September 2015 Archives

Welcome (back) to Yale! Hope you all had a relaxing summer.

With the new semester starting, new things happen in the East Asia Library as well.

• Office move: Tang Li moved to SML 207A, nearby the elevator and next to the Men’s restroom on the 2nd floor of Sterling Memorial Library. The East Asia Library now has three offices, i.e. SML 213A (Haruko Nakamura), SML 213C (Michael Meng), and SML 207A (Tang).

• Reserved shelves in the East Asian Reading Room: Please send your request with your name, status, department, and number of shelves to askyale@gmail.com. You can learn more about the reserved shelves in the East Asian Reading Room from here: http://guides.library.yale.edu/ealrooms.

• Classroom reservations: You are welcome to use our classrooms (SML 207 and SML 218) for classes, discussion sessions, events, etc. We highly recommend you to submit your request using our online classroom request forms.

- For teaching: https://yalesurvey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3miW4I25VWH3LqR
- For one time event: https://yalesurvey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cDaN9gmDCCeoBql

• Book us online!: We have decided to discontinue reference desk services in the East Asian Reading Room. Instead, we will experiment a new reference service which allows you to easily book us via an online calendar whenever you want to meet with us. Below are links to our online calendars.

- Tang Li http://schedule.yale.edu/scheduler.php?u=1963&t=Make%20an%20appointment
- Michael Meng http://schedule.yale.edu/scheduler.php?u=5870&t=Make%20an%20appointment 
- Haruko Nakamura http://schedule.yale.edu/scheduler.php?u=3408&t=Make%20an%20appointment

The East Asia Library is pleased to announce that a NEW exhibit, “Fragrance of the Past: Remembering Ch’ung-ho Chang Frankel (1913-2015)” has just been set up in the East Asian Reading Room. This special exhibit is to commemorateCh’ung-ho Chang Frankel 張充和 (1913-2015) who passed away on June 17, 2015, aged 102. Hailed as "the last talented woman of the Republic of China" (民國最後一位才女), Ch’ung-ho was a renowned poet, calligrapher, educator, and Kunqu expert. Born on May 17, 1913 in Shanghai, she was the daughter of Zhang Wulin 張武齡, a well-known educator who originally came from Hefei, Anhui Province. Ch’ung-ho practiced calligraphy and Kunqu opera throughout her life. She started to learn calligraphy at age 5 and Kunqu at age 16. She later studied calligraphy with Shen Yinmo 沈尹默, a famous calligrapher, in Chongqing. Ch’ung-ho was married to the late Hans H. Frankel, a prestigious sinologist and translator who taught at Yale from 1961 until his retirement in 1987. Ch'ung-ho taught calligraphy and Kunqu at more than twenty universities, including Harvard and Yale. This exhibit will run through October 13.

Fragrance of the Past: Remembering Ch’ung-ho Chang Frankel (1913-2015)  

Friday October 2
1:45 — 3:45 PM
Henry R. Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave

Programs 
 1:45-2:00 pm Event Opening Speech
 2:00-2:50 pm Performance of Chinese Kunqu Opera by New York Kunqu Society: “ Sifan 思凡”and “ Jingmeng 驚夢”
 2:50-3:00 pm Greetings from Ch'ung-ho Chang's relatives in China (Huchu Shen 沈虎雏，son of Shen Congwen 沈从文)
 3:00-3:45 pm Remembering Ch’ung-ho Chang Frankel
“ Chang Ch'ung-ho and the Arts of Life” (Ann-ping Chin, Senior Lecturer, Department of History) 
“ 张充和与‘雅’文化——传统中国文人文化的精粹及其失落和传承” (Wei Su, Senior Lector, East Asian Languages and Literatures)

*A light reception will be hosted in Room 218, Sterling Memorial Library (120 High St.) after the event. 

Sponsored by the East Asia Library and Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University.