Presented by the Committee for Teaching About Asia for CTA Day 2025:
Asian Comics and Graphic Novels: The Art of Teaching with Visual Culture
The global proliferation of Asian visual culture has created a new wave of interest for K-12 and college students in Asian topics. With an emphasis on graphic novels and manga, this year’s CTA day will explore ways to engage students and teach content (including history, science, and literature) with cartoon art and graphic storytelling that is about and/or from Asia. How can educators harness the power of comics to build student literacies and global competencies? How can teachers use manga and graphic novels to teach creativity and self expression? Highlighting Ohio’s rich culture of comics and cartoon art, we will explore these themes and more at this year’s CTA Day. To kick off the day, we will take an in-depth tour of The Ohio State University Libraries’ Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, which has the world’s largest collection of comics and cartoon materials, including original art, magazines, comic books, archival materials, and Japanese manga. After our visit to the Billy Ireland, we will take a short walk to the main campus library for lunch, and then engage in hands-on activities and discussions with an expert panel of educators.
Schedule:
- 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.: Check in at Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (1813 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43210)
- 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum activities
- 11:00 - 11:45 a.m.: Walk to Ohio State Thompson Library, visit materials
- 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.: Workshop: Teaching with Manga
- 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.: Annual CTA Business Meeting
Registration
Please complete your online registration and send your registration check made out to the Association for Asian Studies in the amount of $20.00 to Janet Smith at 2009 Millikin Rd., 140 Enarson Classroom Building, Columbus, OH 43210. Please note that the vault tours of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum are limited and will be offered on a first come basis.
Transportation
Information about transportation from the Conference hotel to the meeting site will be sent closer to the meeting.
