6. Online study materials
Online Study Materials:
Internet East Asian History Source Book, Paul Halsall
Chinese Culture Course by Paul Halsall
Asia for Educators database, Columbia University (materials, lectures, videos etc.)
- China and Europe, 1500-2000 and Beyond "What is Modern?" with Ken Pomeranz and Bin Wong
- Contemporary Japan: Culture and Society with Theodore Bestor and Helen Hardacre
- Song Dynasty in China (960 - 1279)
- Recording The Grandeur of the Qing
- Mongols in World History
China Rises documentary series, New York Times 2006
Movers and Shakers of China's Economy, New York Times (reading companion to China Rises series)
Nanjing 1937; The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders - Nanjing museum website in Chinese and in English.
Opium Museum - a webmuseum dedicated to the artistry of antique Chinese opium-smoking paraphernalia
Ask Asia.org: Resources for Teachers
Visual Sourcebook of China: Timeline, University of Washington
How Rome went to China Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit - introduction to spread of Western innovations to China
Asia Maps, University of Texas, Austin, Perry-Castaneda Library
Lectures on Korean society and culture , Korean Foundation
You can download free lectures and lecture series from US universities via iTunes University (iTunes U). Download the free iTunes software from here and use it to access I Tunes Store. To look for lectures related to Asia type in a appropriate search word (japan, china, korea, asia) and see search results under iTunes U. Or you can go directly to iTunes U from the iTunes Store frontpage and go through each university.