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Explore the Asian Library’s New Chinese DVD titles
Asian Library has recently acquired over 60 Chinese DVDs from the following series: “A Century of Chinese classic movies” (中国电影百年经典) and “Follow me in Chinese” (跟我学汉语). Most of them were originally produced from 1950s to 1990s and have both English and Chinese subtitles. Listed below are some of the examples. Please come and browse these […]
New Books at the Asian Library (Nov 15, 2017)
KOREAN-LANGUAGE MATERIALS DS731.K6 K356 2017 간도 의 기억 : 일본 제국 의 대륙 침략 과 조선인 의 항쟁 / 엮은이 박 환 DS915.572 H68 2017 v.1-9 영상, 역사 를 비추다 : 한국 현대사 영상 자료 해제집 / 허 은 편 G2334.S478 Y48 2017 옛 서울 지도 = Maps of old Seoul / 총괄 송 인호, […]
UBC Day of Learning Event Recap
UBC’s Day of Learning took place on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. The event marked the 75th anniversary of Japanese-Canadian internment and the 5th anniversary of the UBC Honorary Degree Ceremony for the 76 Japanese Canadian students expelled in 1942. The day-long event was comprised of four sessions, and the Asian Library had the privilege to […]
New Books at the Asian Library (Oct 31, 2017)
CHINESE-LANGUAGE MATERIALS CD6177 W354 2016 民国公务印章图说 / 翟玉霞主编 ; 王俊明著 DS777.5314 Z468 2016 战殇 : 国民革命军抗战将士口述实录 / 周渝著 N7345 X8 2016 非艺术 : 国际视野下的中国当代艺术 / 徐琛著 PL2754 S5 Z594693 2016 灯火 : 鲁迅与文艺 / 上海鲁迅纪念馆编 PL2849 U64 B39 2016 八月蝴蝶黄 : 裘山山短篇小说选 / 裘山山著 PL2931.5 I24 J84 20164 绝响 / 畀愚著 PL2947.5 U7758 N36 2016 […]
New Books at the Asian Library (Oct 16, 2017)
INDIC-LANGUAGE MATERIALS PK2099.32 A83 V37 2016 Vāṭsa epa para kṛāṇti : kahānī-saṅgraha / Anurāga Pāṭhaka PK2099.34 S64 W43 2016 Whatsapp: riśte-nātoṃ kī kahāniyām̐ / Raśmi PK2199 H338 A54 2016 Kālī salavāra aura aṇya kahāniyām̐ / Saādata Hasana Maṇto. PK2199 H338 Z46 2016 Saādata Hasena Manṭo kī kahāniyām̐ / sampādaka, Narendra Mohana KOREAN-LANGUAGE MATERIALS DS916.27 C453 […]
Art Exhibition: Trauma, Memory, and the Story of Canada
Date: September 30 – December 3, 2017 Location: Asian Centre (1871 West Mall) (map) Hours: Asian Library open hours (see hours) Visit the art exhibition “Canada at 150+: Trauma, Memory and the Story of Canada” presented by the South Asian Canadian Histories Association from now until early December at UBC, and in the Punjabi Market […]
New Books at the Asian Library (Sep 29, 2017)
INDIC-LANGUAGE MATERIALS PK2099.32 A83 V37 2016 Vāṭsa epa para kṛāṇti : kahānī-saṅgraha / Anurāga Pāṭhaka PK2099.34 S64 W43 2016 Whatsapp: riśte-nātoṃ kī kahāniyām̐ / Raśmi KOREAN-LANGUAGE MATERIALS BL2230 Y525 2016 한국 신화 와 문화 / 이 병찬 DS916.5 Y53 O27 2016 대한 민국 임시 정부 의 정신적 지주 이 동녕 / 한국 독립 운동사 연구소 […]
Celebrate DIWALI with the Asian Library
Join the Asian Library to celebrate Diwali (Festival of Lights)! Wednesday, October 18, 2017 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall Diwali or Deepavali, which means “a row of lights”, is the most widely celebrated annual Indian festival. It marks the victory of good over evil, and the beginning of the […]
From Wenzhou to Vancouver, From Yale to Oxford: Journey of Knowledge Archaeology of a Freelance Writer
With speaker SHEN Jia (沈迦) Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Time: 12:00-1:30 p.m. Venue: Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall Language: Mandarin 以商品经济闻名遐迩的浙江温州，其老城区里有一座百年历史的基督教堂，但教堂创建者的名字及其作为这座城市现代化奠基人的事迹却被有意无意淹埋在波云诡谲的历史里。童年时曾随祖母去这座教堂礼拜的沈迦，大学读了新闻系，毕业后做过记者、编辑、商人，然后在十余年前移民来到了温哥华。在安静的温哥华，他依托近代史料宏富的UBC亚洲图书馆，从童年的家乡记忆出发，通过爬梳档案、田野调查、口述访谈，历时六年，跨越亚欧美三大洲，以知识考古学的方式还原了这位名叫苏慧廉的英国传教士波澜壮阔的一生，及其与中国近代史一咏三叹的关联。 成书于温哥华的《寻找·苏慧廉》2013年在台湾、大陆相继出版后一纸风行，当年即获评中国“年度十大好书”，凤凰卫视还据此拍摄了同名记录片。 In the old quarter of Wenzhou, a well-known city for its commodity economy in Zhejiang Province, stands a Christian church built about one century ago. However, the name of the builder […]
