New Interview! "Scott Dearborn Colby--Center for East Asian Studies Interview"

Dr. Scott Colby, KU EALC (1966), talks about his experience studying East Asian Studies and Chinese language in the 1960s and early 1970s. This interview is a part of the University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies Faculty Interview Series.
Available on KU ScholarWorks at https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/18598

University of Kansas East Asian Library Research Travel Grants

The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas, a federally designated National Resource Center, is offering travel grants to scholars outside the Lawrence Kansas area who wish to use the University's East Asian Library collection during the 2014-2015 academic year. A limited number of travel grants of up to $350 each will be awarded to cover travel and lodging expenses. Applicants at institutions with few library resources in East Asian languages will be given priority consideration. The awards must be used before August 1, 2015. Applications will be reviewed by the travel grants committee. Faculty members and graduate students engaged in dissertation research are eligible to apply. The application deadline is March 1, 2015.

The East Asian collection has over 325,000 volumes in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean with substantial periodical holdings and electronic resources. The collection is especially strong in the fields of Chinese and Japanese art history, history, literature, religion, and Japanese women's studies. For further information about the collection please consult http://lib.ku.edu/east-asian-library or contact Vickie Doll, Head of the East Asian Library, at vdoll@ku.edu.

To apply for a travel grant please submit a one page description of your research topic, the type/subject of materials you are seeking, an estimated budget, and a current curriculum vitae to the Center for East Asian Studies Travel Grants Committee at ceas@ku.edu.

For more information  http://guides.lib.ku.edu/c.php?g=94980&p=618328

Travel Grants Committee
Center for East Asian Studies
Bailey Hall Room 201
1440 Jayhawk Blvd
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: (785) 864-3849
Fax: (785) 864-5034
Email: ceas@ku.edu (attn: Travel Grant)

RISS International Database Trial

The Lawrence and Edwards campuses of the University of Kansas now have trial online access to RISS International from now through February 28, 2015. 

RISS International covers full-text journal articles, and 90% of the theses & dissertations produced since 2008.

Access the trial link from the Library New Database Trials page at http://lib.ku.edu/new-database-trials

Provider/Platform/Publisher: Korea Education & Research Information Service (aka. KERIS)

Additional Information: URL for information about the resource: http://intl.RISS.kr

Please send your feedback to vdoll@ku.edu

Korean newspaper database trials: Chosun ilbo and Donga ilbo newspaper archive

Chosun Ilbo Archive  (http://www2.lib.ku.edu:2048/login?url=http://srchdb1.chosun.com/pdf/i_archive/)

Provides searchable metadata and full-image reproductions of Chosŏn Ilbo (1920-current) in pdf format.
Trial expires: January 31, 2015

Donga Ilbo Archive (http://www2.lib.ku.edu:2048/login?url=http://news.donga.com/Pdf)

Provides searchable metadata and full-image reproductions of Tonga (Donga) Ilbo (1920-current) in pdf format.
Trial expires: January 31, 2015

Provider/Platform/Publisher: Korean Studies Information (KSI) 

send you feeback to vdoll@ku.edu

New Interview! "Sexual Politics in the Chinese Imperial Palace"

Professor Keith McMahon talks about his research on sexual politics in the Imperial Palace in an interview now available for viewing on KU ScholarWorks at https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/24620

Abstract: Keith McMahon discusses in Chinese the manipulation, sexual prowess and espionage in the palace. His lead academic role in this complicated field allows for a revealing look into the dark, secret corners of imperial politics.

This interview was conducted with Sun Miaoning for the China Social Sciences Network.

Taiwan studies database trial

We are having a trial of three databases from TBMC (Transmission Books & Microinfo Company  http://www.tbmc.com.tw/chinese/) from now through October 31, 2014.

臺灣日日新報+漢文台灣日日新報 ( Taiwan nichinichi shinpō  + Han wen Taiwan Ri ri xin bao)  

Taiwan Daily News published under Japanese occupation, 1898-1944 (in Japanese and Chinese)

Trial URL: http://elib.infolinker.com.tw/login_rrxin.htm

udn電子書  (udn eBooks)  full-text eBooks

trial URL: http://reading.udn.com/lib/ku

udndata 全文報紙庫   udndata full-text newspapers

Trial URL: http://udndata.com/library/

East Asian Library

SWCAS & MCAA Joint Conference, October 3-5, 2014

The Southwest Conference on Asian Studies (SWCAS) and the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA) will hold a joint conference on October 3-5, 2014 at the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, KS. This marks the 6th time that the MCAA conference will be held at KU, but it will be a first for the SWCAS conference.

Registration costs for the conference will be $55 for faculty and $25 for graduate students and independent scholars. In addition, all conference participants will be expected to join either MCAA or SWCAS. Membership costs for either group will be $20.

For information about Lawrence as well as travel and hotel information, please consult the conferences home page.