In the year 2000 Karl Reinhold Haellquist, a historian and South Asia specialist working at the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS) in Copenhagen, passed away leaving behind a large private collection of books, journals, videotapes and pamphlets on various
The Kampuchea collection was made available at the Asia Library in 2001 and was collected by Israel (Izzy) Young, a member of the Sweden-Kampuchea Association. The collection consists mostly of a large number of newspaper clippings and documents from a
This bilingual dictionary is developed through a crowd-translation project that was funded by CEAL- The Council of East Asian Libraries and Mellon Foundation. This is the first edition. The project team encourages scholars to use it and to send them
Cited presentation: “Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context presents peer-reviewed books by members of the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context: The Dynamics of Transculturality” as well as scholars from
ChinaMaxx is a collection of e-books connected to the same platform as the search engine Duxiu. Here you can find 700,000 Chinese titles focusing on social sciences and humanities. The titles are available for searching via Duxiu (select 图书) or
ISEAS – Yosuf Ishak Institute is a leading research centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security, and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. ISEAS Publishing disseminates important research and analyses from
The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976, is a unique and turbulent period in the history of the People’s Republic of China. Chairman Mao Zedong initiated the Cultural Revolution to strengthen his position within the communist party and to get rid of political