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Libraries/Tang/Tibet/Translation/Web Sites

Dunhuang, translation, and cultural contact

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Alan Baumler / 0 Comment

If you teach about Dunhuang, or the Tang dynasty, or inter-cultural contact, or just like to read interesting things, you should be aware of the Early Tibet web...

China/English/Humor/Libraries/visual culture

Seek Truth from Farts

Posted on July 4, 2013 by C. W. Hayford / 1 Comment

My passing comment on Alan’s Seek Truth from Facts mentioned that I once saw “Seek Truth From Farts.” Maybe it was a misprint, maybe a comment...

Archives/bibliography/Guides/Libraries/Okinawa

Collecting Local Materials in Okinawa

Posted on May 12, 2011 by sayaka / 3 Comments

It seems there is increasing attention to Okinawan history recently. Okinawa is such an obviously interesting place for its own rich cultures, languages, custom...

Archives/bibliography/Guides/Libraries

Collecting Local Materials in Miyagi

Posted on April 17, 2011 by sayaka / 2 Comments

To express my deep gratitude to those who helped my research in Miyagi this summer, and to encourage more researchers to explore sources in Tohoku when things r...

China/Libraries/Movies

Bruce Willis and Harvard Yenching

Posted on October 29, 2010 by K. M. Lawson / 2 Comments

I dropped by Harvard-Yenching library this afternoon to pick up some books requested from the depository and look up a few more from my todo list. I noted down ...

Korea/Libraries/Web Sites

Now in Firefox: Korean Newspapers at the National Library

Posted on November 11, 2009 by K. M. Lawson / 0 Comment

I just heard from one of our fellow contributors here at Frog in a Well that the National Library of Korea now offers limited support for a variety of browsers!...

Books/China/Libraries/Web Sites and Resources

Harvard to Digitize Chinese Rare Book Collection

Posted on October 13, 2009 by K. M. Lawson / 0 Comment

I just read on H-Asia that Harvard has announced last week that, in cooperation with the National Library of China, it will be scanning its 51,500 volumes of Ch...

anniversaries/China/Libraries/Qing

Happy Birthday New Policies!

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Alan Baumler / 0 Comment

2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the New Policies (新政) reforms of the late Qing. Well, not really. The Late Qing reforms are increasingly seen as more import...

China/Civil War/Libraries/Newspapers/Republican/Sino-Japanese Wars

Newspaper Digitization at Shandong Provincial Library

Posted on November 17, 2008 by K. M. Lawson / 4 Comments

I am currently spending my days at a microfilm machine in the basement of Shandong Provincial library, looking through old wartime newspapers from occupied and ...

China/English/Libraries/Taiwan

National Taiwan University Library

Posted on August 10, 2008 by K. M. Lawson / 3 Comments

I’ve started an entry for the NTU Library at the EALA wiki. Besides the fact that this is a wonderful library by any international standard, I’m rea...

Art/Japan/Libraries/Web Sites

Images of Late Medieval Disease Critters and Meiji Toys

Posted on March 16, 2008 by Morgan Pitelka / 0 Comment

Japanese historical visual materials are becoming available online in increasing quantities and variety, as seen in two posts from the last week from Pink Tenta...

Film/Frog in A Well/Korea/Libraries

EALA Update: Yonsei Library and Korean Film Archive

Posted on August 20, 2007 by K. M. Lawson / 1 Comment

I have added two entries to the East Asian Libraries and Archives wiki here at Frog in a Well. Yonsei University Central Library I have so far only made a few r...

Archaeology/Colonial/Korea/Korea-Japan/Koryŏ/Late Chosŏn/Law/Libraries/Museums

History news round-up (brought to you by the Korea Times)

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Owen / 0 Comment

For some reason the Korea Times seems to be quite a decent source of history news these days, so in the absence of a more heavyweight post, here’s a round...

English/Korea/Late Chosŏn/Libraries/Web Sites

Yun Chi-ho’s Diary Online

Posted on August 6, 2006 by K. M. Lawson / 1 Comment

Owen has posted some great links on the study of pre-modern Korean history. In one of his postings he mentioned the National History Compilation Committee (국사편찬...

Korea/Libraries/Web Sites

Korea Foundation Cultural Center

Posted on August 3, 2006 by K. M. Lawson / 0 Comment

Yesterday I paid a visit to the Korea Foundation’s Cultural Center (한국국제교류재단 문화센터). The center features gallery space, seminar and movie rooms, and a lend...

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