Yan He
@yanhecul.bsky.social
Head of Chinese Section, under Research Collections Directorate at Cambridge University Library. Senior member of Robinson College. Views my own.
「無事是貴人」 (ぶじこれきにん): The truly noble person is one who lives without entanglement or disturbance — one at peace in body and mind.
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
「無事是貴人」 (ぶじこれきにん): The truly noble person is one who lives without entanglement or disturbance — one at peace in body and mind.
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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Chinese Virginia creeper being spectacularly autumnal at 10 Brookside, Cambridge, former home of Francis Jenkinson (1853-1923), Librarian @theul.bsky.social. 📷 #photography
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Chinese Virginia creeper being spectacularly autumnal at 10 Brookside, Cambridge, former home of Francis Jenkinson (1853-1923), Librarian @theul.bsky.social. 📷 #photography
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Helophilus pendulus hoverfly on Ivy in Ely at the weekend. #WildWebsWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Helophilus pendulus hoverfly on Ivy in Ely at the weekend. #WildWebsWednesday
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I've written about the life and just some of the achievements of my former classmate Andy West aka 魏安, Ando, and BabelStone @babelstone.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Andy West obituary
Other lives: Expert in encoding scripts for languages
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I've written about the life and just some of the achievements of my former classmate Andy West aka 魏安, Ando, and BabelStone @babelstone.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
My favorite line, in my calligraphy: 貧賤難移、威武不屈（Unshaken in poverty, unbowed by power).
September 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My favorite line, in my calligraphy: 貧賤難移、威武不屈（Unshaken in poverty, unbowed by power).
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📚 Whether you're an undergraduate, postgraduate, academic, or independent researcher, our research grants and By-Fellowships are designed to support work using our collections here at Churchill Archives Centre.
🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK
🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📚 Whether you're an undergraduate, postgraduate, academic, or independent researcher, our research grants and By-Fellowships are designed to support work using our collections here at Churchill Archives Centre.
🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK
🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK
Amazing to see the chained books earlier this week. Many thanks to my librarian colleagues for making it possible.
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Amazing to see the chained books earlier this week. Many thanks to my librarian colleagues for making it possible.
Friendly reminder for Cambridge and UCSD PhD students in Chinese Studies: my colleague Amelie Roper (Head of Research), Xi Shi from UCSD Library, and I will be giving two information sessions on the fully funded exchange program. It’s not too late to register and join!
📣 Opportunity for University of Cambridge and UC San Diego postgrads
Apply for scholarship to spend 4-6 weeks at the partner institution researching its Chinese Collections.
Details for Cambridge students: https://loom.ly/rxIAcq8
Details for UCSD students: https://loom.ly/hwdVy9s
Apply for scholarship to spend 4-6 weeks at the partner institution researching its Chinese Collections.
Details for Cambridge students: https://loom.ly/rxIAcq8
Details for UCSD students: https://loom.ly/hwdVy9s
September 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Friendly reminder for Cambridge and UCSD PhD students in Chinese Studies: my colleague Amelie Roper (Head of Research), Xi Shi from UCSD Library, and I will be giving two information sessions on the fully funded exchange program. It’s not too late to register and join!
My essay on the first Chinese book (1632) in Cambridge UL, tracing 17th-c. Chinese books in Europe, was just published. Grateful to Shuwen Cao and Martin Heijdra from Princeton, and Shaun Thompson, Paul Frank, Clarck Drieshen and Liam Sims in @theUL for their guidance & support.
September 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My essay on the first Chinese book (1632) in Cambridge UL, tracing 17th-c. Chinese books in Europe, was just published. Grateful to Shuwen Cao and Martin Heijdra from Princeton, and Shaun Thompson, Paul Frank, Clarck Drieshen and Liam Sims in @theUL for their guidance & support.
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📣 Opportunity for University of Cambridge and UC San Diego postgrads
Apply for scholarship to spend 4-6 weeks at the partner institution researching its Chinese Collections.
Details for Cambridge students: https://loom.ly/rxIAcq8
Details for UCSD students: https://loom.ly/hwdVy9s
Apply for scholarship to spend 4-6 weeks at the partner institution researching its Chinese Collections.
Details for Cambridge students: https://loom.ly/rxIAcq8
Details for UCSD students: https://loom.ly/hwdVy9s
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
📣 Opportunity for University of Cambridge and UC San Diego postgrads
Apply for scholarship to spend 4-6 weeks at the partner institution researching its Chinese Collections.
Details for Cambridge students: https://loom.ly/rxIAcq8
Details for UCSD students: https://loom.ly/hwdVy9s
Apply for scholarship to spend 4-6 weeks at the partner institution researching its Chinese Collections.
Details for Cambridge students: https://loom.ly/rxIAcq8
Details for UCSD students: https://loom.ly/hwdVy9s
A timely talk by Professor Klaus Muehlhahn in ShanghaiTech University on 8 September: Beyond the Black Hole: How Humanities and Liberal Arts Can Thrive in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. 上海的小伙伴请考虑参加:-)
September 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A timely talk by Professor Klaus Muehlhahn in ShanghaiTech University on 8 September: Beyond the Black Hole: How Humanities and Liberal Arts Can Thrive in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. 上海的小伙伴请考虑参加:-)
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Research opportunity in California ☀️
The WongAvery Visiting Scholar Exchange Programme is now accepting applications to spend 4-6 weeks researching the Chinese Collection at UC San Diego Library.
How to apply: https://loom.ly/rxIAcq8
@ucsandiego.bsky.social
The WongAvery Visiting Scholar Exchange Programme is now accepting applications to spend 4-6 weeks researching the Chinese Collection at UC San Diego Library.
How to apply: https://loom.ly/rxIAcq8
@ucsandiego.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Research opportunity in California ☀️
The WongAvery Visiting Scholar Exchange Programme is now accepting applications to spend 4-6 weeks researching the Chinese Collection at UC San Diego Library.
How to apply: https://loom.ly/rxIAcq8
@ucsandiego.bsky.social
The WongAvery Visiting Scholar Exchange Programme is now accepting applications to spend 4-6 weeks researching the Chinese Collection at UC San Diego Library.
How to apply: https://loom.ly/rxIAcq8
@ucsandiego.bsky.social
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The Reading Room at Cambridge University Library in 1934 and 2025. Which era do you prefer?
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #OldPhotos
Images:
1. Photograph of the Reading Room in 1934 (Cam.bb.934.7)
2. Photograph of the Reading Room taken in 2025
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #OldPhotos
Images:
1. Photograph of the Reading Room in 1934 (Cam.bb.934.7)
2. Photograph of the Reading Room taken in 2025
August 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The Reading Room at Cambridge University Library in 1934 and 2025. Which era do you prefer?
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #OldPhotos
Images:
1. Photograph of the Reading Room in 1934 (Cam.bb.934.7)
2. Photograph of the Reading Room taken in 2025
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary #OldPhotos
Images:
1. Photograph of the Reading Room in 1934 (Cam.bb.934.7)
2. Photograph of the Reading Room taken in 2025
I am humbled to share my newly published essay (金庸与剑桥大学的书缘和情缘) about Dr. Louis Cha, Honorary Fellow of both Robinson and St John’s Colleges. Many thanks to my librarian colleagues Judith (Robinson), Miki, Beth, and Elmo at @AMES_Library for their kind support.
August 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I am humbled to share my newly published essay (金庸与剑桥大学的书缘和情缘) about Dr. Louis Cha, Honorary Fellow of both Robinson and St John’s Colleges. Many thanks to my librarian colleagues Judith (Robinson), Miki, Beth, and Elmo at @AMES_Library for their kind support.
Super happy to share the news on behalf of the team for the Sally T. WongAvery Digital Collection of Chinese Materials at Cambridge University Library: our Hopkins Oracle Bones (2D set CUL1–610) and 50 3D images are now freely accessible to the world. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
August 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Super happy to share the news on behalf of the team for the Sally T. WongAvery Digital Collection of Chinese Materials at Cambridge University Library: our Hopkins Oracle Bones (2D set CUL1–610) and 50 3D images are now freely accessible to the world. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
Cambridge PhD students: please consider this great opportunity to use the Chinese collections at UCSD library for your PhD studies, under the WongAvery Visiting Scholar Exchange Programme. Application deadline: 30 September 2025. For details, please see: library.ucsd.edu/news-events/...
July 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Cambridge PhD students: please consider this great opportunity to use the Chinese collections at UCSD library for your PhD studies, under the WongAvery Visiting Scholar Exchange Programme. Application deadline: 30 September 2025. For details, please see: library.ucsd.edu/news-events/...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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“The time given to engage in research in Cambridge is beautiful. It’s like stepping into a magical fairyland divorced from day-to-day PhD life.”
Emma Laube reflects on her experience as the 2025 WongAvery Visiting Scholar: https://loom.ly/CGOc9xw
@trinityhallcamb.bsky.social
Emma Laube reflects on her experience as the 2025 WongAvery Visiting Scholar: https://loom.ly/CGOc9xw
@trinityhallcamb.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“The time given to engage in research in Cambridge is beautiful. It’s like stepping into a magical fairyland divorced from day-to-day PhD life.”
Emma Laube reflects on her experience as the 2025 WongAvery Visiting Scholar: https://loom.ly/CGOc9xw
@trinityhallcamb.bsky.social
Emma Laube reflects on her experience as the 2025 WongAvery Visiting Scholar: https://loom.ly/CGOc9xw
@trinityhallcamb.bsky.social
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The the important Shanghai newspaper Shenbao (申報) from 1930-37 and 1939-1949 in English translation (via LLM) here: baokan.pages.dev 1930-1936 recently added.
Chinese Periodical Translation Project
baokan.pages.dev
April 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The the important Shanghai newspaper Shenbao (申報) from 1930-37 and 1939-1949 in English translation (via LLM) here: baokan.pages.dev 1930-1936 recently added.
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It is horrible to see the new US policy assault on Chinese students. It is foolish and cruel. From undergraduate language studies to graduate research, I spent around two years at three Chinese universities: Beijing Normal University, Qinghua University and Shandong University. 1/5
May 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It is horrible to see the new US policy assault on Chinese students. It is foolish and cruel. From undergraduate language studies to graduate research, I spent around two years at three Chinese universities: Beijing Normal University, Qinghua University and Shandong University. 1/5
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An excellent picture of what a domestic library looks like in England in 1659 …
Love this bookish frontispiece to Giles Everard’s ‘Panacea … being a discovery of the wonderful vertues of tobacco taken in a pipe’ (London, 1659), first published in Antwerp in 1587. Note the books on the shelves turned fore-edge outwards, some with ties. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Syn.8.65.57.
May 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
An excellent picture of what a domestic library looks like in England in 1659 …
Big congratulations to our amazing PhD and PhD students at @CambridgeFAMES for launching 劍橋文藝—the very first Chinese-language literary magazine created by our own students! The inaugural issue is just out, with the title calligraphy done by the renowned artist Meilin Han.
May 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Big congratulations to our amazing PhD and PhD students at @CambridgeFAMES for launching 劍橋文藝—the very first Chinese-language literary magazine created by our own students! The inaugural issue is just out, with the title calligraphy done by the renowned artist Meilin Han.