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Photograph of new arrivals bookshelf at Asia Library
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  • Dawn Lawson
More than a Million and Going Strong!
Asia Library, which celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2017, recently logged another very meaningful milestone: the number of volumes we hold has surpassed the one million mark. To be precise (we think), our collection now contains 1,006,553 volumes.
Photograph of Professor Peter Bol, Harvard University
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  • Liangyu Fu
Deep Dive with Professor Peter Bol of Harvard University
Professor Peter Bol of Harvard University leads the next Deep Dive into Data and Digital Methods for Chinese Studies
Photograph of the three stars of the Chinese film The Way Out
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  • Liangyu Fu
Next CHOP Screening: February 12, 5:30 PM
The CHOP (China Ongoing Perspectives) series will be showing Zheng Qiong's 2016 film A Way Out on February 12 at 5:30 pm in Weiser Hall's 10th floor event space.
picture of US postage stamp for Lunar New Year
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  • Dawn Lawson
Happy Year of the Rat!
Asia Library has a number of exciting projects and events in store for 2020.
Photograph of a scene from the film Soul of a Banquet, depicting a kitchen with cooks making dumplings
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  • Liangyu Fu
New Film Showing in the CHOP Series
The next entry in the CHOP (China Ongoing Perspectives) film series will be screened on Thursday, December 5, at 6 pm on the 10th floor of Weiser Hall (500 Church St.).
Photograph of Professor Yun Zhou, University of Michigan
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  • Liangyu Fu
Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods for Chinese Studies” Series
We are pleased to announce that the next event in the “Deep Dive” series will be held on November 21-22, 2019, with U-M Professor Yun Zhou (Department of Sociology). The topic will be using mixed-methods to research gendered work-family conflict and China’s recent ending of the one-child policy.
Photograph of Yujin Choi, Korea Foundation intern
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  • Dawn Lawson
An Amazing Gift from the Korea Foundation
Thanks to a generous program of the Korea Foundation, Asia Library is able to welcome a full-time intern from Korea to its staff every year. These bright, motivated young people learn many facets of library work while here, making this a win-win situation for both parties.
Picture of the seal of the Kamada Collection
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  • Paula Renee Curtis
More Buddhist Texts from the Kamada Collection
This week we introduce another set of texts from the Kamada Collection related to Buddhism. Whereas the sutra showcased last week had no illuminations, the sutra featured below has illustrations alongside the text.
Picture of the seal of the Kamada Collection
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  • Paula Renee Curtis
Buddhist Texts from the Kamada Collection
Our final two posts on items from the Kamada Collection will introduce texts related to Buddhism.
Picture of the seal of the Kamada Collection
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  • Paula Renee Curtis
More Waka Poetry from the Kamada Collection
In our last post, on poetry-related works in the Kamada Collection, we introduced illustrated manuscripts of the famous poetry collection Hyakunin isshu, or One Hundred People, One Poem Each, an anthology of Japanese poetry from the seventh to thirteenth centuries compiled by the courtier and poet Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241). An incredibly popular collection, Hyakunin isshu inspired numerous alternate versions and parodies. We will introduce two such manuscripts below.