Learn about Japan
ese paper production\, binding techniques\, and bo
ok formats with book history expert Dr. Takahiro Sasaki (Keio University)--presenting in Japanese with English translation.<
/p> Join our discussion with UBC Asian Studies professor
s Dr. Adheesh Sathaye\, Dr. Dagmar Schwerk\, and Dr. Hasan Siddiqui. Dr. Sasaki heads the Keio University Institute of Oriental Classics (Shidō Bunko)
\, a collection of 170\,000 rare books and research materials on Japan and
Asia. A leading researcher of book history\, in 2016 he published Nihon
koten shoshigakuron\, a monograph on Japanese bibliography studies. A
s a developer of pedagogy on rare books\, he has created multiple online co
urses via FutureLearn\, including Japanese Culture Through Rare Books\, Sin
o-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books\, and The Art of Washi Paper in
Japanese Rare Books offered. Dr. Adheesh Sathaye is
an associate professor specializing in early medieval Sanskrit drama\, aest
hetics\, and narrative literature. Dr. Dagmar Schwerk is a Khyentse Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Tibetan Buddhist Studies
and Steering Committee Member of the UBC Himalaya Program researching Tibet
an Buddhism with a focus on the intellectual\, political\, and social histo
ry of Bhutan. Dr. Hasan Siddiqui is a postdoctoral f
ellow in Asian Studies researching the social and cultural history of early
modern South Asia and the Mughal empire. Sponsored by the Japan Soci
ety for the Promotion of Science and the UBC Centre for Asian Research.