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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’ 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 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 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. 

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. 

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 “learning through visual analysis” 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 for children and young adults. The 2023 winners of two categories are set in Southeast Asia: “My Grandfather’s Song” by PhĂčng NguyĂȘn Quang and Huỳnh Kim LiĂȘn for Children’s Literature, and “The Cricket War” by Thọ PháșĄm and Sandra McTavish for Young Adult/Middle School Literature. Honorable mentions in the Children’s Literature, Young Adult/Middle School Literature, and Graphic Novels categories include several other Southeast Asian titles.  See the full list of 2023 awardees here: 

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.