General Public

Which future for the past? Japanese premodern literature between Cultural heritage and Digital humanities

The impressive development of digital technologies in the 21th century made possible today to preserve, share, and study premodern documents and texts in a way never seen before, opening the field to new academic methodologies and approaches going under the name of “digital humanities”. In the very same years the concept of “cultural heritage” growth both in complexity as well as in inclusiveness, as the category of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) extended the reach of safeguarding to include cultural practices such as songs, plays, food or handicraft.

Remembering Manchuria in Contemporary Japanese Television

This presentation will explore the representation of Manchuria in contemporary Japanese television productions, focusing on how these programs reveal changing discourses on the remembrance of Japanese colonialism in China. Through an analysis of TBS’s Return Home: The Forgotten Brides (Kyōkō kikoku: Wasuresarareta hanayometachi, 2012) and NHK’s Distant Bonds (Harukanaru Kizuna, 2009), it will reveal both the gendered dynamics of colonial memory as well as how such images serve to both expose and repress Japanese remembrance of NE China.

K-Romanizer, an automation tool for Korean romanization

This session will cover McCune-Reischauer Korean romanization system, word division, and hands-on practice.
You will be able to understand the basic rules of Korean romanization following this session.
Korean Romanization Workshop Series
2pm-3pm (EST), October 8, 15, and 22
The Korea Collection at the East Asia Library at Yale presents a series of three online workshop sessions on Korean romanization. From introduction and basic rules to the advanced will be covered by Korean Studies librarians who are specialized in Korean romanization and cataloging.

More on Korean romanization: Its complexities and problem

This session will cover McCune-Reischauer Korean romanization system, word division, and hands-on practice.
You will be able to understand the basic rules of Korean romanization following this session.
Korean Romanization Workshop Series
2pm-3pm (EST), October 8, 15, and 22
The Korea Collection at the East Asia Library at Yale presents a series of three online workshop sessions on Korean romanization. From introduction and basic rules to the advanced will be covered by Korean Studies librarians who are specialized in Korean romanization and cataloging.

Introduction on Korean romanization

This session will cover McCune-Reischauer Korean romanization system, word division, and hands-on practice.
You will be able to understand the basic rules of Korean romanization following this session.
Korean Romanization Workshop Series
2pm-3pm (EST), October 8, 15, and 22
The Korea Collection at the East Asia Library at Yale presents a series of three online workshop sessions on Korean romanization. From introduction and basic rules to the advanced will be covered by Korean Studies librarians who are specialized in Korean romanization and cataloging.

China’s Neostatist thinkers, national security and the restructuring of Hong Kong

Over the last decade, a group of scholars and thinkers in China have articulated a systematic critique of liberalism. They argue for the superiority of political sovereignty over the rule of law, and the need to “repoliticize” the state, often echoing the view of the legal theorist Carl Schmitt. It can be argued that Hong Kong’s system of rule of law under Chinese sovereignty represented a challenge to neostaist views.

Unearthing Written Cultures of Ancient Korea and Japan

This talk explores the connections between the earliest written cultures of the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago through an examination of inscriptions on wooden strips known as mokkan. Recently excavated inscribed materials have provided new insight into the uses of Sinographic writing in the southern peninsular kingdoms of Paekche (ca. late third century-660CE) and Silla (ca. third century-935CE), such that it is now possible to investigate how early Japanese written culture was built upon a foundation developed on the Korean peninsula.

Mondays at Beinecke: September 28 on Langston Hughes

Mondays at Beinecke returns, virtually! Mondays at 4:00 pm during the academic year, all are cordially invited to gallery talks, online for now, with Beinecke Library staff, researchers, and friends.

VIRTUAL: The Science of Well Being with Laurie Santos

The most popular course in the more than three-century history of Yale, “The Science of Well Being” highlights research that reveals misconceptions about what makes us happy — and the concrete steps we can take to live a more fulfilling life. Yale Professor Laurie Santos has taken this course and created a new version specifically for high school aged youth. Join us for a conversation about how youth (and youth workers) can improve their mental and physical health.

VIRTUAL: Just Breathe: Resilience Strategies for Today’s Youth & Youth Workers with Jannah Scott

In the first six months of 2020, today’s children and youth have lived through so many soul-provoking experiences. With the advent of COVID-19 illness and death, quarantines, school closures, summers on hold, graphic depictions of violence, the prospect of not going back to school or going back in a socially distanced fashion, and difficult imagery and discussion around issues of race and justice, youth have a lot of questions—and some even have deep concerns and fears.