NCTA Summer Study in Asia

NCTA alumni are eligible for a variety of summer experiences in East Asia sponsored by both the University of Pittsburgh coordinating site and the national NCTA. Please read below for the opportunities for you this year.

 

2007 China Study Tour

2012 NCTA Residential Summer Study Program: "WINDOW ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA: THE VIEW FROM HANGZHOU"

 

The NCTA National Coordinating Site at the University of Pittsburgh is organizing a residential summer program in Hangzhou, China for its own teachers as well as those from four other NCTA national coordinating sites:  Five College Center for East Asian Studies, Indiana University, University of Colorado and University of Washington.

 

This program includes the following components in addition to the time spent in China: online orientation and follow up, as well as written classroom implementation plans.  The program is supported by a grant from The Freeman Foundation.

 

A selection committee will choose twenty (20) teachers for the program; there are eight (8) spots for alumni of NCTA seminars in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland. There are three (3) spots for each of the other NCTA coordinating sites mentioned above.  Dr. Kristin Stapleton, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Asian Studies Program at the University at Buffalo, will serve as the program’s director in China. The residential program will be administered by the National Coordinating Site at the University of Pittsburgh.

 

Application Deadline: January 9, 2012

Information and an Application packet:

• PDF version of application: 2012 China Summer Study Program Application

 

The program is supported by a grant from the Freeman Foundation.

Past Study Tours

Past study tour locations have included:

 

• China 2011
• Japan 2010
• China & Vietnam 2009
• Japan 2008
• China 2007
• Japan 2006
• China/Korea 2005
• China 2004
• Japan 2003