The Meiji at 150 Project

The 2017-2018 Academic Year sees the 150th anniversary of Japan’s 1868 Meiji Restoration, an epochal political revolution that sparked Japan’s remarkable modernization, dramatic cultural transformation, and rapid emergence onto the global stage. At UBC, the Asian Library is working together with the Centre for Japanese Research, the Department of History, and the Department of Asian […]

New Books at the Asian Library (Nov 30, 2017)

CHINESE-LANGUAGE MATERIALS PL2872 F364 W36 2016 望春风 / 格非著 PL2892.5 A69 E77 2016 二十六篇 : 和青年朋友谈心 / 钱理群著 PL2932 A634 B35 2016 百年童话 = Life magic / 曹建伟作品 PL2947.5 L773265 W67 2016 我所理解的世界 = The world comprehend / 闾丘露薇著 PL2951.5 Y8 R87 2017 入诗為安 : 一首不可能譯成任何文字的詩 / 歐陽昱著 PL3748 P35 T35125 2016 塔洛 / 万玛才旦著 […]

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 […]

UBC Day of Learning

New Books at the Asian Library (Sep 14, 2017)

JAPANESE-LANGUAGE MATERIALS BQ4475 M682 2016 いまを生きる江戶思想 : 十七世紀における仏教批判と死生観 / 本村昌文 DS889 S8542 2016 なつかしの昭和時代 / 写真・文鈴木育男 HV555 J3 H55 2017 東日本大震災と<復興>の生活記錄/ 吉原直樹, 似田貝香門, 松本行真編著 N7359 F825 A4 2016 ひかり埃のきみ : 美術と回文 / 福田尚代. PL726.55 H5 2016 文学の歴史をどう書き直すのか : 二〇世紀日本の小說・空間・メディア / 日比嘉高 PL822 K294 Z55 2016 幾世の底より : 評伝・明石海人 / 荒波力 CHINESE-LANGUAGE MATERIALS DS774 Z436 2016 […]

Welcoming AAPS members to the Asian Centre and Asian Library

This summer the Asian Library offered two tours to the members of the Association of Administrative & Professional Staff (AAPS), the professional association for the Management and Professional (M&P) staff group at UBC. The tours took place on July 6 and August 29 with a total of 30 M&P Staff from 18 departments attended.  Phoebe […]

New Books at the Asian Library (Aug 30, 2017)

CHINESE-LANGUAGE MATERIALS B127 C65 H858 2016 “无为”与”治道” : 后儒学视域内的”无为” / 黄煌著 DS776 C4426 2016 民国政要最后的”全家福” / 陈宁骏, 欣辰编著 HD9711 C5 T36 2016 寻找梦想的边疆 : 中国航空1934-1942的烽火岁月 / 谭立威著 HQ684 W333 2016 自由的维度 : 近代中国婚姻文化的嬗变 (1860-1930) / 王栋亮著 LB2376.6 C6 Z68 2016 民国时期的留洋文人 / 邹雨青著 NC1699 F4 C44 2016 幾人相憶在江樓 : 豐子愷的抒情漫畫 / 陳星, 朱曉江編著 PL2443 Y35 […]

New Books at the Asian Library (Aug 15, 2017)

CHINESE-LANGUAGE MATERIALS BQ962 U537 C3565 2016 李叔同 : 在爱和自由中行走 / 粲金居士著 DS777.533 M3 S86 2016 1937 : 万里猎影记 / 孙明经著 ND1049 Z3 A35 2016 赵无极中国讲学笔录 / 孙建平編 PL2947 C59 A6 2016b 人和吞食者 : 刘慈欣最具代表中短篇小说集 / 刘慈欣著 Z1003.5 C6 W45 2016 淘书路上 : 韦泱淘书札记精选 / 韦泱著 KOREAN-LANGUAGE MATERIALS BF1868 K6 C464 2016 新 역 의 향기 […]

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