutes on China and Korea

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The Program for Teaching East Asia and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) National Coordinating Site at the University of Colorado, announces 2015 summer institutes on China and Korea.

Applications are available for NCTA 2015 residential summer institutes for teachers on the University of Colorado Campus. Participants will receive travel allowance, room and board, materials, and stipend:

Korea’s Journey into the 21st Century: Historical Contexts, Contemporary Issues. July 13-17, 2015. Application deadline: March 13, 2015. In this four-day residential summer institute, secondary teachers will consider modern and contemporary South Korea’s distinct history, geography, intra-peninsular and international relations, and transnational cultural transmissions (e.g., K-pop, film, and design). Participants will work with specialists to learn about the Korean peninsula beyond the media coverage, drawing on Korean narratives and texts to enrich their teaching about contemporary South Korea in the classroom. Click here to view more information.

Citizens, Society & the State: Adaptation and Transformation in Contemporary China. July 27-31, 2015. Application deadline: March 18, 2015. This four-day residential program will examine the rapidly changing social and political dynamics of contemporary China, with special attention to the emerging roles of citizens, including ways in which individuals and groups respond to and enable social and political change through protests, political participation, and self-organization. See complete details and application. Click here to view more information.