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 courses and summer institutes on China, Japan and Korea.

Registration is open for two online NCTA seminars beginning in January 2015:

• China under Mao: Modernization, Mobilization, and Mass Campaigns. January 26 – April 27, 2015. Open to secondary classroom teachers who teach about modern China, this four-module online seminar examines the social, cultural, political, and economic changes in China under the leadership of Mao Zedong by looking at two of his most far-reaching and impactful mass campaigns: the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. The seminar will provide essential background, contemporary scholarship, and primary sources to better understand and more effectively teach the causes and effects of these campaigns. Click here to view more information. 

• Japan in the World: Cultural Encounters, 16th – 19th Centuries. January 29 – April 2, 2015. Open to teachers of world history nationwide, this 20-hour, four-module online course will explore Japan’s often-overlooked international relations with Asia and its encounters with the West before, during, and after the Tokugawa era (1600-1868). Participants will investigate teacher-developed lessons and primary sources to use in their middle and high school world history classrooms. Offered by NCTA and J-OPP at the University of Colorado and a grant from the United States-Japan Foundation. Applications will be accepted on a rolling admissions basis. Click here to view more information. 

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.