SPICE is a program of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Religion
Scholarly Publications
Introduction of Buddhism to Korea: An Overview
October 2011
The arrival of Buddhism in Korea led to the fundamental transformation of local society and a blossoming of Korean civilization.
Religions of Korea Yesterday and Today
October 2010
The earliest Western visitors to Korea at the turn of the last century routinely pointed out that Koreans were a people who often called on supernatural powers and carried out rituals for...
The Spread of Islam in West Africa: Containment, Mixing, and Reform from the Eighth to the Twentieth Century
January 2009
The history of Islam in West Africa can be explained in three stages, containment, mixing, and reform. In the first stage, African kings contained Muslim influence by segregating Muslim...
News
New Scholars Corner video: Identity Politics
March 2019
Scholars Corner is an ongoing SPICE initiative to share FSI’s cutting-edge social science research with high school and college classrooms nationwide and international schools abroad.
Old Events
SPICE Webinar: "Culturally and Experientially Responsive Pedagogy: Teaching to Diverse Asian and Asian American Students"
November 18, 2019
—Made possible through the Freeman Foundation’s support of the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia—With communities across the United States now reflecting even greater diversity and...
NCTA MS: Religions in China and Japan
April 24, 2015
In an effort to infuse Asian studies in the social studies and literature curricula, the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), in cooperation with the National...
The 3rd Annual Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers
July 28, 2014
The third annual Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers takes place this summer, from July 28 to 30, at Stanford.
Projects
Teaching Resources on Japan
To promote a deeper understanding of Japanese culture, history, contemporary issues, and U.S.–Japan relations, we recommend the following diverse set of teaching resources and curriculum tools to...
English
Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers
Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary Teachers was established at the Korean Studies Program in 2012 with the generous support of Hana Financial Group.
English
Multimedia
Mexican Perspectives on the Mexican–U.S. War, 1846–1848
September 2022
Professor Will Fowler is a renowned expert on Mexican history who teaches at the University of St. Andrews. In this video, he presents the Mexican perspective on the Mexican–U.S.
The Iranian Revolution
April 2020
In this video, Professor Abbas Milani discusses Iran and the Iranian Revolution, noting the influence of Iran regionally and in the United States, the significance and impact of the Iranian Revolution, and the Iranian Revolution’s causes and...
The Rise and Implications of Identity Politics
March 2019
Black Lives Matter. Catalan independence. #MeToo. White nationalism. The Islamic State.