Campus Resources on East Asia
Center for the Art of East Asia
The Center for the Art of East Asia at the University of Chicago was established in the Spring of 2003 for the purpose of building up facilities and technologies to support the growing field of East Asian art in the American university setting and increase resources for research and teaching in this field.
East Asian Collection at the University of Chicago Library
With a total of 750,000 volumes in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the East Asian Collection at Chicago is recognized as one of the most comprehensive and distinctive East Asian collections in the United States. Founded in 1936, the East Asian Collection has developed its strength in the humanities and social sciences through more than sixty years of systematic collecting. The Collection contains materials in many different formats, from manuscripts, lithographs, books, periodicals, and newspapers to microform holdings, CD-ROM databases and texts, and a growing number of web-based online electronic resources. Among the most unique holdings are over 17,000 volumes of Chinese and Japanese rare books, a Chinese pre-contemporary local gazetteer collection of more than 13,000 volumes, and a comprehensive periodical collection of 10,000 titles.
In addition to the collection in East Asian languages, the University library system contains over 50,000 volumes in English or other Western languages on or related to East Asia. The library also contains materials in Tibetan, Mongolian, Manchu, and Vietnamese languages. Some of these are in the East Asian Collection. Others are part of other area studies collections or the University library's main collection. Together, these collections constitute one of this country's premier resources for East Asian Studies.
The University of Chicago also has a fast growing collection related specifically to East Asian art. The East Asian Art Reading Room provides easy access to many reference works on East Asian art. Established in 1997, the reading room collection has grown considerably in recent years to include over 4,000 volumes of journals, books and reference works in a number of languages.
The Center for East Asian Studies sponsors a library travel grant for faculty at institutions in the Midwest who would like to take advantage of the collection. Reimbursements of up to $250 are available.
East Asian Bibliographers
Yuan Zhou (interim)
Curator and Director of Public Services
(773) 702-8436
(773) 702-6623 fax
yzhou@uchicago.edu
Bill Alspaugh
Chinese Studies Librarian
(773) 702-8436
(773) 702-6623 fax
als1@uchicago.edu
Eizaburo Okuizumi
Japanese Studies Librarian
(773) 702-8434
(773) 702-6623 fax
e-okuizumi@uchicago.edu
Younghee Sohn
Korean Studies Librarian
(773) 702-0187
(773) 702-6623 fax
ysohn@uchicago.edu
Katherine Tsiang
East Asian Art Librarian
(773) 834-1060
(773) 702-5902 fax
krtsiang@uchicago.edu
Useful Links
The Joseph Regenstein Library
The East Asian Collection
The East Asian Art Reading Room
Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research
Investigators at the University of Chicago's Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research are scientifically verifying the effects of herbs, including those have been used in the Far East for centuries and are now becoming more popular in the United States. The Tang Center opened at the University of Chicago in early 2000. Current research topics include the role of herbal medicine in relation to cardiovascular health, chemotherapy, diabetes, and colorectal cancer.
