East Asian Library events
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3:00 – 6:30 pm
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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
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7 - 10 pm
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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.
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2 - 3 pm
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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.
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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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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
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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
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2 - 4 pm
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Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/eal-newsletter/line-verse-exhibition-closing-ceremony
The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library invites you to attend our closing ceremony of the “Line & Verse: An Exploration of Visual Arts and Poetry, between Canada and Taiwan” Exhibition.
Imagery lies at the core of both visual art and poetry. But the relationship between the two is a complex one that involves vocabulary, interpretation, metaphor, symbolism, formalism and transcendence.
The panel will discuss issues that arise from exploring not just the connection between poetry and… Read more about this event
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4 - 7 pm
Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/eal-newsletter/dr-anthony-b-chan-tribute-asianadian-40th-anniversary
This event will pay tribute to Tony’s enormous contribution to the Asian Canadian community. From the co-founding of The Asianadian to his many film productions, including The Panama, to his publications, such as Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong, Dr. Chan explored the complexity of intersectionality in the Asian American experience.
Dr. Chan put his heart and soul into The Asianadian (1978-1985). Considered disruptive at the time,… Read more about this event
Date:
Time:
4:00 - 6:30 pm
Location:
Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
linkhttps://east.library.utoronto.ca/eal-newsletter/line-verse-exhibition-opening-ceremony
The "Line & Verse Exhibition: An Exploration of Visual Arts and Poetry, between Canada and Taiwan" project was initiated by artists Carlina Chen (Canada) and Hsieh, Chi-Chang (Taiwan), who share a mutual interest in the intersection of poetry and the visual arts and the fostering of a cultural conversation. In the fall of 2016, one poem from each of three Canadian poets, Anne Carson, Patrick Lane and Claire Caldwell, was selected; and three works were chosen from two… Read more about this event