East-West Center to feature traditional Japanese music

What: A program of koto and shakuhachi
Where: Imin Center at Jefferson Hall, East-West Center
When: 8 p.m. Oct.13, 4 p.m. Oct. 14

"The show, titled "Music Masters from Japan: Koto and Shakuhachi," will feature Masateru Ando, principal koto master at Tokyo University of the Arts, and his daughter, Tamaki Ando.

Christopher Yomei Blasdel, a veteran performer and teacher in Japan, will be the featured shakuhachi artist.

Tickets are $15 ($12 military, students and seniors), available at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Campus Center box office, at via the Honolulu Box Office, phone 550-8457, or online at www.honoluluboxoffice.com." - from The Advertiser

Orient Yourself: study abroad opps

The "Orient Yourself: Online Catalog of Study Abroad Opportunities in East Asia", sponsored by the United States Department of Education, is an online database to promote the learning of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

http://nealrc.osu.edu/studyineastasia/default.cfm

Chinese Studies Faculty Websites

I am in the process of assembling the links for websites published by Chinese Studies faculty since none are listed on the Chinese Studies website. Please bear with me as the list slowly develps.

Vincent K. Pollard

google calendar! & introduction

Hello everyone,

I'm Amanda, the student who no one sees because I'm just taking classes in Library and Information Science this semester. I'm in Japanese Studies also - studied abroad one year at Kansai Gaidai Univ in Hirakata, Osaka - and since I'm in LIS I'm really into technology and networking, but I'm also into getting together face to face which I hope to do with some of you all :)

I've integrated all of our events into Google Calendar. If you already have an existing Google Calendar it's great because you can just check a box and have all the Asian Studies events overlaid in your calendar - or uncheck the box and have it all disappear. If you don't have a Google Calendar it's a good time to check it out, our calendar is viewable even if you don't have an account.



I have some other nefarious plans but my mind sometimes goes faster than the time I have so that's all for now. I work at the BHSD reference desk at Hamilton, so if you see me feel free to say hi.

Formosa Betrayed

It looks as if there is a film coming out based on George Kerr's novel, "Formosa Betrayed".

Here is the link for the movie website:
http://www.formosabetrayed.com

Here is the link for a review of the film:
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/article.php?id=5031&IssueNum=87

Chinese E-Resources

China Academic Journals 中国期刊数据古
(cover journals published in China -- use simplifed Chinese to do search)

http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=2550

Subscription includes the following series:
Literature/History/Philosophy: 1994-
Economics/Politics/Law: 1994-
Education/Social Sciences: 1994-
Medicine/Hygiene: 2000-
Century Journals Project, 1950-1993

Gu Jin Tu Shu Ji Cheng 古今圖書集成
(use traditional Chinese to do search)

http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=47358

This database contains all the most important classics of the ancient China through the Qing dynasty. It is divided into six main categories, 32 sections, and 6,117 sub-sections, and each sub-section contains 10 parts. Topics of interest include astronomy, geography, history, philosophy, literature, politics, economy, art, education, agriculture, medicine, etc. Your PC must have Traditional Chinese (Big 5) Language Support package installed.

We also have 2 major e-resources installed on Asia Workstation 9, 4th floor of Hamilton Library.

Wen Yuan Ge Si Ku Quan Shu 文淵閣四庫全書電子版
(use traditional Chinese to do search)

Xian Qin Liang Han Gu Ji zhu zi suo yin cong kan 先秦兩漢古籍逐字索引叢刊 (use traditional Chinese to do search)

Chinamaxx Digital Libraries for Chinese E-Books from SuperStar

Our Chinese Specialist Librarian K.T. Yao (kyao@hawaii.edu) sent out this email of resources today.

Currently, we have more than 800 full-text Chinese e-books in this database. You may access them from the following URL:

http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=52610

You can also go to Hamilton Library’s main page:

http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/

Select -- E-Resources & Databases
Then type – "Chinamaxx" in the search box to find the “Chinamaxx Digital Libraries for Chinese E-Books.”

If you are accessing this database off campus, you need to enter your UH ID and Password.

Once you login to the Chinamaxx Digital Libraries, you will find 2 search boxes. You may use the upper search box to find the titles that our library has. You may also search the lower search box to view titles that we don’t have.

I also created a website to list those e-books titles. You may find the
list in the China Collection website --

http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/china/Ebook_Home.htm

You are welcome to recommend new e-book titles for us to buy. However, the China Specialist Librarian will review the titles and make decisions on which ones to purchase.

Okinawan Festival

Did anyone attend the Okinawan Festival at Kapiolani Park this weekend? I've been there in years past, but couldn't make it this year. How was it? I only had a chance to go on Friday night for the opening ceremony and found it really enjoyable because it wasn't crowded and it was quite cool and refreshing outside. I didn't have to wait in line AT ALL for the andagi treats and the opening ceremony performances of hula and musical performance were really enjoyable and free!