From Education About Asia Editor, Lucien Ellington.
As an introduction to Education About Asia online archives, the following articles represent a variety of topics, have merit for both students and teachers, and have long shelf lives. There are two ways to access “Editor’s Choices” but probably a quick journey through the Published Date/Theme options provides the most genuine sense of the publication.
Choosing a handful of articles from twenty-four years of archives was a near to impossible task and I invite you to fully explore the 1,500+ articles — features, lesson plans, interviews, classroom resources, book and film reviews — we have available to browse and download.
Browsing the EAA Archives: Editor’s Choices
Articles by Academic Field
Cultural Studies
Calligraphy as a Resource in the East Asian Studies Curriculum by Yu Li and Cheryl Crowley
Interview with the 2015 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize Winners, Rylan Sekiguchi and Risa Morimoto, for “My Cambodia” and “My Cambodian America.” Interview by Lucien Ellington
What Soccer Means To Me: National Integration through the Prism of Soccer in Singapore by Leonard C. Sebastian
Who’s Afraid of Chop Suey? by Charles W. Hayford
Economics
China’s Great Leap Forward by Clayton D. Brown
The History of Economic Development in India since Independence by Nimish Adhia
Property Rights and One Indian Village: Reform, Enterprise, and Dignity by Ken Schoolland
The Story of Indian Business: The Great Transition into the New Millennium by Jayati Bhattacharya
Taiwan’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by Tzong-Ru Lee and Irsan Prawira Julius Jioe
Education
Asia in the Core Curriculum by Theodore de Bary
The Chinese Cultural Revolution: Dynamic Times, Dramatic Lessons for Today’s Kids by Deborah Pellikan
The Great Courses: Books that Matter: The Analects of Confucius by Carol Stepanchuk
I am a Chinese English Teacher by Wang Ping
More Than a Meal: School Lunch in Japan by Alexis Agliano Sanborn
Physical Education in Chinese Schools: Role Models, Repetition, and Winning by Anni Kajanus
Telling Stories About Lives: The Uses of Biography in Teaching Chinese History by John E. Wills, Jr.
History
American and European Missionaries in East Asia. An Interview with Professor Donald Clark Interview by Lucien Ellington
China’s Great Leap Forward by Clayton D. Brown
Debating the Allied Occupation of Japan (Part One) by Peter K. Frost
Debating the Allied Occupation of Japan (Part Two) by Peter K. Frost
Dr. Seuss and Japan, December 1941 by Richard H. Minear
Framing Japan’s Constitution: An Interview with Colonel Charles L. Kades Interview by Peter Frost
“Give Me Blood, and I Will Give You Freedom”: Bhagat Singh, Subhas Chandra Bose, and the Uses of Violence in India’s Independence Movement by Thomas Lamont
Japan, the U.S. and the Asian-Pacific War by Eric M. Bergerud
Serving in the Occupation: An Interview with Wilton Dillon Interview by Daniel A. Métraux
Teaching Early China and Ancient Rome Comparatively by Jeffrey L. Richey
Thank God for the Atom Bomb? by Richard Rice
Learning from Truman’s Decision: The Atomic Bomb and Japan’s Surrender by George P. Brown
The U.S. Founders and China: The Origins of Chinese Cultural Influence on the United States by Dave Wang
Literature
Articles about Richard Kim’s Lost Names:
• History as Literature, Literature as History: An Interview with Lost Names Author, Richard E. Kim by Kathleen Woods Masalski
• Utilizing Richard Kim’s Lost Names in the Junior High Classroom by Peter R. Wright
• Teaching Lost Names in an American High School by Susan Mastro
• Lost Names, Master Narratives, and Messy History by Richard H. Minear
Contextualizing Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko by Todd Munson
From Creation Myths to Marriage Alliances: Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Murasaki’s Akashi Chapter by Fay Beauchamp
Fiction: A Passport to the Asian Past by Kristin Stapleton
The Heart of History: The Tale of Genji by Sonja Arntzen
Rashomon Revisited by Alan Chalk
What’s So Bad About The Good Earth? by Charles W. Hayford
The Asian Soul of Transcendentalism by Todd Lewis and Kent Bicknell
Philosophy and Religion
A Symposium on Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha:
• Siddhartha Still Works by Robert Mossman
• Teaching Indian Buddhism with Siddhartha—or Not? by Catherine Benton
• Siddhartha—A Journey to the East? by Mark MacWilliams
• Going Beyond Hesse’s Siddhartha by Joe Gawrys
Getting the Foundations Right when Teaching Asian Religions by Todd Lewis
Political Science
Leaving North Korea: My Story (Anonymous)
Top Ten Things to Know about Singapore in the Twenty-First Century by Charles Chao Rong Phua
Viet Nam in the Twenty-First Century: The Unbreakable Bamboo by Shelton Woods
Articles by Volume
Volume: Published Date/Theme
Volume 1:1 (Spring 1996)
• Asia in the Core Curriculum by Theodore de Bary
Volume 1:2 (Fall 1996)
• Framing Japan’s Constitution: An Interview with Colonel Charles L. Kades Interview by Peter Frost
Volume 2:1 (Spring 1997): Teaching About the Religions of Asia
• A Symposium on Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha (four articles)
Siddhartha Still Works by Robert Mossman
Teaching Indian Buddhism with Siddhartha—or Not? by Catherine Benton
Siddhartha—A Journey to the East? by Mark MacWilliams
Going Beyond Hesse’s Siddharthaby Joe Gawrys
Volume 3:3 (Winter 1998)
• What’s So Bad About The Good Earth? by Charles W. Hayford
Volume 4:2 (Fall 1999)
• History as Literature, Literature as History: An Interview with Lost Names Author, Richard E. Kim by Kathleen Woods Masalski
• Utilizing Richard Kim’s Lost Names in the Junior High Classroom by Peter R. Wright
• Teaching Lost Names in an American High School by Susan Mastro
• Lost Names, Master Narratives, and Messy History by Richard H. Minear
Volume 4:3 (Winter 1999)
• Dr. Seuss and Japan, December 1941 by Richard H. Minear
Volume 4:3 (Winter 1999)
•Rashomon Revisited by Alan Chalk
Volume 6:1 (Spring 2001): Teaching Asian Literatures
• From Creation Myths to Marriage Alliances: Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Murasaki’s Akashi Chapter by Fay Beauchamp
Volume 10:3 (Winter 2005): Special Section on Asia in World History: 300–1500 CE
• The Chinese Cultural Revolution: Dynamic Times, Dramatic Lessons for Today’s Kids by Deborah Pellikan (Lesson Plan)
• The Heart of History: The Tale of Genji by Sonja Arntzen
Volume 11:1 (Spring 2006): Reconsidering Hiroshima and Nagasaki after Sixty Years
• Thank God for the Atom Bomb? by Richard Rice
• Learning from Truman’s Decision: The Atomic Bomb and Japan’s Surrender by George P. Brown
Volume 13:2 (Fall 2008): Asia in World History: 1750-1914
• Teaching Early China and Ancient Rome Comparatively by Jeffrey L. Richey
Volume 15:2 (Fall 2010): Teaching About Asian Religions
• Getting the Foundations Right when Teaching Asian Religions by Todd Lewis
Volume 16:2 (Fall 2011): U.S., Asia, and the World: 1620-1914
• The U.S. Founders and China: The Origins of Chinese Cultural Influence on the United States by Dave Wang
• The Asian Soul of Transcendentalism by Todd Lewis and Kent Bicknell
• American and European Missionaries in East Asia. An Interview with Professor Donald Clark Interview by Lucien Ellington
Volume 16:3 (Winter 2011): Food, Culture, and Asia
• Who’s Afraid of Chop Suey? By Charles W. Hayford
Volume 17:3 (Winter 2012): US, Asia, and the World: 1914–2012
• Japan, the U.S. and the Asian-Pacific War by Eric M. Bergerud
• Serving in the Occupation: An Interview with Wilton Dillon Interview by Daniel A. Métraux
• China’s Great Leap Forward by Clayton D. Brown
Volume 18:1 (Spring 2013): Asian Visual and Performing Arts, Part II
• Calligraphy as a Resource in the East Asian Studies Curriculum by Yu Li and Cheryl Crowley
Volume 19:1 (Spring 2014): Teaching Asia through Field Trips and Experiential Learning
• “Give Me Blood, and I Will Give You Freedom”: Bhagat Singh, Subhas Chandra Bose, and the Uses of Violence in India’s Independence Movementby Thomas Lamont
Volume 20:2 (Fall 2015): Asia: Biographies and Personal Stories, Part II
• Telling Stories About Lives: The Uses of Biography in Teaching Chinese History by John E. Wills, Jr.
• I am a Chinese English Teacher by Wang Ping
Volume 20:3 (Winter 2015): India: Past, Present, and Future
• Interview with the 2015 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize Winners, Rylan Sekiguchi and Risa Morimoto, for “My Cambodia” and “My Cambodian America.” Interview by Lucien Ellington
• Property Rights and One Indian Village: Reform, Enterprise, and Dignityby Ken Schoolland
• The History of Economic Development in India since Independence by Nimish Adhia
Volume 21:2 (Fall 2016): Sports, Culture, and Asia
• Physical Education in Chinese Schools: Role Models, Repetition, and Winning by Anni Kajanus
• Debating the Allied Occupation of Japan (Part One) by Peter K. Frost
• What Soccer Means To Me: National Integration through the Prism of Soccer in Singapore by Leonard C. Sebastian
Volume 21:3 (Winter 2016): Traditional and Contemporary Asia: Numbers, Symbols, and Colors
• Debating the Allied Occupation of Japan (Part Two) by Peter K. Frost
Volume 22:1 (Spring 2017): Contemporary Postcolonial Asia
• Taiwan’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by Tzong-Ru Lee and Irsan Prawira Julius Jioe
• More Than a Meal: School Lunch in Japan by Alexis Agliano Sanborn
Volume 22:2 (Fall 2017): Water and Asia
• Top Ten Things to Know about Singapore in the Twenty-First Century by Charles Chao Rong Phua
Volume 23:2 (Fall 2018): Demographics, Social Policy, and Asia (Part II)
• Leaving North Korea: My Story (Anonymous)
Volume 23:3 (Winter 2018): What Should We Know About Asia?
• Fiction: A Passport to the Asian Past by Kristin Stapleton
• Viet Nam in the Twenty-First Century: The Unbreakable Bamboo by Shelton Woods
Volume 24:1 (Spring 2019): Schools and Asia
• The Great Courses: Books that Matter: The Analects of Confucius by Carol Stepanchuk
Volume 24:2 (Fall 2019): Entrepreneurship in Asia
• The Story of Indian Business: The Great Transition into the New Millennium by Jayati Bhattacharya
Volume 24:3 (Winter 2019): Asian Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
• Contextualizing Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko by Todd Munson
