Events and Engagement

EVENTS | TATEUCHI EAST ASIA LIBRARY TOURS

March 31, 2025 – April 18, 2025

Visiting the Cherry trees in the Quad? Take a short walk up the stairs to Gowen Hall, 3rd floor, and discover another campus treasure—the Tateuchi East Asia Library (TEAL)! It’s home to an internationally renowned East Asian collection, a rich history, and a stunning space that many consider a hidden gem.

🌸 Self-Guided Tours: Feel free to explore the library at your own pace.

🌸 Librarian-Guided Tours: Meet at the Gowen Entrance on the Quad side to learn more about our collections and history.
Thurs. April 10, 2025, 12:00-12:30 p.m.
Fri. April 11, 2025, 2:00-2:30 p.m.

EVENT | DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP SERIES AT TATEUCHI EAST ASIA LIBRARY

MONDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2025 from 3:30pm to 5pm
Gowen Hall, Seminar Room

Statistics, Machine Learning, and Classical Japanese Orthography
Paul S. Atkins, Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Literature
Herman Chau, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Mathematics
Michael R. Zeng, Doctoral Student, Department of Mathematics

Professor Paul Atkins and two of his lab’s students will discuss how they used statistical analysis of hiragana usage to determine whether a set of controversial medieval Japanese manuscripts was indeed inscribed by their putative scribe.

More information about this presentation.

EVENT | CHINESE MEMORY ARCHIVE

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23rd, 2025 from 4pm to 5:30pm
Allen Library North, 4th Floor, Petersen Room

Join us to hear how stories are being saved and why they matter in a presentation about the “Chinese Memory Archive” project founded by Mr. T.A. Frank. The project collects longform, firsthand accounts from those who lived through some of the most turbulent decades in China’s history.

Mr. Frank is a Seattle-based writer and editor who has written for the New York Times, Vanity Fair and the Washington Post, among others. A 2000 graduate of Columbia University where he studied Chinese history, he’s lived and worked in China.

Contact Zhijia Shen, Director of Global Engagement, zhijia@uw.edu for more information.

EXHIBIT | THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS

September 25, 2024 – September 25, 2025
Special Collections Lobby, Allen Library
Enjoy the changing seasons with Special Collections through our annual lobby exhibit, The Language of Flowers. Each quarter will feature new material related to our botanical collections, local plants, and more. Details about Language of Flowers.