2025 EASL Conference London

The 45th EASL Meeting at The British Library, London, from September 10th through 12th, 2025

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The 45th meeting of the European Association of Sinological Librarians (EASL) was held in The British Library in London and it was attended by around 70 librarians and vendors in the field of Chinese and East Asian Studies. During the meetings EASL members introduced their latest research and particularities of their collection, and vendors from different companies and institutions presented their lastest product in the field. 

Here the agenda.

Here are the minutes of the meeting will be published shortly.

The member's presentations

NOTE: Some of the presentations exceeded data size limits and will momentarily not be published.
Marc Gilbert (Leiden University): Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC)
Marc Winter (Zürich University): Cutting, drilling, polishing Jade – using neolithic Tools The Liangzhu Jade Experiments by Xu Shifu
James Liu (The Royal Asiatic Society): The Royal Asiatic Society and its Chinese Connection
Mélody Doumy (The British Library): Reception, Impact, and Digital Legacy of a British Library exhibition
Xi Chen & Shi Deng (UC San Diego Library): The Sally T. WongAvery Digital Collections of Chinese Materials at the UC San Diego Library
Yan He and Błażej Mikuła (Cambridge University): The Sally T. WongAvery Digital Collection of Chinese Materials at Cambridge University: Digitisation, Cataloguing, Metadata Creation and Content Overview
Katarína Feriančiková (Prague University): The Legacy of the Sinologist and Theatrologist Dana Kalvodová
Cristina Cramerotti (Musee Guimet): Villa Guimet 吉美研究院 : International Center for Research on Asian Art 国际亚洲艺术研究中心
Øystein Johan Kleiven (Oslo University): Gold, buffalos and the last king of Chakla : mysteries of a bön manuscript
David Helliwell (retired): Some Thoughts on Provenence
Thomas Tabéry (Bavarian State Library): Research of possible colonial collection contexts at the Bavarian State Library, Munich

The vendor's presentations

Ariane Rückebeil (EastView): What is New from East View
Natasha Copus (AM digital): AM and Sinological Studies
Xu Shu (Shanghai Library): Introduction of CNBKSY
Donna Kuan (TBMC): Printed books on Taiwanese Religious Life 儒宗神教 光緒17 through 民國80年 : 1891-1991
Steve Liu (CNKI International): 2025 CNKI Updates
Lancy Wang (Hyweb Knowledge Co): Your Trusted Partner in Library Services Hyweb Knowledge Co., LTD
Yin Hanchao (National Library of China): The Construction in Ancient Books Resources in the National Library of China
Zhang Guifang (Beijing Zhenben): Library Service Management System 图书馆服务管理系统
Daniel Yang Li (Alain Charles Publishing): Sinoist Books
Gong Wen (CASS): Promote academic exchange and cooperation, and enhance open access to academic resources 推进学术交流合作 加强学术资源开放获取
Chunyan Shu (De Gruyter Brill): Digital Library of Chinese Classics : Text and Commentaries of Confucianism