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Did You Know? TXT Call Numbers to Your Cell
Did you know that you can text a call number to your cell phone so you can go and find the item in the library stacks?
Simply use Smart Search (smartsearch.uiowa.edu) to find your item. Then click the title to view the full details of the record. On the right in the “Keeping this item” section is an option to “Text” the record. Just click the link, enter your 10 digit number without any spaces or dashes, and hit send. That’s it!
(Note: Carrier charges may apply)
Film Screenings for Asian Pacific Heritage Month
The Asian American Coalition is screening “Finishing the Game” and “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” this weekend to celebrate the Asian Pacific Heritage Month.
Free Movie Screening at 101 Becker Communication Studies Building (BCSB)
“Finishing the Game” Director Justin Lin, 84 minutes Friday, April 24 at 7:30 PM
Bruce Lee’s shocking death left legions of stunned fans and a legacy of 12 minutes from his unfinished Game of Death. Undeterred, studio executives launched a search for his replacement chronicled here through the eyes of five aspiring thespians who find out what the real game is.
If you are interested in finding Bruce Lee films in the library, please try Author Search in InfoHawk Catalog. If you are interested in learning more about Bruce Lee, try Subject Search with his name.
“Tie A Yellow Ribbon” Director Joy Dietrich, 86 minutes Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 PM
The feature-length narrative film TIE A YELLOW RIBBON gives a rare view into the emotionally complex interior of a young Asian American woman, a Korean adoptee who needs to come to terms with her damaged past.
If you are interested in learning more about themes from this movie, you may want to try Subject Headings such as Intercountry adoption, Interracial adoption, Korean Americans, Adopted children, etc. for your search. You may be also interested in reading Prof. Sonia Ryang’s Writing Selves in Diaspora: Ethnography of Autobiographics of Korean Women in Japan and the United States (Main Library DS832.7.K6 R938 2008).”
Please contact Sunny Bounyalath at sunny-bounyalath@uiowa.edu if you have questions about attending the events.
When the World Spoke Arabic Film Series – Apr 22
Join us for the fourth evening in a six-part series of When the World Spoke Arabic: The Golden Age of Arab Civilization.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 7PM, ICPL, Meeting Rm. A
“The Secrets of the Human Body: Islam’s Contributions to Medicine” (27 min.)
This program investigates the practice of medicine during the Abbasid Caliphate, offering profiles of Jurjis ibn Jibrail, personal doctor to Caliph al-Mansur; Yuhanna ibn Masawayh, head of Caliph al-Ma’amun’s House of Wisdom; Rhazes, whose Kitab al-hawi outlines an exemplary clinical approach; Avicenna, universally known for his Canon of Medicine; and Abul Qasim al-Zahrawi, the father of modern surgery.
“Everything under the Sun: Astronomy, Mathematics, and Islam” (26 min.)
Picking up mathematics and astronomy from where the ancient Greeks had left off, Arab scholars paved the way for the Copernican revolution and the rebirth of science in Europe. This program reveals the Empire of the Caliphate’s role in developing the Indo-Arabic decimal system, algebra, and algorithms and in refining the science of optics and the Ptolemaic model of the solar system.
The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City Public Library, UI Middle East and Muslim World Studies Program, African Studies Program, and Medieval Studies Program are sponsors of this film series.
All films will be introduced by Edward Miner, International Studies Bibliographer, University of Iowa Libraries, with discussion to follow. This film series will be shown in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name in the north foyer of the University of Iowa Main Library. For more information, contact Edward Miner at (319)335-5883 or edward-miner@uiowa.edu.
Portrayal of Asian American Men in Mainstream Media – Apr 16
In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Asian American Coalition & UI Cultural Centers presents Dr. William Ming Liu on “Asian American Masculinity: The Portrayal of Asian American Men in Mainstream Media.”
Date: Thursday | April 16th, 2009
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Asian Pacific American Cultural Center 223 Lucon Drive 319-335-2719
Dr. Liu is the Program Director for the Counseling Psychology Program. He received his doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Maryland. At the University of Maryland, he founded the Asian American Studies Program and was the advisor to the Asian American Student Union. He has taught Introduction to Asian American Studies, Asian American Masculinity, and Asian Americans in Media. He was also the conference chair for the East of California, Asian American Studies Conference while at UM. He currently researches and publishes in the areas of poverty and masculinity, and has a forthcoming edited book on Asian American masculinity. He is the associate editor for the Psychology of Men and Masculinity as well as several other research journals.
UI professor Jennifer Feeley recommends the following books and films to those who are interested in this event. Feeley joined the Dept. of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literature in Fall 2008 and has been teaching courses like “Asian Humanities China”, “Transnational Chinese Cinemas”, “Modern Chinese Writers”, and “Seminar in Chinese Fiction: Modern and Contemporary Urban Literature and Culture.”
Books
- Racial Castration: Managing Masculinity in Asian America by David Eng
Main Library E184.O6 E53 2001 - Writing Manhood in Black and Yellow: Ralph Ellison, Frank Chin, and the Literary Politics of Identity by Daniel Kim
Main Library PS3553.H4897 Z74 2005 - Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality and Identity by David Mura
Main Library E184.J3 M7844 1996 - Chinese American Masculinities: From Fu Manchu to Bruce Lee by Jachinson Chan
Main Library P94.5.C57 C48 2001
Films
- The Slanted Screen (Location Main Media Services Video record 26678 DVD ) is probably the best film for this purpose.
- Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle dir. Danny Leiner. (Again, a fiction film, but the Asian American male leads are atypical.) Location Main Media Services Video record 16509 DVD
- Any Bruce Lee/Jackie Chan film.
Refreshments will be provided. For more information or directions, please contact Hien Luong (hien-luong@uiowa.edu) or Lilly Chen (lilly-chen@uiowa.edu).
When the World Spoke Arabic Film Series – Apr 15
Join us for the third evening in the six-part series When the World Spoke Arabic: The Golden Age of Arab Civilization.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 7PM, ICPL, Meeting Rm. A
“The Muslim Town: Urban Life under the Caliphate” (27 min.)
Although the first towns the Arabs founded during the expansion of Arabia were only vast campsites, it was not long before their temporary dwellings gave way to the magnificent signature architecture of Arabian culture. What was it like to live in the Arab cities of the Abbasid dynasty, grand oases of refinement and innovation?
“An Art of Living: Arab Aesthetics in 9th-Century Spain” (27 min.)
As life among the aristocracy in Damascus and Baghdad attained its zenith of refinement, another important cultural center was developing in Islamic Cordoba. This program focuses on the remarkable cultural contributions of Ziryab, a talented young musician who fled the East for Andalusia and became the era’s preeminent arbiter of style and taste.
The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City Public Library, UI Middle East and Muslim World Studies Program, African Studies Program, and Medieval Studies Program are sponsors of this film series.
All films will be introduced by Edward Miner, International Studies Bibliographer, University of Iowa Libraries, with discussion to follow. This film series will be shown in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name in the north foyer of the University of Iowa Main Library. For more information, contact Edward Miner at (319)335-5883 or edward-miner@uiowa.edu.
When the World Spoke Arabic Opening – Apr 7
Join the exhibit organizers for the Opening Reception of the newest Main Library exhibit “When the World Spoke Arabic: The Golden Age of Arab Civilization.”
Tuesday, April 7 at 4 p.m.
North Exhibition Hall
There will be Middle Eastern food by Ali Baba Restaurant; Middle Eastern music played on the qanun (or kanun) will be performed by Firaz Sultan. The qanun is a plucked string instrument similar to the zither.
Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Though the U.S. Census Bureau notes that only a little more than 1.6% of the population in Iowa claim Asian, Pacific Islander heritage, interest and support of Asian and Pacific Studies is well alive at the University of Iowa.
When the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies was founded at Iowa in 1986, substantial support was directed building library collections necessary for research, teaching and learning. Today the Libraries’ East Asian collection is directed by two full-time area studies librarians (one in Chinese studies and one in Japanese studies). The East Asian collection is one of the largest in Iowa and ranks about the middle of our peer institional libraries in the CIC.
To celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Asian American Coalition has invited Cyndi Chen, the Division Administrator for the Status of Iowans of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage, Department of Human Rights (CAPI) to campus. Ms. Chen is the first administrator for this office and is the first Asian immigrant to serve as an administrator in the state government of Iowa.
She will be speaking about the issues and concerns facing Asian Pacific Islanders in Iowa.
Tuesday, April 7, 6:00pm-7:00pm
101 Becker Communication Studies Building
Refreshments will be served.
When the World Spoke Arabic Film Series – Apr 8
Join us for the second night of the six part film series When the World Spoke Arabic: The Golden Age of Arab Civilization.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 7PM, ICPL, Meeting Rm. A
“The Andalusian Epic: Islamic Spain” (27 min.)
This program addresses the expansion of the Arab empire into Spain, where Muslims ruled with tolerance for more than seven centuries. The introduction and consolidation of Islamic power in Spain, the creation of the Umayyad emirate by the sole survivor of the Umayyad dynasty, the rise of Cordoba as a cultural rival of Abbasid Baghdad, and the gradual ebb of Arab rule on the Iberian Peninsula are all discussed.
“They Surveyed the World: Exploring the Arab Empire and Beyond” (27 min.)
During the 10th century, people routinely journeyed from one end of the huge Arab empire to the other—and even into non-Islamic lands far to the north and the east. Who were these travelers, and what did they seek? This program captures what it was like to be a pilgrim in a caravan bound for Mecca, an official carrying out the Caliph’s orders, a scholar seeking knowledge, a merchant in search of new markets, and an explorer charting the seas.
The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City Public Library, UI Middle East and Muslim World Studies Program, African Studies Program, and Medieval Studies Program are sponsors of this film series.
All films will be introduced by Edward Miner, International Studies Bibliographer, University of Iowa Libraries, with discussion to follow. This film series will be shown in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name in the north foyer of the University of Iowa Main Library. For more information, contact Edward Miner at (319)335-5883 or edward-miner@uiowa.edu.
One Hour of Astronomy – Apr 3
As part of the International Year of Astronomy, participants from around the world are hosting astronomy-related events in celebration of 100 Hours of Astronomy, April 3-5.
The University Libraries is joining in by providing a look at some of our history of astronomy materials. See rare books by Galileo and Brahe, celestial atlases and star charts, and explore the history of astronomy at the University of Iowa, including films featuring Dr. James Van Allen.
Friday, April 3rd at 11:30 am
Main Library, Room 2032
Presentations will be by Greg Prickman, Assistant Head of Special Collections, Wendy Robertson, Digital Resources Librarian, and Kari Kozak, Science Education & Outreach Librarian.