The East Asian Studies Center presents:
Talk Back to the Pandemic: Innovations in Teaching East Asian Cultures and Literatures
An online panel organized by Meow Hui Goh and sponsored by a Covid-19 grant from the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University
Date: Saturday, 09/26/20
Time: 1:00pm–4:30pm
Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed persistent misunderstanding and lack of understanding of East Asian societies and peoples and, even worse, been used to justify discrimination and racist attacks against peoples of East Asian descent. The political rhetoric that focuses on pointing finger at another country, though not exclusively seen but particularly rampant in the United States, further inflames prejudices and xenophobia. In this climate of worrisome hostility, an education in East Asian cultures and literatures taught in an US context is more timely, relevant, and important than ever. How do the educators in these areas speak to the needs of the moment? How can we turn the crisis at hand into opportunities to strengthen the presence of East Asian education on American campuses? How do we innovate, experiment, and forge new paths? How do we, in short, talk back to the pandemic, with care and without fear?
Format: The panel will be divided into two sessions with three speakers in each. In each session, each speaker will give a 20-min presentation, and a 30-min Q&A will follow after the three presentations. There will be a 15-min break between the two sessions. Individual abstracts available at the speakers' links below.
Program:
1:00–1:10 Opening remarks
Session I
1:10–1:30 Prof. Etsuyo Yuasa, The Ohio State University, "Speaking to the Needs of the Moment as Educators in East Asian Cultures and Literatures"
1:30–1:50 Prof. Kerim Yasar, University of Southern California, "Letting the World In: Pedagogy from Home in a Time of Crisis"
1:50–2:10 Prof. Meow Hui Goh, The Ohio State University, "You are not Alone: Teaching Emotional Intelligence through Classical Chinese Literature"
2:10–2:40 Q&A
Break
2:40–2:55
Session II
2:55–3:15 Prof. Wendy Swartz, Rutgers University, "Engaging Students with the Humanities Online"
3:15–3:35 Prof. Young Kyun Oh, Arizona State University, "Connected, but Not One - Global Pandemic, Disintegrating East Asia and New Challenges"
3:35–3:55 Prof. Ying Zhang, The Ohio State University, "Distance and Connection: Teaching Premodern China in the Time of Pandemic"
3:55–4:25 Q&A
4:25–4:30 Closing remarks
Free and Open to the Public
If you require an accommodation, such as live captioning, to participate in this event, please contact Stephanie Metzger at metzger.235@osu.edu or 614-247-4725. Requests made at least one week in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
This event is supported by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.
