Educator Workshop: Teach Taiwan With 'The Boy From Clearwater'

Presented in partnership with the Taiwan Academy of TECO in Houston, National Consortium for Teaching about Asia – Houston, and the University of St. Thomas, with generous support from the Freeman Foundation

Educator Workshop Teach With Taiwan 'The Boy From Clearwater'

Schedule

Thursday, May 2, 2024
6:30 p.m. Opening Lecture
7–7:45 p.m. Panel Discussion and Q&A
7:45–8 p.m. Group Brainstorm

Dive into a slice of Taiwan's history in this interactive workshop for educators, featuring the new Freeman Award-winning graphic novel The Boy From Clearwater.

The Boy From Clearwater is an incredible true story whose graphic novel form lays bare the tortured and triumphant history of Taiwan, an island claimed by and fought over by many countries, through the life story of a man who lived through some of its most turbulent times. The workshop opens with a lecture from Dr. Yao-Yuan Yeh, who will provide context of Taiwan's history in the 1930s–1950s, followed by an interactive panel and Q&A with the Boy From Clearwater's author, illustrator, and translator.

Free copies of The Boy From Clearwater will be available for the first 30 teachers in attendance. Educators will also receive Continuing Education credits of 2 hours; light refreshments will be provided.

About the Speakers

Dr. Yao-Yuan Yeh is a professor and Fayez Sarofim – Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Chair in International Studies, Department Chair of International Studies & Modern Languages, Department Chair of Political Science, Director of the Master of Diplomacy & Strategic Affairs Program, Director of the Taiwan & East Asia Studies Program, and Director of the Mandarin Center of the Universities of St. Thomas and Wenzao Ursuline at the University of St. Thomas.

Dr. Yao-Yuan Yeh’s areas of research include Comparative Politics, International Politics, East Asian Studies, Chinese Studies, Taiwanese Studies, Political Violence, Terrorism, Public Opinion, and Statistics and Quantitative Methods. In particular, he investigates political attitudes and behavior in East Asian countries, such as Taiwan, China, and Japan. He also specializes in studies of the onset of domestic and transnational terrorism across the world. He utilizes quantitative statistical analysis in his research.

Yu Pei-Yun (游珮芸) graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University and holds a doctoral degree in Human Science from Ochanomizu University, Japan. Currently teaching at the Graduate Institute of Children's Literature at National Taitung University, she is devoted to the studies of Children's Literature and Culture. Yu also writes, translates, critiques, curates exhibitions about and plans the publication of children's literature.

Professional graphic artist Zhou Jian-Xin (周見信) holds a PhD in Children's Literature from National Taitung University and MA in Design from Taipei National University of the Arts.

Lin King (金翎) is a writer and translator from Taipei. Her writing has appeared in Boston Review and Asymptote, among other publications, and has won the PEN/Dau Short Story Award for Emerging Writers. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and an AB from Princeton University.

Education and Outreach programs at Asia Society Texas are presented by AARP. Generous funding also provided by Asia Chemical Corporation, and Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas). Free Thursday exhibition admission presented by Regions Bank. Additional support is provided by Cathay Bank Foundation, the George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation, and the Friends of Asia Society, a dedicated group of individuals and organizations committed to bringing exceptional programming and exhibitions to Asia Society Texas.

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