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Yan He
@yanhecul.bsky.social
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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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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · 11d
My favorite line, in my calligraphy: 貧賤難移、威武不屈（Unshaken in poverty, unbowed by power).
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Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · 21d
📚 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
A poster advertising the By-Fellowships and Research Grants offered by Churchill Archives Centre. The text included on this image can be found at the link in the main post.
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · 20d
Amazing to see the chained books earlier this week. Many thanks to my librarian colleagues for making it possible.
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · 25d
Our former exchange scholars from Cambridge and UCSD will join us to share their experiences as well.
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · 25d
The Cambridge session in the morning for visiting UCSD Library will be held in a hybrid format, with both onsite and online options available. The UCSD session in the afternoon for visiting Cambridge will be held online. Please register in advance to receive the meeting link.
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · 25d
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!
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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Sep 2
📣 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
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Sep 7
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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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Sep 2
📣 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
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Sep 2
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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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Aug 19
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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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Aug 23
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
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Aug 25
My essay 金庸与剑桥大学的书缘和情缘 is now online: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/P1IOjWG2jFk0…. Thrilled that it was soon featured in Writer’s Digest (《作家文摘》). Special thanks to Professor David McMullen, Louis Cha’s PhD supervisor, for sharing his stories.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/P1IOjWG2jFk0…
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Aug 25
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.
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Aug 25
My essay 金庸与剑桥大学的书缘和情缘 is now online: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/P1IOjWG2jFk0…. Thrilled that it was soon featured in Writer’s Digest (《作家文摘》). Special thanks to Professor David McMullen, Louis Cha’s PhD supervisor, for sharing his stories.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/P1IOjWG2jFk0…
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Aug 25
My essay 金庸与剑桥大学的书缘和情缘 is now online: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/P1IOjWG2jFk0…. Thrilled that it was soon featured in Writer’s Digest (《作家文摘》). Special thanks to Professor David McMullen, Louis Cha’s PhD supervisor, for sharing his stories.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/P1IOjWG2jFk0…
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Aug 25
The full article is now online: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/P1IOjWG2jFk0…. Thrilled that it was soon featured in Writer’s Digest (《作家文摘》). Special thanks to Professor David McMullen, Louis Cha’s PhD supervisor, for sharing his stories.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/P1IOjWG2jFk0…
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Aug 17
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/...
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Jul 28
My UCSD colleagues Xi Chen, Shi Deng and I will host two information sessions for Cambridge and UCSD students who have interest on 15 September. Please register first: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · Jul 28
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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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · Jun 13
Martagon lily #scape, @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social. 📷 #photography
Side view of lots of pink Martagon lily flowers against a blurred green background.
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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Jun 12
“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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Konrad Lawson @kml.muninn.net · Apr 23
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
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Konrad Lawson @kml.muninn.net · May 30
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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Dr Mark Purcell @camlibresearch.bsky.social · May 30
An excellent picture of what a domestic library looks like in England in 1659 …
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Dr Liam Sims @liamsims.bsky.social · May 30
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.
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Yan He @yanhecul.bsky.social · May 13
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.
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