Area Studies Department, IU Libraries

11/06/2019

The Slavic and East European collection presented a pop-up library in the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive/Screening Room during the screening of the documentary “Resilience” on October 30, 2019. The pop-up library covered the topic of survival in Russia during the turbulent 20th century. The screening was a part of the “Remembering and Forgetting” Themester. Paul Richardson, IU Russian and East European Institute Distinguished alumnus, presented the documentary, which he co-directed and co-produced. The film is based on interviews with Russian centenarians born in 1917. A book with the same title (both in English and Russian) is also available at Wells Library.

10/22/2019

12 titles of Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, the 2018 Nobel laureate for literature, in the IUL’s Slavic and East European Studies Collection, in English and Ukrainian translations as well as in Polish original, and more coming!

𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑑𝑧́𝑤𝑖𝑒𝑑𝑧𝑖𝑎 (2012); 𝐷𝑜𝑚 𝑑𝑧𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑦, 𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑛𝑦 (1998); 𝐸.𝐸. (1999); 𝑃𝑜𝑑𝑟𝑜́𝑧̇ 𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑧𝑖 𝑘𝑠𝑖𝑒̨𝑔𝑖 (1996); 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑒𝑘 𝑖 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑧𝑎𝑠𝑦 (1996); 𝑂𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑛𝑖𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒 (2004); 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑑𝑧́ 𝑠𝑤𝑜́𝑗 𝑝ł𝑢𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑧𝑒𝑧 𝑘𝑜𝑠́𝑐𝑖 𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑟ł𝑦𝑐ℎ (2009); 𝑂𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑛і і𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟ії (Останні історії) (2007); 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑦, ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (2003); 𝐹𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 (2017); 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑦, ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (2002); 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 (2018)

06/05/2019

Please come to the new poster display, Catching a Glimpse of Tibet: the Roof of the World, in the East Asian Collection, 8th floor of the Wells Library. We are introducing Tibet and the Tibetan Plateau in China. With an average elevation exceeding 4,500 metres (14,800 ft), it is sometimes called "the Roof of the World" because it stands over 3 miles (4.8 km) above sea level and is the world's highest and largest plateau.

04/29/2019

The 2019 Korean Night was held again at the Willkie Auditorium on Saturday, March 30th. This popular annual event featured Korean music, lectures, food, performances, and other cultural activities by groups on and off campus. The East Asian Collection, held a Pop-Up Library to introduce Korean culture and promote Korean studies and language learning during the cultural festivities.

04/29/2019

Come to see the poster about the 2019 Japanese Emperor Transition on the 8th floor of the Wells Library! Emperor Akihito is officially abdicating on April 30th, 2019, announcing the end of the 30-year Heisei era. Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan (皇太子徳仁親王 Kōtaishi Naruhito Shinnō, born 23 February 1960) will succeed his father on the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1st. and become the 126th emperor of the world's oldest monarchy. He will also become Japan's first emperor to have been born after World War II. At the naming of the new Japanese era on 1 April 2019, it was announced that Naruhito will reign over the Reiwa (令和) era.

11/01/2018

Come to see the poster, Auspicious Monsters in Journey to the West 西游記, on the 8th floor of the Wells Library! The hundred-chapter novel, Xi you ji 西游记 (also known in English translations as Journey to the West, The Monkey King, etc.) is a fictional depiction of Xuanzang’s 玄奘 (596-664) pilgrimage in quest of sacred Buddhist scriptures in India in the 7th century.
The major characters in the novel, in addition to Xuanzang, are his four disciples: the Monkey 孫行者, the Piggy 猪八戒, Sha Wujing 沙悟净, and the white dragon horse.
The authorship of Journey to the West has been attributed to Wu Cheng’en 吴承恩 (字汝忠, 號射陽山人), a native of Shanyang Xian 山陽縣, Huai’an Fu 淮安府 (in present day northern Jiangsu Province江蘇).

04/18/2018

There's a new poster on the 5th floor of Wells Library! The Slavic and East European Collection is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Prague Spring. Come celebrate with us!

04/16/2018

Celebrate World Book and Copyright Day with IU's Education Library!

World Book & Copyright Day is a yearly event organized by the United Nations to promote reading, publishing, and copyright. Don't miss this global tribute to books! Join the IU Libraries' Education Library for a day full of DIY events, freebies and more in the School of Education. Learn more at: https://libraries.indiana.edu/world-book-copyright-day

04/11/2018

Visit the Slavic and East European's newest online exhibit, "The Prague Spring 1968!" The exhibit features online resources, materials available through Wells Library, and links to discover more about this historical event.

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The Prague Spring was a short period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia under First Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, Alexander Dubček in 1968. Beginning on January 5,1968, Dubček allowed for freedom of speech, acquitted victims of Stalin’s purges, gave Slovakia autonomy, and plann...

04/09/2018

The 2018 Korean Night was held at the Willkie Auditorium on Saturday, April 7th. The annual event featured Korean music, lectures, food, performances, and other cultural activities by groups on and off campus. Among the cultural festivities, the IU East Asian Collection had a Pop-Up Library to introduce Korean culture and promote Korean studies and language learning on campus.

04/05/2018

Don't forget about First Thursdays tonight from 5-7:30!

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Learn about the First Thursdays Festival on the Arts Plaza

02/27/2018

Join us for a book giveaway, board games, a photo booth, and button-making!