East Asian Library events

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1 - 3 pm
Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/highlight/viewing-gastronomy-garden-contentment
Chinese gastronomy, as delineated in the seminal Qing dynasty cookery manual Suiyuan shi dan (隨園食單, or Recipes from the Garden of Contentment), is carried on the shoulders of three entities: the cook, the critic, and the ecosystem in which they exist. Using the culinary guidelines laid out by the manual, we examine the roles and dynamics between these three entities and offer a framework for broadly understanding Chinese cuisine, its dishes, and how they change. We then apply… Read more about this event

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11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/highlight/tibetan-studies-librarianship-resources-update
This session will provide faculty, students, and visitors with an overview of the latest developments in Tibetan librarianship, digitization project, online resources, and newly received publications at the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library of the University of Toronto.
Led by: Dr. Lauran Hartley, Tibetan Studies Librarian, Columbia University
Light lunch and refreshments will be provided.
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2 - 4 pm
Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/highlight/kyogen-matsumoto-kaoru-%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E8%96%AB
Join us for a lecture on kyogen (狂言), a form of traditional Japanese comic theatre, with renowned Kaoru Matsumoto (松本薫).
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Kaoru Matsumoto was so enthralled by a performance by Sengoro Shigeyama XII (Sensaku IV) that he began following the renowned Kyogen actor from one appearance to the next, eventually becoming his student in 1974.
Born in 1951, he debuted on the Kyogen stage at age 23 in a production of “Melon Thief” (瓜盗人). He subsequently appeared… Read more about this event

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Time:
3:00 – 6:30 pm
Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/eal-newsletter/literasian-toronto-2019
The theme for LiterASIAN Toronto 2019 is Looking to the Future: The evolving narrative of Asian Canadian fiction.
Photos of this event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/UofTEastAsianLibrary/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2523584881299347 (No registration is required to view the photos).
Since the late-1700s, people of Asian origin have made important contributions to Canadian heritage and identity. Fiction written by Asian Canadian authors have evolved and… Read more about this event

Date:
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7 - 10 pm
Location:
Innis Town Hall
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/highlight/film-screening-little-house-%E5%B0%8F%E3%81%95%E3%81%84%E3%81%8A%E3%81%86%E3%81%A1
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Join us for a special and rare screening of the Japanese drama The Little House (小さいおうち), based on the book by award-winning author Kyoko Nakajima 中島京子 who will be at the Q&A session at the end of the film screening.
Set in Japan in the 1930s and 1940s, the story introduces Taki Nunomiya, an elderly woman and former housemaid, looking back on her golden years. The narrative that follows delivers… Read more about this event

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Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/highlight/asian-canadian-studies-collection-display-0
A showcase of our Asian Canadian Studies collection. The display cases are located behind the old reference desk.

Date:
Time:
2 - 3 pm
Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/eal-newsletter/hakka-odyssey-identity-culture-beyond-exhibition-opening-ceremony
Curated by Toronto Hakka Heritage Alliance, the exhibition showcases the unique migratory history of the Hakka people through material objects such as maps, charts, ceremonial items, traditional clothing, everyday objects, and etc.
Highlights of the opening of the exhibition "The Hakka Odyssey: Identity, Culture & Beyond" can be found on our Facebook page.

Date:
Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/highlight/hakka-odyssey-identity-culture-beyond-exhibition
Curated by Toronto Hakka Heritage Alliance, the exhibition showcases the unique migratory history of the Hakka people through material objects such as maps, charts, ceremonial items, traditional clothing, everyday objects, and etc.

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Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, 1/F Robarts Library, Toronto Reference Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/highlight/body-fukushima-reflections-nuclear-everyday-life
Since 2014 Eiko Otake and William Johnston have photographed the performer among the ruins and abandoned places that have been left in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe of March 2011.
Exhibit Locations:
Robarts Library, 1st Floor exhibition area, 130 St. George Street
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, 8th floor of Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street
Toronto Reference Library, 3rd and 5th floors, 789 Yonge Street
Free admission - All welcome
This exhibition is… Read more about this event

Date:
Time:
2 - 4 pm
Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/eal-newsletter/culinary-journey-through-toronto-chinatowns
Leo Chan will take us on a memory trip to Toronto’s hustling and bustling Chinatowns. He will discuss the intersectionality between the Chinese Canadian immigration, the development of Chinatowns, and the growing Chinese food community in Toronto.
Speaker: Professor Chef Leo J. K. Chan is the recipient of numerous achievement awards from the hospitality and food industry in Canada and Professor at George Brown Hospitality Centre and Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning… Read more about this event