The East Asian Studies Program at UofT Needs Your Support!

Dear Friends of the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library,

It’s with great concern that we send you what is very distressing news about developments still unfolding at the University of Toronto and solicit your support. The Faculty of Arts and Science has recently proposed in its strategic plan to eliminate the Department of East Asian Studies, starting from the fall of 2011.

The Department of East Asian Studies, with a history for more than 70 years, has been very successful in promoting multi-disciplinary studies in the history, culture and society of the East Asian region. With an enrollment of over 1,000 students, it is one of the largest and most respected East Asian Studies Programs in North America.

The decision by the Faculty of Arts and Science to eliminate this successful department in the biggest university in Canada and at a time when Canada’s political, economic and cultural relations with East Asia are expanding and strengthening is truly regrettable and very unsettling.

The disestablishment of the department will not only harm Canadian research on East Asia, but will also dismantle an important education centre to teach and inform young Canadians about Asian culture and traditions. This will inevitably erode the chance for Asian Canadians to have their culture represented in Canadian society as a whole.

We need your help immediately to reverse and prevent this ill-conceived decision from going forward. If you value East Asian culture, if you care about strengthening East Asian Studies in Canada, and believe in cross-cultural dialogue, please help us with the following efforts:

1. Sign the online petition, ‘Save the East Asian Studies Program at the University of Toronto’ at http://www.petitiononline.com/saveeas/petition.html, and

2. Write to the President OR Vice President with a copy to the Dean of the University to oppose the dissolution of the Department of East Asian Studies. The relevant email and postal addresses appear below. Many thanks for your help and support.

Write a hard copy letter to:

Dr. David Naylor, the President of the University of Toronto

Mailing Address: Dr. David Naylor

Office of the President
University of Toronto
27 King's College Circle, Room 206
Toronto, ON Canada
M5S 1A1

OR

Professor Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost of the University of Toronto

Email: provost@utoronto.ca

Mailing Address: Prof. Cheryl Misak

Simcoe Hall, Room 225
27 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
Tel: 416.978.2122 Fax: 416.978.3939

With other contact info for cc:

Meric Gertler, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science

email: officeofthedean.artsci@utoronto.ca

Mailing Address: Dean Meric Gertler

University of Toronto

Faculty of Arts & Science

100 St. George Street

Toronto, ON CANADA M5S 3G3

You can find more information about this decision and the developing situation by following these links:

Save East Asian Studies at U of T:

URL: http://saveeastasianstudies.wordpress.com/

Against the integration of the EAS into the new School of Languages and Literatures

URL: http://saveeastasianstudies.wordpress.com/manifesto/

The Varsity article about the A&S changes:

http://thevarsity.ca/articles/31644

（星島日報）多大東亞系將與他系合併.師生震驚發起聯署盼收回成命
http://news.singtao.ca/toronto/2010-07-15/headline1279183583d2606480.html

（星島日報）東亞系一旦湮沒.損失難以彌補
http://news.singtao.ca/toronto/2010-07-15/headline1279183575d2606479.html

（世界日報）多大擬併東亞系 教授不滿

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122802167763519#!/photo.php?pid=56282612&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=122802167763519&aid=-1&id=28120065

（明報）多大擬砍東亞研究系逾900師生簽名反對文理學院面對6000萬財赤困擾
http://www.mingpaotor.com/htm/News/20100717/tba1.htm

Please also help us spread the message among your friends and whoever may be interested. Thank you all for your support!

Sincerely,

The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library Team

Leaves of Enchantment, Bones of Inspiration: An exhibition of Chinese rare books

The Opening Ceremony for the Chinese rare book exhibition, Leaves of Enchantment, Bones of Inspiration: An exhibition of Chinese rare books, on May 26, 2010.

2010 EAS Speaker Series: Kobayashi, History Dostoevsky

The East Asian Studies Department of the University of Toronto is glad to present the following lecture as part of its 2010 EAS Speaker Series:

Title:
Kobayashi, History, Dostoevsky

Speaker:
Hosea Hirata,
Professor of Japanese Literature and Chair
Dept. of German, Russian & Asian Languages and Literatures
Tufts University

Time:
2:30pm, Friday, March 19

Location:
Purple Lounge, 14th Fl. Robarts Library, Department of East Asian Studies

EAS Speaker Series -- on Tea Consumption in Medieval China

The East Asian Studies Dept. is officially launching the much-anticipated EAS Speaker Series. The first speaker, James A. Benn, will come in this Friday, January 29 to talk about tea consumption in medieval China.

Title: "Tea as Beverage and Ritual Offering in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Monasteries"
Speaker: James A. Benn (McMaster University)
Date: Friday, January 29, 2010
Time: From 2:30pm
Place: the Purple Lounge, Department of East Asian Studies,
14th floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Toronto

The following speakers are also planned for this semester's EAS Speaker Series:

1) Josea Hirata, Tufts University. (Mar 19 or Apr 2)
2) Viren Murthy, University of Ottawa (April)

Access is open to all. Please feel free to circulate the information among your students, colleagues or friends who might be interested in attending.

2009 UN Human Development Report Available Now

Human development is a concept "about putting people at the centre of development" and "about people realizing their potential, increasing their choices and enjoying the freedom to lead lives they value". The United Nations Development Program has issued its annual Human Development Reports since 1990 to explore the challenges of poverty, gender, democracy, human rights, cultural liberty, globalization, water scarcity, climate change, etc.

The 2009 Report is now available through the UNDP website. Of particular interest to this blog's readers will be country/region reports of China (ranked 92), Japan (ranked 10), the Republic of Korea (ranked 26) and Hong Kong (ranked 24).

New Resource: 19th Century British Pamphlets

Historical pamphlets are important, but hard-to-find primary sources that shed light on the key political, social, and environmental issues of the period when they were produced.

The JStor collection brings together over 20,000 pamphlets from seven U.K. insitutions, and is of great research value to scholars and students who study the socio-political and economic landscape of the 19th-century Britain. Of course, because of the interwovenness of the relationship between Britain and East Asia (esp. China) during the 19th century, the collection offers rich historical information on topics such as the Opium War, trade issues between Asia and Britain, and so on. Below is a selected list of pamphlets devoted to issues surrounding China, which is used just to showcase the collection's relevance to EAS:


Title:Considerations on the danger of laying open the trade with India and China: including an examination of the objections commonly urged against the East India Company's commercial and financial management.
Author(s):Cossim
Source:Bristol Selected Pamphlets,(1812)
Contributor(s): University of Bristol Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60248474

Title:Sketch of a voyage to the India and China seas, including Japan and the Pacific islands, for the purposes of commerce,-improvement,-and discovery,-combined
Author(s):Buckingham, James Silk
Source:Wilson Anti-Slavery Collection,(1830)
Contributor(s): The University of Manchester, The John Rylands University Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60239304

Title:Chinese monopoly examined.
Author(s):Crawfurd, John
Source:Hume Tracts,(1830)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60213131

Title:Observations on the influence of the East India Company's monopoly on the price and supply of tea, and on the commerce with India, China, etc.
Source:Hume Tracts,(1831)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60211979

Title:A Letter to Lord Althorp, on the China trade: occasioned by an article in the "Edinburgh Review," No. CIV.
Source:Hume Tracts,(1833)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212123

Title:Lecture on the nature and structure of the Chinese language, delivered at University College
Author(s):Kidd, Samuel
Source:Hume Tracts,(1838)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60213143

Title:Opium crisis: a letter addressed to Charles Elliot, Esq., chief superintendent of the British trade with China
Author(s):American merchant
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1839)
Contributor(s): The University of Manchester, The John Rylands University Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60235738

Title:Opium: the opium trade with China, its effects, etc.
Source:LSE Selected Pamphlets,(1839)
Contributor(s): LSE Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60222721

Title:British opium trade with China.
Source:Hume Tracts,(1839)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212219

Title:A voice for China: which must be heard, demonstrating that the war with China arises out of our British national opium smuggling, and protesting against such war or reprisals, as bringing upon this nation the guilt and punishment of robbery, piracy, and murder! ;to my countrymen, the Government and my Church
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1840)
Contributor(s): University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101277

Title:Corrected report of the speech of Sir George Staunton, on Lord Ashley's motion on the China trade, in the House of Commons, April 7, 1840: with an appendix, containing resolutions on the China trade, moved in the House of Commons, June 13, 1833.
Author(s):Staunton, George Thomas
Source:Hume Tracts,(1840)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60212995

Title:A digest of the despatches on China (including those received on the 27th of March): with a connecting narrative and comments.
Source:Bristol Selected Pamphlets,(1840)
Contributor(s): University of Bristol Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60244305

Title:The Rupture with China, and its causes, including the opium question, and other important details: in a letter to Lord Viscount Palmerston
Author(s):A Resident in China
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1840)
Contributor(s): University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60100409

Title:Report on the progress of the culture of the China tea plant in the Himalayas: from 1835 to 1847
Author(s):Royle, J. Forbes (John Forbes)
Source:Hume Tracts,(1849)
Contributor(s): UCL Library Services
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60204485

Title:Our policy in China, or, A glance at the past, present, and future of China in its foreign relations and commerce.
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1858)
Contributor(s): The University of Manchester, The John Rylands University Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60232626

Title:The new quarrel in China: a statement drawn from the official documents.
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1859)
Contributor(s): University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101251

Title:The Taeping Rebellion in China: its origin, progress, and present condition, in a series of letters ... ; with an appendix
Author(s):Sykes, William Henry
Source:Knowsley Pamphlet Collection,(1863)
Contributor(s): University of Liverpool
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60101364

Title:Our interests in China: a letter to the Right Hon. Earl Russell, K.G.
Author(s):Lay, Horatio N.
Source:Bristol Selected Pamphlets,(1864)
Contributor(s): University of Bristol Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60245202

Title:The population and revenue of China
Author(s):Parker, Edward Harper
Source:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection,(1897)
Contributor(s): The University of Manchester, The John Rylands University Library
Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/60237006
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How to search the pamphlet collection in JStor:

• Go to JStor "Advanced Search"
• Type your search words in the box. You can limit the search in specific fields such as "fullt-text", "item title", "abstract", etc.
• Click the check box of "Pamphlet" to limit your search to this particular type of materials.

Please contact EAL librarians if you have any questions about the resource.

Publications of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

The East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore takes it as its mission to "promote academic and policy-oriented research on contemporary China and other East Asian economies".

Its 'Publications' page makes available interesting information on working papers and background briefs related to some of the "hottest" topics about China and the East Asian region.

Global Corruption Report 2009: Corruption and the Private Sector

A Germany-based NGO, Transparency International (TI), has released its latest annual report on fighting corruption entitled "Global Corruption Report 2009: Corruption and the Private Sector". It studies in unique detail "the many corruption risks for business, ranging from small entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa to multinationals from Europe and North America".

As about the report's relation to East Asian Studies, there is chapter discussing corporate integrity in China and is complemented by in-depth country reports, including those on China, Japan and South Korea.

FOREASt: an online directory to free Internet resources for East Asian Studies

FOREASt (http://foreast.wordpress.com/) is a directory to free Online Resources for East Asian Studies. Compiled by Yang Tao, East Asian librarian at Rutgers University, it aims to facilitate access and utilization of open access online databases as well as e-journals on East Asia-related topics. It's a very useful online reference tool for scholars and students researching on East Asian topics.

Sharing Some Selected Articles....

Below is a list of recently published articles authored by UofT faculty ( students, too?). Most of them are related to East Asian Studies in one way or another; some of them are about Asian immigrants studies. I've added full-text links to each title. However, since they are available in UofT proprietary databases, only current UofT faculty and students will be linked to the full text articles.

Arntzen, S. (2008). Japanese women poets: An anthology. Choice, 45(9), 1534-1535.

Brandt, L., & Rawski, T. G. (2008). China's great economic transformation. The China Business Review, 35(6), 30-33.

Cheng, C., Ames, R. T., Shen, V., et al. (2008). Philosophy of xunzi and antonio S. cua. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 35(1)

Clarke, D., Colantonio, A., Rhodes, A., & Escobar, M. (2008). Pathways to suicidality across ethnic groups in canadian adults: The possible role of social stress. Psychological Medicine, 38(3), 419-431.

Cohen, N. J., Lojkasek, M., YaghoubZadeh, Z. , Pugliese, M., & Kiefer, H. (2008). Children adopted from china : A prospective study of their growth and development. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines (Print), 49(4), 458-468.

Dann, G. E., & Haddow, N. (2008). Just doing business or doing just business: Google, microsoft, yahoo! and the business of censoring China’s internet. Journal of Business Ethics, 79(3), 219-234.

Dobson, W. (2008). TRANSFORMING EAST ASIA: The evolution of regional economic integration. Pacific Affairs, 81(1), 99-100.

Grendler, P. (2008). Journey to the east: The jesuit mission to china, 1579-1724. Choice, 45(5), 877.

Heyman, G. D., Fu, G., & Lee, K. (2008). Reasoning about the disclosure of success and failure to friends among children in the united states and china. Developmental Psychology, 44(4), 908-918.

Jia, L.X., Schaubroeck, J., & Lam, S. S. K. (2008). Theories of job stress and the role of traditional values : A longitudinal study in china. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(4), 831-848.

Kang, Y., Kenstowicz, M., & Ito, C. (2008). Hybrid loans: A study of english loanwords transmitted to korean via japanese. Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 17(4), 299-316.

Xue, N. (2008). Labeling chinese predicates with semantic roles. Computational Linguistics, 34(2), 225-255.

Ong, L. (2008). A chinese economic revolution: Rural entrepreneurship in the twentieth century. The China Journal, (60), 181-182.

Phan, M. B., & Luk, C. M. (2008). 'I don't say I have a business in chinatown' : Chinese sub-ethnic relations in toronto's chinatown west. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 31(2), 294-326.

Ryder, A. G., Yang, J., Zhu, X., et al. (2008). The cultural shaping of depression : Somatic symptoms in china, psychological symptoms in north america? Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1965), 117(2), 300-313.

Sakamoto, I., Wei, Y., & Truong, L. (2008). How do organizations and social policies ‘Acculturate’ to immigrants? accommodating skilled immigrants in canada. American Journal of Community Psychology, 42(3-4), 343-354.

Shiu, H., & Stokes, L. (2008). Buddhist animal release practices: Historic, environmental, public health and economic concerns. Contemporary Buddhism, 9(2), 181-196.

Song, J. (. (2008). The making of 'undeserving' homeless women : A gendered analysis of homeless policy in south korea from 1997 to 2001. Feminist Review, (89), 87-101.

Stewart, M., Anderson, J., Beiser, M., Mwakarimba, E., Neufeld, A., Simich, L., et al. (2008). Multicultural meanings of social support among immigrants and refugees. International Migration, 46(3), 123-159.

Suzuki, M. (2008). Japanese learners' self revisions and peer revisions of their written compositions in english. TESOL Quarterly, 42(2), 209-232.

Open Access Journals Related to Asian Studies

...to continue with the OA topic....

If one is interested in finding OA journals devoted to Asian topics, try the online 'Directory of Open Access Journals', mentioned by Prof. Chan in his article. Just go to 'Find Journals', and run a search for 'Asia', 'China', 'Japan' or 'Korea'. Search results bring up journals such as Asian Ethnology, Asian folklore studies, Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal, China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, to mention just a few. These are free, valuable resources for EAS scholars.

Here are a brief list of some of the OA journals:

CHINA:

China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly
ISSN: 16534212
Subject: Political Science
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University
Country: United States
Language: English
Keywords: China, Central Asia, security politics
Start year: 2005

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
ISSN: 18681026
EISSN: 18684874
Subject: Political Science
Publisher: German Institute of Global and Area Studies, (GIGA)
Country: Germany
Language: English, German
Keywords: China, politics, social science, culture, economics
Start year: 2009

Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao (Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine)
ISSN: 16721977
Subject: Medicine (General)
Publisher: Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine Press
Country: China
Language: Chinese
Keywords: integrative medicine, complementary medicine, alternative medicine, traditional Chinese medicine
Start year: 2003

Chinese Medicine
ISSN: 17498546
Subject: Medicine (General)
Publisher: BioMed Central
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Keywords: herbal medicine, health food, clinical nutrition, acupuncture, energy research, medical education, cultural exchange
Start year: 2006

Chinese Librarianship: an International Electronic Journal
ISSN: 10894667
Subject: Library and Information Science
Publisher: Internet Chinese Librarians Club
Country: United States
Language: English
Keywords: library and information science
Start year: 1996

Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences
ISSN: 1013090X
Subject: Library and Information Science --- Computer Science
Publisher: Tamkang University Press
Country: Taiwan
Language: Chinese, English
Keywords: library science, information science, information technology, publishing, book trade Start year: 2003

Journal of Textbook Research
ISSN: 19998856
EISSN: 19998864
Subject: Education
Publisher: National Institute for Compilation and Translation
Country: Taiwan
Language: Chinese
Keywords: textbook development, textbook policy and system, textbook review and approval, teaching materials, schoolbooks
Start year: 2008

Transnational Curriculum Inquiry
ISSN: 14498855 Subject: Education
Publisher: International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies
Country: Canada
Language: English, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese
Keywords: curriculum inquiry, globalisation, internationalisation
Start year: 2004

Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies (南方华裔研究杂志)
ISSN: 1834609X
Subject: Multidisciplinary
Publisher: Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora
Country: Australia
Language: English, Mandarin Chinese
Keywords: Southeast Asia, Australasia, southwest Pacific region, migration
Start year: 2007


JAPAN

Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
ISSN: 03041042
Subject: Religion --- Philosophy
Publisher: Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nagoya
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: Japan, religion, East Asia, philosophy
tart year: 1974

Early Modern Japan : an Interdisciplinary Journal
ISSN: 19407947
EISSN: 19407955
Subject: Multidisciplinary
Publisher: Early Modern Japan Network
Country: United States
Language: English
Keywords: pre-modern Japan, Japanese society, Japanese culture, Japanese history
Start year: 1995

Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies
ISSN: 14769158
Subject: Social Sciences
Publisher: University Sheffield, School of East Asian Studies
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Keywords: Japanese studies, Asian studies, area studies, economy, politics, culture, Japan
Start year: 2001

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN: 00213551
Subject: Agriculture (General)
Publisher: Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: agriculture
Start year: 1998

Japanese journal of American studies
ISSN: 02883570
Subject: History --- Languages and Literatures
Publisher: Japanese Association for American Studies
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: american studies, history, literature, cultural studies
Start year: 1981

Journal of the Japan Statistical Society
ISSN: 03895602
EISSN: 13486365
Subject: Statistics
Publisher: The Japan Statistical Society
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: statistics
Start year: 2002

The Nonprofit Review
ISSN: 13464116
Subject: Social and Public Welfare
Publisher: Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA)
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese, English
Keywords: philanthropy, volunteering
Start year: 2001

Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
ISSN: 13460714
EISSN: 13468030
Subject: Computer Science
Publisher: The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: artificial intelligence, computer science
Start year: 2001



KOREA

Korean Journal of Medical History
ISSN: 1225505X
Subject: Medicine (General)
Publisher: Korean Society for the History of Medicine
Country: Korea
Language: Korean, English
Keywords: medical history, history of Oriental medicine, medical ethics
Start year: 1992



ASIA

Studies on Asia
ISSN: 15543749
Subject: History
Publisher: Asian Studies Centre, Michigan State University
Country: United States
Language: English
Keywords: asian studies
Start year: 2004

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
ISSN: 19606060
Subject: Social Sciences
Publisher: Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud
Country: France
Language: English
Keywords: social science studies, South Asia, multidisciplinary
Start year: 2007

Folklore Studies
ISSN: 03880370
Subject: Ethnology --- Anthropology
Publisher: Asian Folklore Studies
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: Asia, folklore, ethnology
Start year: 1942
End year: 1962 Continued by Asian folklore studies

Asian folklore studies
ISSN: 03852342
Subject: Anthropology --- Ethnology
Publisher: Asian Folklore Studies
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: Asia, folklore, ethnology
Start year: 1963
End year: 2007
Continued by Asian Ethnology

Asian Ethnology
ISSN: 18826865
Subject: Anthropology
Publisher: Nanzan University
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: Asia, folklore, ethnology, culture
Start year: 2008

Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal
ISSN: 1541244X
Subject: Law
Publisher: University of Hawaii
Country: United States
Language: English
Keywords: law, Asia
Start year: 2000

Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
ISSN: 11762152 Subject: Multidisciplinary
Publisher: University of Auckland
Country: New Zealand
Language: English
Keywords: cultural studies, political studies, art history, psychology, sociology
Start year: 2003

International Journal for Educational Integrity
ISSN: 18332595
Subject: Education
Publisher: Asia Pacific Forum on Educational Integrity
Country: Australia
Language: English
Keywords: educational integrity, plagiarism, cheating, academic integrity, honour codes
Start year: 2005

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
ISSN: 18681034 Subject: Political Science
Publisher: German Institute of Global and Area Studies, (GIGA)
Country: Germany
Language: German, English
Keywords: politics, social development, Southeast Asia
Start year: 2009

Asian Journal of Occupational Therapy
ISSN: 13473484
Subject: Therapeutics
Publisher: Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists
Country: Japan
Language: English
Keywords: occupational therapy, medicine
Start year: 2001