Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
8049-130 St. George St M5S1A5 Toronto, ON, Canada

Wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year / Spring Festival / Seollal / Losar from the East Asian Library ! ... --- Find out more about the rituals and legends that characterize Spring Festival celebrations in China at http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/speci/china_general_lunar.htm Seollal, the Lunar New Year in South Korea, involves rituals for ancestor worship as well as gatherings for traditional meals and games https://asiasociety.org/korea/seollal-korean-lunar-new-year In the Amdo region of Tibet, Losar celebrations for the new year include day-long family festivities to honor ancestors and deities and also nourish the body and spirit https://folklife.si.edu//new-year-celebrations-losar-in-ti

Video: Buddhist Bodies: An Introduction and Collective: Textbook Survey. Presenting a literature review of introductory textbooks and pedagogical tools for Buddhist studies and what the findings mean for the Buddhist Bodies Collective's intersectional textbook project. #BuddhistStudies bit.ly/3jiX3bZ

Digitized artwork: The Hiroshima Panels. Digital reproductions of the Hiroshima Panels I-XV by artists and survivors Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi are available online through the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels . #JapaneseStudies https://marukigallery.jp/en/hiroshimapanels/

Online collection: Chinese Art. Explore a selection of artworks from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston dating from 1st to 18th century China. The art ranges from bronze work to scroll painting to lacquer screens and more. #ChineseStudies https://collections.mfa.org/collectio//chinese-art/objects

Upcoming webinar: Dark Pasts in the History Classroom in Canada and South Korea. Professor Nanhee Ku takes a comparative look at understandings of and approaches to ongoing colonial legacies in the history curricula of South Korea and Canada. #KoreanStudies Feb 11, 11:30am EST https://kore.info.yorku.ca//dark-pasts-in-the-history-cla/

Upcoming lecture with Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University: Early Modern Art in Tibet: Gendun Chophel and Amdo Jampa. Join Professor Tsewang Tashi and Director of the Laste Project Pema Bhum as they discuss the art, influence, and friendship of artists Gendun Chophel and Amdo Jampa on 20th-century Tibetan art. Nov 19, 10am ET https://weai.columbia.edu//early-modern-art-tibet-gendun-c

Upcoming book talk: Russia's Worlds series: Soviet Union and East Asia. The Harriman Institute at Columbia University invites Tatiana Linkhoeva and Elizabeth McGuire to discuss their books and the influences of Soviet communism, Russian revolution, Imperial Japan, and Chinese communism on each other and across East Asia. #EastAsianStudies Nov 19, 12pm EST https://t.co/JOc2ldjlvb

Free e-resource: Multi-database Search System for Historical Chinese Characters. Explore the geographical and temporal genealogy of old kanji with this image database of characters from the Chinese Han Dynasty to the end of the Japanese Edo period. #JapaneseStudies https://mojiportal.nabunken.go.jp/en/

Upcoming talk: Social Engagement of Documentary Photography in China: Navigating in Troubled Waters with Gaochao He. Professor Gaochao He will explore how political, social, and economic dynamics impact the works and personal lives of documentary photographers in China today. #ChineseStudies Nov 17, 12pm ET https://krieger.jhu.edu//eas-speaker-series-social-engage/

Free e-resource: Bukri Yongšon: The Manchu Foundation Myth. After 10+ years of work, this illustrated e-book project, led by Dr. Loretta Kim, presents the Manchu origin myth of Bukri Yongšon in 6 languages. #ManchuStudies www.manchustudiesgroup.org//bukuri-yongson-the-manchu-fou/ bit.ly/2Ixu5H8 for the source text

Apply for an East Asian Library Remote Access Grant (COVID-19) today! Open to all EAS scholars affiliated with Canadian institutions, our program offers recipients remote access to our EAS e-collections during March 2021. Apply by Dec 31 Details at https://uoft.me/EAL-remote-access-grant-program

New e-resource: The Hyndae munhak () online archive is now available to the U of T community. The archive provides users with remote access to all current and past monthly issues of Hyndae munhak, featuring more than 40,000 pieces of contemporary Korean literature and literary criticism. https://east.library.utoronto.ca//new-e-resource-hy%C5%8Fn