Database Trial: Dacheng gu zhi dui

Da cheng gu zhi dui (Da Cheng data) includes late Qing to Minguo historical periodicals and monographs published between 1840 to 1949 in China in humanities, social science, and some sciences. Published by Beijing SuperStar company.  

Trial from April 20 through May 30, 2015. 

Database Trial: Zhongguo fang zhi ku 中国方志库

Zhongguo fang zhi ku 中国方志库

Another new database trial is available for your research and studies. It is only for one month.      

Provider/Platform/Publisher: Beijing : Beijing ai ru sheng shu zi hua ji shu yan jiu zhong xin. 北京爱如生数字化技术研究中心(Beijing Erudition digital technology research center)

URL of the resource: https://lib.ku.edu/new-database-trials  or direct access at  http://www2.lib.ku.edu:2048/login?url=http://useast1.wenzibase.com/

Trial duration: from now through May 17, 2015

Additional Information/Comments: It's an e-book collection and a searchable database of Chinese local gazetteers. The collection has 2,000 titles of rare and special edition local gazetteers printed in China from ancient time up to 1949.

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.