DS924 S524 K56 2020
시화호, 새살 이 돋다 : 생태계 의 보고 로 거듭 나는 시화호 이야기 / 김 경태, 이 민형, 이 재성 지음 / 서울시 : 지성사
DS924 T655 C4 2020
자료 로 보는 우리 땅 독도 30장면 / 동북아 역사 재단 독도 연구소 편 / 서울시 : 동북아 역사 재단
GF71 C44 2020
탄소 사회 의 종말 : 인권 의 눈 으로 기후 위기 와 팬데믹 을 읽다 / 조 효제 지음 / 경기도 파주시 : 21세기 북스
HM846 K566 2021
새로운 가난 이 온다 : 뒤 에 남겨진 우리들 을 위한 철학 수업 / 김 만권 지음 / 경기도 고양시 : 혜다
NK4568 .6 A1 S56 2020
新 왕실 도자 : 조선 왕실 에서 사용 한 서양식 도자기 / 국립 고궁 박물관 [편] ; 도록 기획 편집 김 현정, 백 은경 ; 논고 곽 희원, 장 남원, 최 공호 ; 사진 촬영 서 헌강, 선 유민, 주 병수 / 서울 특별시 : 국립 고궁 박물관
PK2099.32 R387 V37 2020
Vasco Da Gama ki cycle (stories) / Pravin Kumar / Dillī : Rājapāla
PK2212 P7 W37 2020
Vapasi da safar : four Pakistani novelets / edited by Jinder ; translated by Joginder Pau Maan / Nawīṃ Dillī : Ārasī Pabalisharaza
Diwali or Deepavali, which means “a row of lights”, is the most widely celebrated Indian festival. Celebrated on Amavasya (darkest night or no moon day), it usually takes place at the end of October or the first week of November. Diwali marks the victory of good over evil and the beginning of the New Year in India. On Diwali, people decorate their houses with diyas, candles as well as colorful lights, and share gifts, and recite prayers.
UBC students, faculty and staff are cordially invited to experience the diversity of culture through music, dance, and online presentations.
A note of welcome to our students, faculty, staff and community users. After an extended closure due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we are pleased to welcome you back on September 7.
Please note our hours for the fall term are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m..
Also note that study space is now available on the upper level and that we are in the process of a collection reorganization on the lower level. Thank you for your patience as we work quickly to provide a more logical arrangement of the collection. As always, we are ready to serve your library needs.
Starting from July 12, the outside book drop next to the Asian Centre main entrance is open for book return. Users are welcome to return UBC Library materials there.
Please note the Asian Library will remain closed to the public during the summer. For more information about returning library materials and other services, please visit https://services.library.ubc.ca/covid-19-response/.
On February 27, more than 80 participants joined the Canadian Society for Asian Arts (CSAA) and Asian Library for the Ink Dance program. The event recording is now available.
The program began with welcome remarks from Adolfo Tarango, acting head of Asian Library, and Margo Palmer, president of CSAA. Dr. Jan Walls, professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University and past president of CSAA, then presented an overview on the art of Chinese calligraphy, focusing on the works of the late Master Yim Tse, a dedicated librarian, celebrated calligrapher, devoted mentor and philanthropist. This was followed by a short calligraphy demonstration video featuring Yim’s senior disciples Greta Ho and Andrew Yang. The program ended with a question & answer session.
CSAA and Asian Library will continue to develop the Ink Dance retrospective exhibition of calligraphy by Master Yim Tse. We hope to welcome you in-person to this exhibition at the UBC Asian Centre when it is safe to do so. Please stay tuned for the updates.
Ink Dance program
Calligraphy demonstration video created by the Canadian Society for Asian Arts
During Celebrate Learning Week and honouring Asian Heritage Month, the Asian Library is pleased to present emerging new researchers from UBC’s Asian Studies, History, Journalism, and Art History, Visual Art & Theory departments. This year’s theme is games, and the presenters will be discussing a wide range of topics from traditional games to the sociocultural impact of digital gaming. This workshop will be moderated by Dr. Christina Laffin of the Asian Studies Department. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Presenters:
Bianca Chui
Bianca Chui is graduating with BA in Honours History and is an incoming MA student in the Department of Asian Studies at UBC. She recently completed her honours thesis on the intersection between print culture and food culture by examining sugoroku (a type of Japanese board game) in Edo Japan. As the event coordinator at the Centre for Japanese Research (CJR), she organized over a dozen events of different nature in the 2020-21 academic year.
Romi Kim
Romi Kim (he/she/they) is a second generation Korean, currently on unceded Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish first nations. They received their BFA in Visual Arts and Gender Studies from the University of Victoria and are currently an MFA candidate at UBC. Kim’s practice explores intergenerational effects of colonialism, gender, and storytelling methods through affect and emotion. Currently they are researching the traditional Korean game Hwat’u (introduced to Korea by Japan), Hanja (Sino Korean derived from Chinese), and the myth of Paridegi (the first Shaman in Korea). Installation, video, performance, bookmaking and drag are some of the mediums they work within.
Taranjit Singh Dhillon
Taranjit Singh Dhillon is a freelance journalist, engineer & currently works at the UBC Asian Library. He graduated from the Graduate School of Journalism, UBC Vancouver in 2018 and has worked briefly with CBC Indigenous, Canadian not-for-profit think-tank Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Vancouver, Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association, Indian Railways and Jyotirgamaya, a community radio station. His research interests are traditional games of South Asia, geopolitics and the Arctic region security.
Tianyu Li
Tianyu Li received his BA in History with a Minor in Philosophy from UBC. He is currently pursuing a MA in Asian Studies at UBC, supervised by Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh and Dr. Renren Yang. His research focuses on transnational culture and media studies, it pays attention to the question of (post)human self-identity and desire in Chinese video games in relation to Japanese manga and anime. Tianyu also has interests in the representation of evolutionary thinking in video games.
About Celebrate Learning Week and explorASIAN festival:
UBC’s 12th annual Celebrate Learning Week (May 17-23) is a week-long online showcase of teaching and learning opportunities at UBC.Check out President Santa J. Ono’s message here and other events here.
May is the Asian Heritage Month! This year is also the explorASIAN’s 25th anniversary. More than 50+ virtual events and exhibitions are presented by various community groups. Check out the festival program guide here.
Nowruz is the Persian New Year, which starts at the exact moment of spring equinox and conclude 13 days afterwards. This year’s Nowruz begins on March 20. A year ago, just before the Library closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we were able to mount a display featuring a haft-seen spread to celebrate Nowruz. The Haft-Seen (Seven “S”s) is an arrangement of seven symbolic items whose names start with the 15th letter in the Persian alphabet that correspond to S in English.
To support the Persian language and Iranian studies at UBC, Asian Library has been developing a Persian-language collection. We have acquired more new titles recently and they are now available for circulating. Below are some of the examples. Library users can search these titles from the UBC Library catalogue and make request through the Materials Pick-up service.
Please take a moment to watch this new video showcasing the Chinese rare book collections with focus put on poetry covering all historical periods. Created by Jing Liu, Chinese Studies Librarian, this video is a part of UBC Asian Studies’ Lantern Festival Poetry Night (上元诗会), a multi-media and multi-lingual event hosted by the UBC Chinese Language Program annually. This year’s event has been integrated into the teaching program in Canvas.
Update on April 5:We are sorry to announce that the Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program 2021, originally scheduled on April 7, is cancelled at this time. The event will be rescheduled and announced in due course. For more information, please visit the program page.
The Department of Asian Studies and the Asian Library at the University of British Columbia are pleased to announce the 2021 essay competition in Punjabi for Punjabi language students, in association with the Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program at UBC. Students who were enrolled in a Punjabi language class or classes at a university, college, or at the pre-collegiate level in B.C. during the last three years (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21) can participate in this competition.
The essay topics for the competition are:
Beginner’s level: What lessons has the COVID experience taught you?
Advanced level: Discuss the role of social media in the Farmer’s Protest.
Students can enter in this competition in either one of the following TWO categories, depending upon their level in Punjabi. (Proof of level of most recently taken class is required):
Beginners: For those students who have completed or who are enrolled in the first-year level of Punjabi at a university or college or grade 8 to 11 in a high school in B.C. Students at this level should write a 400 – 500 words essay on the above topic.
Advanced: For those students who have completed or who are enrolled in a second year or higher-level Punjabi course at a university, college, or in grade 12 in a high school in B.C. Students at this level should write 800 – 1000 words essay on the above topic.
One winner will be selected from each category and will be given an award of $200.00; one runner-up will be selected in each category, who receive an award of $50.00. These awards will be announced at a function on April 7, 6:30 pm at Zoom.
Those students who are currently enrolled in Punjabi classes can submit their essays to their teachers (who are then responsible for submitting them by the deadline); other students can send their essays to the email address given below. All submissions must be via email and received on or before April 2nd. No exceptions will be made.
For more information or to submit your essay, please contact: Punjabi Competition Asian Studies Dept.; 1871 West Mall, UBC, Asian Centre V6T 1Z2 or
Sarbjit Randhawa, South Asian and Himalayan Studies Librarian at sarbjit.randhawa@ubc.ca / 604-822-2162.
Saturday, February 27, 2021
7:00PM to 8:15PM PST Online event via Zoom Co-presenters: Canadian Society for Asian Arts and UBC Asian Library Speakers: Dr. Jan Walls, Greta Ho, Andrew Young
Happy New Year! Let’s celebrate the year of the White Ox (辛丑年, beginning on Friday, Feb. 12th) by sending our thoughts to family and friends with a handmade card. The ox is said to be patient and kind, good qualities to have in the times we are in. This low-key lunchtime event will give you time to get creative and a space for sharing friendly discussion of New Year’s customs in Asia. All age groups are invited. Bring your own cardmaking supplies: paper, pencil crayons, glue, old pictures or magazines, and scissors are some things you may need. See you in Zoom.
The Asian Library hosted its first virtual Diwali or Deepavali celebrations on Thursday, November 12 and it also marked the beginning of celebrating Asian Library’s 60th anniversary. Event attendees enjoyed a variety of folk dances, poems, songs, learned about the traditions surrounding Diwali, and also learned about the history of the Asian Library.
Sarbjit Randhawa, South Asian and Himalayan Studies Librarian, would like to thank Surrey India Arts Club, Shan-E-Punjab Arts Academy, Raghavendra Rao K.V., Taranjeet Kaur Dhaliwal, Taranjit Singh Dhillon and Phoebe Chow for their impressive performances and presentations. She also expressed a special thanks to Dr. Anne Murphy for her continued support to the Asian Library. Prof. Murphy is an Associate Prof. at the Asian Studies and Lead, Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster, UBC.
Diwali or Deepavali, which means “a row of lights”, is the most widely celebrated festival in India and throughout the Indian diaspora. It is celebrated on Amavasya (darkest night or no moon day), it usually takes place at the end of October or the first week of November. Diwali marks the victory of good over evil, and the beginning of the New Year in India. The festival celebration, which typically lasts from five to seven days, is celebrated by several South Asian Communities, and by the majority of Indians regardless of faith, including Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Christians. On Diwali, people decorate their houses with diyas, candles as well as colourful lights, and they share gifts and recite prayers.
The event will be virtual this year. Everyone is cordially invited to experience the diversity of South Asian culture through music and dance performances.
David Mark Graham (1945-2012) was a Vancouver native and a double UBC alumnus (BA, BArch) with a life-long interest in Asia. At UBC, he was closely involved with projects such as the construction of the Asian Centre, the rejuvenation of the Nitobe Japanese Garden, and a proposal for a travelling exhibition of the university’s Tokugawa map collection.
The David Mark Graham Memorial Fund honours David’s memory through the purchase of print materials for UBC’s Asian Library, focusing on traditional visual and material art and architecture of Northeast Asia, particularly Japan and Korea.
The Asian Library is pleased to present the following two rare Japanese acquisitions recently made possible by the David Mark Graham Memorial Fund and the UBC Rare Books and Special Collections. We acknowledge the continued support from the Asian Studies faculty, especially Drs. J. Mostow and C. Laffin, in providing expertise in Japanese rare books. Many thanks also to the Library’s Acquisitions and Cataloguing units for their technical support and to the Digital Initiatives unit for digitizing the items and making them openly accessible in the Open Collections platform.
異國人物圖 Ikoku jinbutsuzu (Illustrations of the people of the world)
Produced in the mid-18th century, Ikoku jinbutsuzu allows us a fascinating glimpse into Japanese view of the world and its inhabitants in the Edo period (1603-1868). Pictures of people from various parts of the world, from China, to Vietnam, and to Holland, are hand-drawn and painted in vivid colours. The images were largely derived from astronomer and geographer Nishikawa Joken’s Shijūnikoku jinbutsu zusetsu (Illustrated account of the people from 42 countries, 1720), a very influential book at the time. This well-preserved manuscript is a valuable addition to the number of pre-modern Japanese works depicting and discussing the world’s peoples, including the popular Bankoku Sōzu (Map of all nations), in the UBC Library’s Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era collection.
View Ikoku jinbutsuzu at UBC Open Collections here.
奈良絵本断簡 Nara ehon dankan (Illustrated pages from a Nara ehon picture book)
Photo credit: Library Communications
Nara ehon is a type of Japanese manuscript book, containing a short story accompanied by illustrations. Nara ehon books were produced from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period in the early 1600s, and while many were mass-produced and circulated widely among the general public, some were exquisitely painted and ornately decorated with high-quality materials and intended for high-ranking samurai and daimyō (great feudal lord) families.
Our new acquisition includes ten sheets of illustrations, hand-painted in gold, blue, green, and other bright colours, with borders in gold. According to the scholars who examined the pieces, the high quality of the paper and paint indicates that the illustrations were possibly from a picture album for the high class audience rather than a mass-produced story book.
The Library is pleased to have acquired these beautiful specimens of Nara ehon illustrations. The images are now available digitally in the UBC Open Collections not only for our faculty and students to study but also for any art and picture book enthusiasts all over the world to enjoy viewing and sharing.
Below is the announcement issued by the Associate University Librarian, Collections to faculty members about providing course reserve materials for students in the Fall term. If you have any questions on placing Asian-language materials on reserve, please contact your subject librarians or email asian.reserve@ubc.ca.
Dear Colleagues,
As UBC looks towards preparing for the Fall term, UBC Library continues to support faculty in ensuring students have high quality learning experiences through access to online course materials.
Due to COVID-19, UBC Library branches will remain closed for at least the start of Winter term and print course reserve items will not be available to students. Staff and librarians are focusing on materials and formats that are accessible in an online environment.
Some materials that instructors wish to use may not be available electronically. Approximately 85% of textbooks are not available for sale to libraries in online formats. Much of the non-English language materials do not have online equivalents. Some audiovisual material currently available on DVD may not be accessible through streaming services or via licensed databases.
The Library will purchase online equivalents to print resources, where possible. The Library will license streaming versions of DVDs if they exist. If there are no online versions of a print or physical resource available, you can work with your subject librarian to identify reasonable alternatives. These options include purchasing eBook versions of alternative titles, identifying open source textbooks, scanning and uploading select print content (subject to copyright), or digitizing DVD content (subject to copyright).
UBC Library encourages you to review your course reading lists as soon as possible, so that the course materials your students need are available to them online and in time.
After you have reviewed your course materials, please submit your content into the Canvas-integrated Library Online Course Reserves (LOCR) system to ensure compliance with copyright and license agreements.
For a full service option, faculty and instructors can email Microsoft Word or PDF versions of course reading lists or syllabi to service@ubc.ca
UBC Library staff review content submitted to LOCR, obtain materials, make copyright determinations, secure licenses where necessary, and upload the content on your behalf. Each item must be assessed individually for copyright clearance each time the course is offered, even if clearance was obtained for the course in a previous term.
The Library will continue to communicate about in person service options on the advice of provincial health authorities. To stay informed of any change in our services, please check the Library Service Updates linked from the UBC Library home page.
Sheldon Armstrong AUL Collections, University of British Columbia Library
Unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) People
604.822.5300 sheldon.armstrong@ubc.ca
We are pleased to announce effective April 20, Adolfo Tarango will be Acting Head of Asian Library during Shirin Eshghi Furuzawa’s one year parental leave. Adolfo has been with the UBC Library since 2016 as Head of Technical Services and currently oversees the Collections Management, Cataloguing, Marking and Preservation Units.
Due to conditions with the COVID-19 outbreak, the IGNITE Book club: Annahid Dashtgard in conversation with Shirin Eshghi proceeded as scheduled on March 12 but without a public audience. The conversation was captured in order for anyone interested to hear Dashtgard speak about her book, Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Reconciliation.
Organized by the UBC Equity & Inclusion Office, IGNITE Book Club is designed with and for racialized faculty to allow for the exploration and discussion of memoirs written by renowned racialized authors. Check out more information HERE.
L to R: Sadaf Ahmadbeigi, Annahid Dashtgard, Shirin Eshghi Furuzawa
The talk was meant to be followed by a reception with performances to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Although the performances were also cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns, Sadaf Ahmadbeigi, our ARL Mosaic Intern, was still able to mount a display featuring a haft-seen spread to celebrate Nowruz. The Haft-Seen (Seven “S”s) is an arrangement of seven symbolic items whose names start with the 15th letter in the Persian alphabet that correspond to S in English. As you see in our display, these items are as follow:
Sabzeh (سبزه) – wheat, barley, mung bean, or lentil sprouts grown in a dish which symbolizes rebirth and growth
Samanu (سمنو) – wheat germ sweet pudding, symbolizing power and strength
Senjed (سنجد) – Persian olive, symbolizing love
Serkeh (سرکه) – vinegar symbolizing patience
Seeb (سیب) – apple, symbolizing beauty
Seer (سیر) – garlic, symbolizing health
Somāq (سماق) – sumac, symbolizing sunrise
The spread is traditionally set up with a mirror as a symbol for self-reflection, coloured eggs, symbolizing fertility, candles to bring light to our lives, and books, especially poetry books symbolizing wisdom and tradition.
Nowruz celebrations start at the exact moment of spring equinox, and conclude 13 days afterwards. Today marks the final day of the New Year celebrations, and it is customary to throw away the Sabzeh, the sprout that we have grown over the past two weeks. It has special significance this year in the context of Covid-19, as the belief is that the Sabzeh will have collected all the sickness, pain, and suffering of the past and of what may still lie ahead. Throwing the Sabzeh away reflects a wish to start afresh.
UPDATE on March 12: After much consultation and careful consideration, UBC Equity and Inclusion Office decided to cancel today’s IGNITE book club event. The cancellation of the event is a responsible decision in order to protect all our diverse communities. This is also following the safety precautions recommended by our provincial health authorities to best protect the health of the population with concerns around COVID-19 in large group settings.
The Equity and Inclusion Office is still planning a conservation between Annahid Dashtgard and Shirin Eshghi Furuzawa, which will be recorded. They will be sharing the recording online when it’s ready.
Thursday, March 12, 2020 Asian Centre 1871 West Mall
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Asian Library Upper Floor
Join us for IGNITE, an ongoing series of engagements with racialized authors at UBC’s Vancouver campus. Annahid Dashtgard, author of Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Reconciliation, will share insights into her works and finding joy amidst her experience of living as a racialized individual, author, and academic. Hosted by Shirin Eshghi, Head of UBC Asian Library.
6:15 PM to 7:30 PM
Reception with Persian Refreshments – Asian Centre Foyer
Performances – Asian Centre Auditorium
Nowruz, which literally means “a new day”, is the Persian New Year, celebrated for over 3,000 years by diverse communities in Western Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin, the Balkans, and South Asia. Celebrated on the first day of Farvardin (The first month of Persian Calendars), Nowruz marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. It usually occurs around March 21, depending on where it is observed. The moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year, and families gather together to celebrate the earth being reborn. The celebration usually starts Charshanbe Suri (Festive Wednesday) and ends with Sizdah Be Dar (Out With The Thirteen) which is on the thirteenth Farvardin. For Nowruz, people display a spread called Haft-Sin (Seven “S”s) which is an arrangement of seven symbolic items whose names start with the 15th letter in the Persian alphabet.
Originating in Southwest China, tea is now one of the most popular drinks in the world. It is served differently from country to country. Visit our latest book display and explore the Asian Library collection on tea, its origin, history and culture.
The display is located at the Asian Centre foyer and will be up until March 7.
On February 11, UBC Library hosted a one-day workshop by renowned Japanese conservator Kazunori Oryū, who presented on Japanese scroll mounting and bookbinding in conservation. More than forty participants were in attendance, including local and out-of-town conservators, paper and print artists, members of Japanese heritage and cultural organizations, and UBC students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
In the workshop, Mr. Oryū not only outlined the basics of the structures and aesthetics of Japanese heritage materials as related to conservation, but also reported on his involvement as a technical supervisor in the multi-year rescue efforts for paper-based resources damaged during last October’s typhoon at the Kawasaki City Museum. Mr. Oryū also provided step-by-step demonstrations of how to handle heritage materials properly, and gave detailed explanations about preservation and conservation processes and techniques, using sample materials.
In the words of a participant, “thank you… for offering this fascinating event and for opening it up to the conservation community. Opportunities like this are rare.”
Mr. Oryū also met with library employees the following day to examine items from UBC Library’s own Japanese rare collections. He provided invaluable guidance with regards to the ongoing conservation needs of the items that were shown, and also espoused general strategies that could be used to care for the materials.
We are grateful to Mr. Oryū for sharing his time and expertise, and to Sheldon Armstrong, AUL Collections, for sponsoring this event.
The Year of the Rat is approaching! Come and celebrate the Lunar New Year with the Asian Library and the Department of Asian Studies as well as other UBC groups on Tuesday January 28 at the Nest Atrium Lower Level. Enjoy wonderful performances and participate in interesting cultural activities. It is free and open to the public!
Drop by our Pop-up Library booth between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. We will feature our Great Reads Collection and language learning materials. You will also receive a small gift when signing out books!
The celebration organized by the Department of Asian Studies will run from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Performances include lion dance, K-pop dance, and Chinese music, etc. They also offer hands-on activities like Chinese calligraphy, paper cutting, Korean games (Gonggi and Jegichagi), Ring Toss, and more. Check out more details HERE.
In addition, the Asian Library will be featuring a display in the lobby area of Asian Centre from Jan 23 to Feb 8. The display will highlight our collection as well as a few items from the Education Library, and will also include New Year decorations. Please stop by and take a look!
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous Year of the Rat!
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Time: 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (Light refreshments at 9:30 a.m.)
Location: C. K. Choi Building Room 120 (Conference Room)
Instructor: Mr. Kazunori Oryū
UBC Library is offering a basic Japanese paper conservation workshop by renowned conservator, Mr. Kazunori Oryū. Mr. Oryū has studied painting conservation at the studio of Oka Bokkōdō in Kyōto where he developed his skills and expertise working with Japanese cultural heritage items such as hanging scrolls, screens and books. He is a Conservation Consultant for private and public collections, and he provides preservation planning and preventive and conservation treatment service for paintings, heritage document and manuscript collections. He has lectured extensively in North America and Europe.
This workshop focuses on Japanese scroll mounting and bookbinding using Japanese restoration and conservation techniques. The workshop will incorporate lectures, demonstrations and practical work including handling of Japanese traditional materials. This is a valuable professional development opportunity for paper conservators as well as for artists, craftspeople, library and museum staff, and anyone interested in the Japanese book history.
Admissions is free, but registration is required. Please register here: Registration Link.
For more information, please contact Tomoko Kitayama Yen, Japanese Studies Librarian, at tomoko.kitayama@ubc.ca.
UPDATE: This workshop has been postponed for a new date in 2020. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please check our blog later or contact Tomoko Kitayama Yen at tomoko.kitayama@ubc.ca for more information.
Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections Seminar Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 Eest Mall, Vancouver BC
Instructor: Mr. Kazunori Oryū
UBC Library is offering a basic Japanese paper conservation workshop by renowned conservator, Mr. Kazunori Oryū. Mr. Oryū has studied painting conservation at the studio of Oka Bokkōdō in Kyōto where he developed his skills and expertise working with Japanese cultural heritage items such as hanging scrolls, screens and books. He is a Conservation Consultant for private and public collections, and he provides preservation planning and preventive and conservation treatment service for paintings, heritage document and manuscript collections. He has lectured extensively in North America and Europe.
This workshop focuses on Japanese scroll mounting and bookbinding using Japanese restoration and conservation techniques. The workshop will incorporate lectures, demonstrations and practical work including handling of Japanese traditional materials. This is a valuable professional development opportunity for paper conservators as well as for artists, craftspeople, library and museum staff, and anyone interested in the Japanese book history.
Admissions is free, but registration is required. Please register here: Registration Link
For more information, please contact Tomoko Kitayama Yen, Japanese Studies Librarian, at tomoko.kitayama@ubc.ca.
The Asian Library hosted a lively Diwali celebration at the Liu Institute with the support of UBC Equity & Inclusion, Alumni UBC, and the Centre for Indian and South Asian Research on Friday, October 25. In addition to learning about the tradition of Diwali through a student-led presentation, audience members were treated to a variety of musical and dance performances, from traditional to modern, and Henna painting. The event concluded with South Asian refreshments.
Friday, October 25, 2019 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive
Diwali or Deepavali, which means “a row of lights”, is the most widely celebrated festival in India and throughout the Indian diaspora. It is celebrated on Amavasya (darkest night or no moon day), it usually takes place at the end of October or the first week of November. Diwali marks the victory of good over evil, and the beginning of the New Year in India. The festival celebration, which typically lasts from five to seven days, is celebrated by several South Asian Communities, and by the majority of Indians regardless of faith, including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Christians. On Diwali, people decorate their houses with diyas, candles as well as colourful lights, and they share gifts and recite prayers.
UBC students, staff and faculty members are cordially invited to experience the diversity of South Asian culture through music, henna, and delicious refreshments.
All Diwali activities are free and no registration is required.
Bianca Chui
Romi Kim
Taranjit Singh Dhillon
Happy New Year! Let’s celebrate the year of the White Ox (辛丑年, beginning on Friday, Feb. 12th) by sending our thoughts to family and friends with a handmade card. The ox is said to be patient and kind, good qualities to have in the times we are in. This low-key lunchtime event will give you time to get creative and a space for sharing friendly discussion of New Year’s customs in Asia. All age groups are invited. Bring your own cardmaking supplies: paper, pencil crayons, glue, old pictures or magazines, and scissors are some things you may need. See you in Zoom.
Diwali or Deepavali, which means “a row of lights”, is the most widely celebrated festival in India and throughout the Indian diaspora. It is celebrated on Amavasya (darkest night or no moon day), it usually takes place at the end of October or the first week of November. Diwali marks the victory of good over evil, and the beginning of the New Year in India. The festival celebration, which typically lasts from five to seven days, is celebrated by several South Asian Communities, and by the majority of Indians regardless of faith, including Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Christians. On Diwali, people decorate their houses with diyas, candles as well as colourful lights, and they share gifts and recite prayers.
We are pleased to announce effective April 20, Adolfo Tarango will be Acting Head of Asian Library during Shirin Eshghi Furuzawa’s one year parental leave. Adolfo has been with the UBC Library since 2016 as Head of Technical Services and currently oversees the Collections Management, Cataloguing, Marking and Preservation Units.
Due to conditions with the COVID-19 outbreak, the IGNITE Book club: Annahid Dashtgard in conversation with Shirin Eshghi proceeded as scheduled on March 12 but without a public audience. The conversation was captured in order for anyone interested to hear Dashtgard speak about her book, Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Reconciliation.
The Year of the Rat is approaching! Come and celebrate the Lunar New Year with the Asian Library and the 
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