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Yan He
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Head of Chinese Section, under Research Collections Directorate at Cambridge University Library. Senior member of Robinson College. Views my own.
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🎄We have a special festive treat for you today!

✨ The video of the UL's Christmas Carol Concert is now live on YouTube: https://loom.ly/i1aAGZA

December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I still think this is my favourite wallpainting of a trip full of wallpaintings. From the tomb of Sennefer, Mayor of Thebes, so around 1400 BCE.
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Check out our new video about what you can do on Art UK ✨

Art UK is a unique digital cultural space, giving everyone free access to the UK’s public art collections. This video showcases what you can do on our site.

👉 Discover extraordinary art from all over the UK at artuk.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
「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
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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.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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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
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Helophilus pendulus hoverfly on Ivy in Ely at the weekend. #WildWebsWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
October 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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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...
Andy West obituary
Other lives: Expert in encoding scripts for languages
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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
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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
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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
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
September 14, 2025 at 10:51 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.
September 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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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
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 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:-)
September 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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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
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August 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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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
August 23, 2025 at 7:52 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.
August 25, 2025 at 11:43 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/...
August 17, 2025 at 4:15 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/...
July 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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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
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June 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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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