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1st Annual Photo Scavenger Hunt

Stony Brook University Libraries are proud to present our first annual Photo Scavenger Hunt. 

Posted in Library Outreach

Constantia Constantinou Presents at IFLA, Helsinki, Finland

Constantia Constantinou presented “Towards peace: One library at a time, one nation at a time” at IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland.

Posted in Global Initiatives

Lung Yingtai on Border Crossing: Writing, Politics and the Taiwan Strait

NEW YORK, August 22, 2012 — Author, public intellectual, and Taiwan Minister of Culture Lung Yingtai  (龍應台) shared her views on cross-strait bridge-building and how she navigates between writing and politics.  An event at Asia Society, NYC.    Watch the

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies

Olympics

Every four years we root for athletes previously unknown to us in sports we probably don’t follow closely in the intervening years.

Posted in Sociology

NEW! American Periodicals Series Online

Over 1,100 American magazines spanning 200 years and covering nearly every aspect of American culture.

Posted in Arts & Humanities, Databases, History, Journalism, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Social Sciences, Theatre, Writing and Literature

Upcoming Event at Asia Society in NYC

Following a recent trip to Hawaii, Guam, Japan, Thailand, India, and South Korea, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter will describe the contours of the United States’ strategic rebalance to Asia.   Dr. Carter will be joined in conversation with

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Political Science, Sociology, South Asian Studies

North Koreans Meet Their First Lady, er, Comrade

Ri Sol-ju was identified as wife of  the young N. Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.   See the full article in The New York Times.

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Political Science

35th Annual Asian American International Film Festival in NYC

Asian CineVision (ACV) presents the Asian American International Film Festival, July 25-Aug. 5 in New York City.

Posted in Asian and Asian American Studies, Cultural Analysis & Theory, Film Studies

New Health Sciences Library Website

On Thursday, July 26, the Health Sciences Library will have a new website. The new HSL website URL: http://library.stonybrook.edu/healthsciences As a part of the Stony Brook University Libraries recent merge, the Health Sciences Library website has been redesigned with a similar look and

Posted in Health Sciences Library

Bollywood Legend Passed Away

Bollywood legend Rajesh Khanna passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday following a prolonged illness.Khanna rose to fame in the late 1960s and would go on to play leading roles in Hindi cinema for the coming decades. He is survived by

Posted in South Asian Studies