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SPICE Recognizes Top Students in Stanford e-Japan and the Reischauer Scholars Program
News / April 13, 2021
On March 26, 2021, a virtual award ceremony was held to honor SPICE’s Spring and Fall 2019 Stanford e-Japan honorees and 2020 Reischauer Scholars Program honorees.
SPICE’s Rylan Sekiguchi Receives the 2021 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize
News / April 6, 2021
On March 24, 2021 during the annual Association for Asian Studies conference, SPICE’s Manager of Curriculum and Instructional Design Rylan Sekiguchi formally accepted the 2021 Franklin R. Buchanan...
Live Long and Prosper… and Stand Back
Blog / March 22, 2021
In his March 15, 2021 lecture for SPICE’s Reischauer Scholars Program, actor George Takei—who played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek—added “and Stand Back” to the iconic Star...
What Does It Mean to Be an American?: Reflections from Students (Part 3)
Blog / March 16, 2021
Reflections of nine students on the website "What Does It Mean To Be an American?"
Teachers in Hawaii Connect with Stanford Scholars
News / March 9, 2021
Twenty-four high school educators comprise the inaugural cohort of Stanford/Freeman SEAS Hawaii Fellows.
Stanford e-Kawasaki Guest Speaker: Victoria Tsai, Founder and CEO, Tatcha
Blog / March 2, 2021
The two key themes of Stanford e-Kawasaki are entrepreneurship and diversity, and Stanford e-Kawasaki Instructor Maiko Tamagawa Bacha invites guest speakers with these themes in mind.
SPICE’s Rylan Sekiguchi Is the 2021 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize Recipient
News / February 17, 2021
Rylan Sekiguchi was announced this week as the recipient of the 2021 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize for his authorship of What Does It Mean to Be an American?
What Does It Mean to Be an American?: A Webinar for Educators, February 20, 2021, 10am PST
News / February 17, 2021
The Mineta Legacy Project and SPICE are providing an educational opportunity for people across the country to learn about the Japanese American experience during World War II by presenting a webinar...
The Silva Family’s Bracero Legacy and Stanford University: Abuelito and Abuelita’s Journey
Blog / February 16, 2021
Journey into the World of Entrepreneurship: Stanford e-Hiroshima Guest Speakers, Risa Ishii and Takaho Iwasaki
Blog / February 9, 2021
Stanford e-Hiroshima is an online course for high school students in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, that is sponsored by the Hiroshima Prefectural Government. Launched in fall 2019, it is offered by...
Kimi Takagi, A Trailblazer for Women’s Education in Modern Japan
Blog / February 2, 2021
“It is said,” a Japanese social theorist and educator, Yukichi Fukuzawa, wrote in his best-selling book An Encouragement of Learning (1872–76), “that heaven does not create one person above or below...
Giving Back to One’s Hometown: Stanford e-Oita Guest Speaker, Sumire Hirotsuru
Blog / January 26, 2021
Stanford e-Oita is an online course for high school students in Oita Prefecture in the southwestern island of Kyushu, Japan, that is sponsored by the Oita Prefectural Government. Launched in fall...
What Does It Mean to Be an American?: Reflections from Students (Part 2)
Blog / January 19, 2021
Reflections of seven students on the website "What Does It Mean To Be an American?"
Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan: A Webinar by Professor Kiyoteru Tsutsui
Blog / January 12, 2021
On December 10, 2020, 44 educators from across the United States joined a webinar titled “Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan.”
SPICE Launches Stanford e-China
Blog / December 15, 2020
SPICE’s Stanford e-China program successfully completed its fall 2020 inaugural course, “Technologies Changing the World: Thinking into Action.”
What Does It Mean to Be an American?: Reflections from Students
Blog / December 8, 2020
Reflections of eight students on the website "What Does It Mean To Be an American?"
Ambassador John Roos and the Importance of Student-to-Student Exchange
Blog / December 1, 2020
Just over ten years after becoming the first U.S. ambassador to Japan to participate in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony in 2010, Ambassador John Roos spoke about his experiences with 26 high...
The Reischauer Scholars Program: The Inspiration to Start an Investment Firm
Blog / November 24, 2020
The following reflection is a guest post written by Koki Mashita, an alumnus of the Reischauer Scholars Program.
Stanford e-Japan: A Turning Point in My Life
Blog / November 17, 2020
The following reflection is a guest post written by Hikaru Suzuki, a 2015 alumna and honoree of the Stanford e-Japan Program, which is currently accepting applications for Spring 2021.
China Scholars Program Instructor Dr. Tanya Lee Interviewed by US-China Today
Blog / November 10, 2020
Valerie Wu, a student at the University of Southern California and an alum of SPICE’s Reischauer Scholars Program (RSP) and China Scholars Program (CSP), recently interviewed Dr. Tanya Lee,...
Chasing Curiosity
Blog / November 3, 2020
The following reflection is a guest post written by Rose Adams, an alumna of the Reischauer Scholars Program
Empowering Girls to Think Globally
Blog / October 27, 2020
In 1908, Kimi Takagi established Takagi Girls’ High School, now renamed Yokohama Eiri Girls’ High School.
Collegiality and the 2020–21 EPIC Fellows
News / October 20, 2020
On August 13 and 14, 2020, Stanford Global Studies (SGS) welcomed 12 new Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) Fellowship Program community college instructors as members of...
Angel Island Immigration Station: The Hidden History
Blog / October 13, 2020
On September 2, 2020, over 160 educators from across the United States joined a webinar titled “Angel Island Immigration Station: The Hidden History.”
Stanford e-Japan: A Gate for Learning about the United States and a Mirror for Reflection on Japan
Blog / October 6, 2020
The following reflection is a guest post written by Shintaro Aoi, an alumnus of the Stanford e-Japan Program.