Center for East Asian Studies Archived Webinars

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CEAS Archived Webinars 2025

Presenters: Professor Sarah Strong and Director Hiroshi Sugawara

Presenter: Hope Lim

Presenter: Holly Thompson

Presenter: Sharon Domier

Presenter: Shan Woo Liu

Presenter: Dr. Viktor Shmagin

CEAS Archived Webinars 2024

Presenter: Yoko Segerstrom

NOTE: This webinar is about 90 minutes long.

Presenter: Sonoko Sakai

Presenter: Co-Author/Illustrator Kōdo Kimura

Presenter: Prof. Kun-Hui Ku

Presenter: Prof. James Lin

Presenter: Prof. Robin Kietlinski

Presenters: Author Julie Checkoway and Prof. Kelli Nakamura

Presenter: Professor Robert Murowchick

Presenter: Thomas Lockley

Presenter: Professor Li-Hsin Chen

Presenter: Professor Richard Wu

Note: This webinar is longer than our usual programs. The recording is about 1 hour 50 minutes long.

Presenter: Lev Nachman

Presenter: Lin King

Presenter: Crystal Z. Lee

Presenter: Narisa Togo

Presenters: Evan Dawley, Catherine Fratto

CEAS Archived Webinars 2023

Presenter: Stephan Lee

Presenter: Lauren McKee

Presenter: Author Joan He

Presenter: Author June Hur

Presenter: Dr. Priscilla Tse

Presenter: Dr. James Lin

Presenter: Author Zhuqing Li

Presenter: Margaret Yun-Pu Tu

Presenter: Dr. James Lin

Presenter: Dr. Akira Shimizu

Presenter: Shawna Yang Ryan

Presenter: Dr. Sara Newland

Presenter: Author Wai Chim

Presenter: Author Eleanor McCallie Cooper

CEAS Archived Webinars 2022

A conversation with Jacques and Yoshimi Fuqua.

View the recording: https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/3623030878640242435

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3541420727156744195

Presenter: Robert Hellyer

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/4232148221804836879

Presenter: Waka Brown

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/4910871251289144578

Presenters:

Sachiko Kashiwaba, author, and Avery Udagawa, translator

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1639370059115600898

Presenters: Zheng Bo and Yao Wu

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7391435452578924559

Presenter: Dr. Sara Newland.

CEAS Archived Webinars 2021

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/2997756199935214593

Join Grace Ni, a high school English teacher from Taiwan currently living in Boston, as she discusses teaching English in Taiwan and the Taiwanese educational system.

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3052818642277202959

Presenter: Dr. Laura Nenzi

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/813509280550779138

Presenter: Kaitlyn Ugoretz

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7403083676285402120

Presenter: Dr. Tanya Roth

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7997975541807102220

Presenters: Hugosum representatives.

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3230486526544835597
Presenter: Kaitlyn Ugoretz

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/8938777060332730380
2020 Freeman Book Award Honorable Mention Young Adult/High School
Presenter: June Hur, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/4360592061647812108
Presenter: Tim J. Myers, author
In collaboration with the University of Colorado Program for Teaching East Asia

Resources for Bashō and the River Stones April 6, 2021.pdf

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/6669708316512909583
Presenter: Dr. Robin Kietlinski

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5530793490068736008

Presenter: Dr. Ethan Segal

Co-sponsored by the UMass Fine Arts Center Asian Arts and Culture program.
Recording link (recording hosted by UMass Fine Arts Center)
Presenter: Alex Kerr, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7931228583821968899
Presenter: Dr. Andreas Marks, author of Japan Journey, Asia curator at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1750182131124373260

Presenter: Amy Stanley, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7978515279977482241

Presenter: Yao Wu, Jane Chace Carroll Curator of Asian Art, Smith College Museum of Art
*Please note that there is an extended time at the beginning where the presenter shows a black screen.

CEAS Archived Webinars 2020

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7377240747842833935
Presenter: Dr. Aurelia Campbell

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1012476897392854797
Presenter: Jeff Gottesfeld, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7741209882829561352
Presenter: Suzanne Kamata, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/9065044972393923343
Presenter: Pamela Rotner Sakamoto, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/2939789938735057420
Presenters: Andrew Gordon, Harvard University; Katherine Matsuura, Harvard University; Anthony Zanin, Hutto, TX High School; Thomas Mueller, California University of Pennsylvania

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/4071695378066475279
Presenter: Sarah Campbell

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5354235009471543307
Presenter: Susan Southard, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7273553501900896523

Presenter: Dr. Keisha Brown

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7832455051956306447
Presenter: Dr. Nicole Barnes

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3278244904335777296
Presenters: Andrew Kung and Emanuel Hahn

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1034928922326212620
Presenter: Dr. Gary Mukai, Stanford University

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1328370983527228172
Presenter: Karina H. Corrigan, H. A. Crosby Forbes Curator of Asian Export Art, Peabody Essex Museum

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5194976245904966156
Presenter: Dr. Wing-kai To, Bridgewater State University

Part of the Global Read Webinar Series.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3299700773449465091
Presenter: Michelle Kadarusman, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5757465502853856014
Presenter: Jeffrey Richey, Berea College

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3483022346418650120
Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Lipman, Mount Holyoke College emeritus professor

https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/1432220954695302407
Presenter: Jeffrey Richey, Berea College

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/4595591773976459024
Presenters: David Bell and Yurika Kurakata
The Washington Post article referenced by Yurika on a Singapore quarantine experience.

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7736710676890473231
Presenter: Jeffrey Richey, Berea College
The Cultural Revolution era poster featured in this webinar is available at chineseposters.net.

https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/118120940574537997
Presenter: Ethan Segal, Michigan State University

2019 Freeman Book Award Honorable Mention
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1112629207588273164
Presenter: Andrea Wang, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1222800272403888651
Presenter: Jeffrey Richey, Berea College

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/4373062713881754374
Presenter: James Lin, University of Washington

https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/6536403518268803080
Presenter: Catherine Chou, Grinnell College

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5289980644192689667
Presenter: Sara Newland, Smith College

https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/3895843880306051073
Presenter: Mindy Landeck, Austin College

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5341404801428290817
Presenter: Bea Hesselbart, Smith College student.

CEAS Archived Webinars 2019

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7917711176098218754

Presenter: Susan Southard, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/668920186675053569

Presenter: Ethan Segal, Michigan State University These resources were recommended by Dr. Segal in the webinar: Council on Foreign Relations, "Constitutional Change in Japan" https://www.cfr.org/interactive/japan-constitution/ NCTA Class Apps, "The Japanese Constitution at 70: Part 1" and "The Japanese Constitution at 70: Part 2" http://nctasia.org/resources/class-apps/

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3858272462319366402

Presenter: Marc Tyler Nobleman, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6831318916595799554

Presenter: David Jacobson

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7258607824323723265

Presenter: Alan Gratz, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7147882607747609603

Presenters: Shogo Oketani, author, and Avery Fischer Udagawa, translator

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6175470123094257155

Presenter: James Lin

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7921002009335172866

Presenter: Ray Matsumiya

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4570052306360141313

Presenter: Suzanne Kamata, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8974507870608552451

Presenter: Shawna Yang Ryan, author

CEAS Archived Webinars 2018

2016 Freeman Book Award Honorable Mention--Children's Literature
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3881429272156123906
Presenter: David Jacobson, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1196789114855787779
Presenter: Katrina Goldsaito, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/6310872781100054531
Presenters: Ron Eisenman and John Frank

2018 Freeman Book Award Winner--Children's Literature
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1637737251396678659
Presenter: Sigrid Schmalzer, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6452279866613730819
Presenter: Cynthia Daugherty

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6601924498665750019
Presenter: Yoko Fujimoto

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7242253683469911042
Presenter: Nayun Eom

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/108869630824123393
Presenter: Stephen Powers

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2420443293863571971
Presenters: Anne Prescott and Karl Neumann

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4494250866909064707
Presenter: Dr. Mindy Landeck, Austin College

CEAS Archived Webinars 2017

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/6511275261700180994
Presenter: Dr. Lauren McKee, Berea College

2016 Freeman Book Award Honorable Mention--Young Adult/Middle School Literature
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/4095507477833122818
Presenter: Holly Thompson, author

2017 Freeman Book Award Winner--Young Adult/High School Literature
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1598977264998779394
Presenter: Dori Jones Yang, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3151256785799706625
Presenter: Jacques Fuqua, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/9154052609528007175
Presenter: David Janes, US-Japan Foundation

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/2851284722055345667
Presenter: Pamela Rotner Sakamoto, author

2016 Freeman Book Award Honorable Mention--Young Adult/High School Literature
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/8609038989398321670
Presenter: Caren Stelson, author

2016 Freeman Book Award Winner--Young Adult/Middle School Literature
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/6766388342203350283
Presenter: Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/746044309688580353
Presenter: Ari Beser, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/2175129049868734477
Pesenter: Dr. Lauren McKee, Berea College

https://www6.nhk.or.jp/cooljapan/en/

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7196262202456771597
Presenter: Kathleen Burkinshaw, author

CEAS Archived Webinars 2016

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/8350175465755608577
Presenter: Dr. Lauren McKee, Berea College

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5217685529807942657
Presenter: Willamarie Moore, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5603741654486128642
Presenter: Leza Lowitz, author. Co-sponsored by the Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado Boulder

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1756218415802639619
Presenters: Melissa Ludtke, Producer and Writer; and Fran Sterling, Curriculum Writer

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/8977751413237093889
Presenter: Willamarie Moore, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1078758719846201347
Presenter: James Zobel, MacArthur Memorial

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3526446424982864131
Presenter: Jacques Fuqua, Texas A&M University-Commerce

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/3908669651882144003
Presenter: Dr. Sue Tuohy, Indiana University

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7876052851393793795
Presenter: Christine Liu-Perkins, author

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/311917527955474948
Presenter: Amanda Williams, MacArthur Memorial

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7617725892673492739
Presenter: Masaya Nemoto, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/8820935760401170178
Presenter: Jacques Fuqua, Texas A&M University-Commerce

CEAS Archived Webinars Pre-2016

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/2569582133897625345
Presenter: Willamarie Moore, Head of School Programs and Teacher Resources at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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All About Korea, Presenter: Ann Martin Bowler, author
The Art of Taiwanese Puppet Theater, Presenter: Dr. Robin Erik Ruizendaal, director, Taiyuan Asian Puppet Theater Museum
Background for the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Chronology, Presenter: John Frank, Center Grove High School
Buddhism Along the Silk Road, Presenter: Richard Taupier, UMass Amherst
Chinese Characters and the Stories They Tell, Presenter: Megan Ferry, Union College
Cultural Encounters: Teaching Japan in World History, Presenter: Catherine Higbee Ishida, University of Colorado Boulder and Catherine Mein, Ballard High School
Culture Day in Japan: Living National Treasures & Tangible Cultural Properties, Presenter: Anne Prescott, Five College Center of East Asian Studies
The Culture of Genji, Presenter: Anne Prescott, Five College Center for East Asian Studies
DISTANT VOICES: 19th Century American Diplomats, Missionaries, and Adventurers in East Asia, Presenter: John Frank
Education in South Korea, Presenter: Soo Kim, Smith College
Elementary School Life in Japan, Presenter: Willamarie Moore, Musum of Fine Arts Boston
Footbinding in China, Presenter: Professor Paola Zamperini, Amherst College
Getting a Hold on Contemporary Chinese Cities, Presenter: Kristin Stapleton, University at Buffalo, SUNY
The Great Wave of Hokusai and the Great Wave of 3-11: Japanese Artists’ Responses to Nature, Presenter: Willamarie Moore, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The Impact of the 3/11 Triple Disaster on Folk Arts in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Presenter: Emily Mukai
Introduction to the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, Presenter: Anne Prescott, Five College Center for East Asian Studies
Japanese Aesthetics: from Ma to Kata, Presenter: Anne Prescott, Five College Center for East Asian Studies
Japanese Tea Ceremony, Presenter: Yuko Eguchi, University of Pittsburgh
Japan's Textbook Controversy, Presenter: Ethan I. Segal, Michigan State University
Korean Reunification: Party of Six? Your Table is Ready, Presenter: Mark Patterson, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School
Korean Reunification: A Bitter Taste of Paradise, Presenter: Jacques Fuqua, Auburn University Montgomery
Korean Samulnori, Presenter: Anne Prescott, Five College Center for East Asian Studies
Life in Shikoku: Noodles, Pilgrimage, and More, Presenter: Midori Tagawa, The Williston Northampton School
Musical Geography of Japan, Presenter: Anne Prescott, Five College Center for East Asian Studies
October 10 in Taiwan and Japan, Presenter: Anne Prescott, Five College Center for East Asian Studies
Okinawa, Presenter: Anne Prescott, Five Colelge Center for East Asian Studies
O-Shogatsu: Japanese New Year's Traditions Explained, Presenter: Anne Prescott, Five College Center for East Asian Studies
Other Voices in Japan: South Asia, Presenter: Abida Adnan, Smith College
Out of the Shadows: The Ainu of Japan, Presenter: Justin Hunter, University of Hawaii
Pacifism in Japan: Kagawa Toyohiko, Presenter: Tom Hastings, Japan ICU Foundation
Playing in Japan: An Introduction to Noh, Kabuki and Bunraku, Presenter: Mariko Anno, Tokyo University of the Arts
Rikuzentakata Two Years Later: An Update from the Field after the 3/11 Disaster, Presenter: Amya Miller
Sakura in Japanese Culture, Presenter: Anne Prescott, Five College Center for East Asian Studies
Samurai Monogatari: An Illustrated Tale of the Samurai, Presenter: Willamarie More, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
A Summary of Mongolian History and Culture, Presenter: Richard Taupier, UMass Amherst
Teaching about March 11 and Japan’s Recovery, Presenter: Kerianne Panos, MCMLConsulting and Robert Fish, Japan Society
Through Children's Eyes: Hiroshima, Presenter: Willamarie Moore, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Yokohama Yankee: A Conversation with author Leslie Helm, Presenter: Leslie Helm, author

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Center for East Asian Studies Archived Webinars

CEAS Archived Webinars 2025

"Ainu Spirits Singing: The Living World of Chiri Yukie" with emerita Professor Sarah Strong and Director Hiroshi Sugawara (3/3/25)

Mommy's Hometown with author Hope Lim (2/27/25)

Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker, with author Holly Thompson (2/25/25)

Toilet Tales for Teachers: Japan Edition with Sharon Domier (2/11/25)

Masked Hero with author Shan Woo Liu (2/4/25)

Japanese, Russians and Ainu: Contacts before the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 with Dr. Viktor Shmagin (1/28/25)

CEAS Archived Webinars 2024

What is Nori? with Yoko Segerstrom (11/12/24)

Freeman Book Award: Mai and the Missing Melon, with author Sonoko Sakai (11/6/24)

Freeman Book Award: Yukie’s Island: My Family’s World War II Story with Co-Author/Illustrator Kōdo Kimura (10/01/24)

A History of Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples and the State, with Prof. Kun-Hui Ku (9/24/24)

Agriculture and Agricultural Products in Taiwan, with Prof. James Lin (7/23/24)

The Phantom 1940 Tokyo Olympics with Prof. Robin Kietlinski (7/18/24)

The Three Year Swim Club and Soichi Sakamoto with Author Julie Checkoway and Prof. Kelli Nakamura (7/16/24)

Centering Taiwan in Maritime History, with Prof. Robert Murowchick (6/26/24)

African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan, with author Thomas Lockley (6/25/24)

Bicycle History and Sustainability in Taiwan, with Prof. Li-Hsin Chen (6/20/24)

History and Geography in Taiwan Tourism, with Prof. Richard Wu (6/5/24)

Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat, with author Lev Nachman (5/22/24)

Freeman Book Award: The Boy from Clearwater, with Translator Lin King (5/21/24)

Kai the Dancing Butterfly, with Author Crystal Z. Lee (4/11/24)

Freeman Book Award: When the Sakura Bloom, with author Narisa Togo (2/15/24)

Centering Taiwan in Global Asia: Narratives and Resources for the K-12 Classroom (1/24/24)

CEAS Archived Webinars 2023

Freeman Book Award: K-Pop Revolution with Author Stephan Lee (11/02/2023)

Japanese Government and Politics (9/14/2023)

Freeman Book Award: Strike the Zither with Author Joan He (5/2/2023)

Freeman Book Award: The Red Palace with Author June Hur (4/12/2023)

Displaying the Skilled Bodies: Chinese Acrobatics and Chinese Theater (4/4/23)

Teaching Taiwan (3/29/23)

Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden (3/21/23)

Indigenous Taiwan (3/7/2023)

Taiwan and the World (3/2/23)

Visualizing the Taste and Season (2/23/23)

Green Island, with author Shawna Yang Ryan (2/22/23)

Democracy in Taiwan (2/14/23)

Freeman Book Award: Freedom Swimmer (2/1/23)

Dragonfly Dreams (1/25/23)

CEAS Archived Webinars 2022

Okinawan History, Contemporary Issues, and Culture (11/14/22)

Green With Milk and Sugar (10/26/22)

Freeman Book Award: While I Was Away (05/18/22)

Freeman Book Award: Temple Alley Summer (04/12/22)

Contemporary Art and Ecology (02/15/22)

The Week That Changed the World? Nixon and the beginning of U.S. and China Engagement

CEAS Archived Webinars 2021

Teaching English as a Second Language in Taiwan (11/10/21)

Women Travelers in Early Modern Japan (10/20/2021)

Animating Religion: Shinto in Japanese Pop Culture (10/14/21)

Serving America in the Far East: Servicewomen in the Cold War (10/7/21)

Exploring Taiwanese Black Tea with Hugosum, (9/28/21)

Shinto: Exploring Japan's 'Way of the Kami' (9/21/21)

Freeman Book Award: The Silence of Bones (4/8/21)

Basho and the River Stones (4/6/21)

Sports in Japan: The Olympics and More (3/16/21)

Walking the Tōkaidō Road: Who, Why and How (2/23/21)

Lost Japan (2/10/21)

Ukiyoe: Depictions of the Tōkaidō (2/9/21)

Stranger in the Shogun's City (2/2/21)

Understanding the Chinese Landscape Tradition (1/21/21)

CEAS Archived Webinars 2020

Imperial Beijing: The Design and Construction of the Northern Capital (11/18/20)

Freeman Book Award: No Steps Behind (11/17/20)

Freeman Book Award: Indigo Girl (11/12/20)

Midnight in Broad Daylight (11/11/20)

The Japan Disasters Digital Archive: An Archival Tool for Researchers, Educators and the Community (11/5/20)

Implementing Peace (11/4/20)

Nagasaki: Life after Nuclear War (10/14/20)

Afro-Asian Ties: Sino-Black Relations (10/8/20)

Ties that Bind: Chinese Women and the US (7/30/20)

Ties that Bind: Mississippi Delta Chinese (7/29/20)

Ties that Bind: Japanese in New England (and beyond) (7/27/20)

Ties that Bind: Peabody Essex Museum Asian Export Gallery (7/24/20)

Ties that Bind: Chinese in New England (and more) (7/23/20)

Freeman Book Award winner Girl of the Southern Sea (6/23/20)