This is an online Zoom talk with Don Cohn. Don is well-known to many RAS members, having resided in Hong Kong for over 20 years before moving back to the US. Don is a man of many parts: undergraduate degree from Oberlin College in Chinese and MA from Columbia University in Far Eastern Languages and Cultures; editorial stints at the Foreign Language Press in Beijing, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Renditions Magazine) and the Far Eastern Economic Review (Books and Culture Editor); operator of his own specialty tour business to China, India, Japan and Korea; translator-author of several books and more.

But the part of Don that this webinar will be focusing on is his substantial collection of tens of thousands of pieces of historical paper (books, maps, posters, pamphlets, diaries, documents and other ephemera) from China, Japan and Manchukuo, with a strong suit in visual culture. From his larder, Don has seeded a number of library collections: the Asian collection at the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University, the Manchuguo Collection at Harvard Yenching Library, the Chinese dance collection at the University of Michigan and the Chinese diaries collection at Columbia University.

Don will highlight pieces from his collection which can be viewed by accessing the link above.

The moderator for Don’s talk will be Roy Delbyck, an RAS Council Member and fellow collector.

The Speaker

Bibliomemoir: http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/features.phpsearchterm=020_bibliophile.inc&issue=020

Author profile: https://us.macmillan.com/author/doncohn/

Moderator -Roy Delbyck

Venue: Online on Zoom, link here

Admission: No charge, please register your attendance in advance

Booking: Please email membership@royalasiaticsociety.org.hk> in advance to register your attendance and to receive the Zoom link