The South, Southeast, and West Asia (SSEWA) Outreach Program provides educational enrichment and professional development opportunities for K-12 and community college educators throughout the academic year and summer. These include a series of Saturday courses and a summer workshop to raise educators鈥� proficiency and confidence in teaching about SSEWA issues and topics.
We also have Asia-related events from different disciplinary and regional perspectives occurring throughout the academic year, including the CAS Speaker Series (/cas/event-list). You can find this聽year's Annual Theme for events here.
An online database of curriculum materials and resources is also being developed to advance understanding of SSEWA regional issues for both academic and public audiences.
The SSEWA Outreach Program is funded by a four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center Program (NRC). Read more about the grant here: /asmagazine/2022/08/17/center-asian-studies-wins-22-million-help-make-asia-accessible-coloradans
For inquiries about the SSEWA Outreach Program, contact the SSEWA Outreach Coordinator at Hannah.Palustre@colorado.edu
Vietnam War: Origins, History, and Legacies聽is a collection of 2- to 5-minute videos featuring Nu-Anh Tran, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Connecticut, and Seth Jacobs, Professor of History at Boston College. This is part of the Choices Program at Brown University.聽
A series of Open Education Resource (OER) language textbooks for South Asian and Southeast Asian languages, available for free to learners from various learning contexts, including those engaging in guided self-study, sponsored by the Michigan State University Libraries.聽
Teaching materials on several versions of the Ramayana were designed as an entry into the study and tradition of the Ramayana story, which continues to influence the politics, religion, and art of modern India. Professor Susan S. Wadley of Syracuse University designed and led this seminar.
Teaching about Art and Composite Culture in South Asia is an interdisciplinary 鈥渓earning through visual analysis鈥� teaching material designed by the University of California Berkeley Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS).
Freeman Book Awards 2023 honors East and Southeast Asian titles聽for children and young adults. The 2023 winners of two categories are set in Southeast Asia: 鈥淢y Grandfather鈥檚 Song鈥� by聽Ph霉ng Nguy锚n Quang and Hu峄硁h Kim Li锚n聽for Children鈥檚 Literature, and 鈥淭he Cricket War鈥� by Th峄嵚燩h岷 and Sandra McTavish for Young Adult/Middle School Literature.聽Honorable mentions in the Children鈥檚 Literature, Young Adult/Middle School Literature, and Graphic Novels categories include several other Southeast Asian titles.聽 See the full list of 2023 awardees here:聽
Thinking Historically and Teaching Globally. Speakers talk about using primary sources and online materials in teaching, including digital archives on Southeast Asia at Cornell University and Asian and other collections at the Library of Congress for World History. This online workshop was held on November 8, 2022, sponsored by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI NRC Program.