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Asia Library anniversary motif, with images from China, Japan, and Korea
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  • Dawn Lawson
Asia Library Turns 70!
Asia Library invites you to an event celebrating their 70th anniversary.
A montage of images related to the lecture and the workshop
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  • Liangyu Fu
The Third Year of the Deep Dive Series
Scholars from Singapore and Taiwan to discuss the DocuSky platform (developed by National Taiwan University) and its use in research projects on Chinese religion.
Photo of Workshop, Commoners and Authority in Medieval Japan
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  • Dawn Lawson
What We Did This Summer
This summer Asia Library hosted a workshop and made plans to celebrate its 70-year history.
Poster for DHAsia 2018
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  • Liangyu Fu
Digital Humanities Asia 2018 Summit
Discusses the close connection between DHAsia 2018 and our Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods in Chinese Studies
graphic announcing sutra-copying symposium
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  • Dawn Lawson
Symposium on Sutra-Copying in Japan (Shakyō)
On Friday, April 6, 2018, Asia Library, the University Library, and the Center of Japanese Studies presented a symposium, "Sacred Scriptures in a Secular Society: Hand-Copying Buddhist Texts in Japan."
Photograph of Charles Chang
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  • Dawn Lawson
Producing Statistics for Urban China
Charles Chang is the next guest speaker in our Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods for Chinese Studies series. He will introduce a computational method that overcomes the barriers of absent official urban statistics in studying modern China. He will also offer a workshop on geocoding Chinese addresses.
Map of Buddhist temples
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  • Dawn Lawson
Humanities Collaboratory
An Asia Library librarian is a member of an exciting Humanities Collaboratory project, Hyecho's Journey.
Map of world with data symbols
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  • Dawn Lawson
Korean Data Services Workshop
Asia Library will hold a Korean Data Services Workshop in November.
Photograph of Professor Daniela Stockmann
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  • Liangyu Fu
Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods for Chinese Studies Series
Daniela Stockmann, Professor of Digital Politics and Media at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, will be the next speaker in the Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods for Chinese Studies series, October 26-27.
Poster announcing the Ping-Pong Diplomacy Exhibit
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  • Liangyu Fu
Small Ball's Big Role: Sino-American Relations and "Ping-Pong Diplomacy," 1971-1972
From September 19 to November 15, the Asia Library (Hatcher Graduate Library 4th Floor North) will be hosting an exhibit that commemorates the 45th anniversary of the Chinese Table Tennis Delegation’s historic visit to the U.S. in 1972, especially to Ann Arbor and the U-M.