2025 Workshop Details:
July 14-18, 2025
Application deadline: March 22, 2024
Lodging and some meals provided.
Each day is filled with lectures by literature professors, and curriculum guidance from a master high school world literature teacher.
July 14-18, 2025
Application deadline: March 22, 2024
Lodging and some meals provided.
Each day is filled with lectures by literature professors, and curriculum guidance from a master high school world literature teacher.
The East Asian Studies Center hosts an annual week-long, intensive summer workshop for K-12 English and world literature teachers who are interested in incorporating Chinese, Japanese, and Korean literature into their curriculum. Priority admission is reserved for high school and middle school educators.
Following the workshop, each participant develops a complete lesson plan for at least one of the pieces covered in the workshop. Those who turn in their lesson plan by the deadline are eligible to receive a generous book-buying grant.
This free workshop - supported by generous funding from the Freeman Foundation - focuses on the remarkable literary productions of China, Japan, and Korea. The workshop starts July 14 through Friday July 19 in Bloomington, Indiana.
The geo-strategic importance of East Asia—defined here as China and Taiwan, North and South Korea, and Japan—has compelled Americans to look at these cultures with new eyes. While there has been an increase in the teaching of East Asia in the national social studies curriculum, there has yet to be a similar effort in the language arts.
Literature opens a window on the inner life of a culture, offering readers a glimpse of how another culture understands and represents itself. Studying East Asian literature helps students to develop an appreciation of other cultures, allowing them to participate more fully as informed members of the world community.
The workshop kicks off asynchronously on Monday, July 15 and picks up in person on Tuesday, July 16 in Bloomington Indiana. Each morning, history professors lead lectures and discussions on specific facets of China, Japan, and Korea that are pertinent to the literary works covered. Topics discussed include history, religion, culture, family and gender, and language.
Each day, literature specialists discuss the short stories, novels, and poetry that participants have read prior to arrival at the workshop, focusing on universal as well as culture-specific aspects of the works.
After the literature discussions, an experienced teacher acts as curriculum consultant, leading strategy sessions on how to teach the works at the high school level.
While the workshop is geared to high school and middle school literature teachers, applicants who are librarians, as well as teachers of art, music, social studies, and history are also considered for admittance.
Participants also have the opportunity to attend Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultural activities in the evenings. For more details, see the flyer below; application link above.
Participation is limited to 25 teachers.
HAMILTON LUGAR SCHOOLBLOOMINGTON
355 North Eagleson Avenue