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SUMMARY:Distribution and Characteristics of Rare Ming Dynasty Books in North America
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jin Shen | 沈津\, Specially Appointed Expert\, Sun 
 Yat-sen University Library\; specially invited professor\, Institute for 
 the Preservation and Study of Chinese Ancient Books\, Fudan 
 University\n\nMany libraries in North America hold rare books from the Ming 
 Dynasty\, with especially notable collections at the Library of Congress 
 and the Harvard-Yenching Library. This lecture introduces and analyzes the 
 general situation and collection history of Ming rare books held in North 
 American libraries. It uses examples from collections such as the 
 Harvard-Yenching Library to illustrate the overall distribution\, main 
 categories and distinctive characteristics of these rare Ming editions 
 preserved in North America.\n\nThis program will be delivered in Chinese 
 with live simultaneous English interpretation  provided by Yu Xuan Tay\, 
 Ph.D. student of Buddhist Studies at UCLA.\n\nClick the More Details button 
 to RSVP or register now.\n\n\n \n\nShen Jin\, a native of Hefei\, Anhui 
 Province\, was born in Tianjin in 1945. He graduated from the Department of 
 Library Science at Wuhan University in 1966. While working at the Shanghai 
 Library\, he studied bibliography and textual scholarship under Director Gu 
 Tinglong. In 1986\, he was awarded the rank of Research Librarian.\nHe has 
 served as a council member of the Library Society of China\, a member of 
 the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political 
 Consultative Conference\, Director of the Special Collections Department at 
 the Shanghai Library and Head of the Rare Book Room at the Harvard-Yenching 
 Library\, Harvard University. After retirement\, he held positions as a 
 specially appointed expert at Sun Yat-sen University Library and as a 
 specially appointed professor at the Institute for the Preservation and 
 Study of Chinese Ancient Books at Fudan University.\n\nHis works total 
 approximately 8 million characters and include A Descriptive Catalogue of 
 Chinese Rare Books in the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University\, 
 A Chronological Biography of Weng Fanggang\, An Extended Chronological 
 Biography of Gu Tinglong\, Selected Works of Shen Jin and Fuli ji\, among 
 others.\n\n\nJoin Meeting: 
 https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pwEXiQgFRDavVIliFHyePA#/registration
LOCATION:Online
ORGANIZER;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
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CONTACT;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
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