MLA Commons | Molly Des Jardin | Activity https://mla.hcommons.org/members/mdesjardin/activity/ Activity feed for Molly Des Jardin. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:16:32 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 45c9246240ed56ad52232238fe36eec6 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899780/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:25:15 -0400 0 4535aabaee2a892961dd193b29c767b2 Molly Des Jardin changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899776/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:55:23 -0400 0 7c8c90512e7bad4e17e26a6a3ce201e6 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1760859/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 19:48:34 -0500 0 4c98b19601cdfed30fa7f19930c34422 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1760100/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:14:28 -0500 0 7721cba69e9c47e8df059874693c4ac5 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1736616/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:48:32 -0400 0 d915404a73672454f2a59abf70e32c21 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1727885/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:53:59 -0500 0 42515c6288f3ed6860ee3faf72395db1 Molly Des Jardin deposited Building a Japanese Manga Collection for Non-Traditional Patrons in an Academic Library in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1707904/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 02:25:28 -0400 This chapter describes how the Penn Libraries began collecting Japanese- and Korean-language comics, focusing largely on manga from Japan aimed at engaging language students and instructors with Japanese library materials. These patrons are a non-traditional demographic typically not targeted by Japanese-language collecting in academic libraries.…[Read more]

]]> 0 1780bcd2d02ef3f6bd8ba4f6ef227c28 Molly Des Jardin deposited Building a Japanese Manga Collection for Non-Traditional Patrons in an Academic Library https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1707853/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:20:28 -0400 This chapter describes how the Penn Libraries began collecting Japanese- and Korean-language comics, focusing largely on manga from Japan aimed at engaging language students and instructors with Japanese library materials. These patrons are a non-traditional demographic typically not targeted by Japanese-language collecting in academic libraries.…[Read more]

]]> 0 7e52eceab39e1e6e652bdfb80b30c907 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1707177/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:36:23 -0400 0 5bc7dc473bc36c4f5c3e8587db4f5fb1 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1683642/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 13:57:17 -0400 0 81cb88baabc2b19bc10672f75c5fa785 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1680078/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 15:48:51 -0500 0 23cc65b6abcb0db79bbd8a1b7992cc95 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1673275/ Sun, 22 Dec 2019 15:42:49 -0500 0 0524bbd39f16c9e68ee25e42677fbbf0 Molly Des Jardin started the topic "Digital Humanities For East Asian Studies" workshop, June 1-4 2020 @ Penn in the discussion Global DH https://hcommons.org/groups/global-dh/forum/topic/digital-humanities-for-east-asian-studies-workshop-june-1-4-2020-penn-3/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:31:32 -0500 I’m pleased to announce that Paul Vierthaler of William & Mary and Molly Des Jardin of the Penn Libraries will be co-teaching a new workshop this year at University of Pennsylvania’s Dream Lab event, June 1-4, 2020, in Philadelphia PA: “Digital Humanities for East Asian Studies.” While there are always a lot of interesting workshops and events in…[Read more]

]]> 0 94ad2732efd2c478327abc39346e047c Molly Des Jardin started the topic "Digital Humanities For East Asian Studies" workshop, June 1-4 2020 @ Penn in the discussion Digital Humanists https://hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanists/forum/topic/digital-humanities-for-east-asian-studies-workshop-june-1-4-2020-penn-2/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:31:09 -0500 I’m pleased to announce that Paul Vierthaler of William & Mary and Molly Des Jardin of the Penn Libraries will be co-teaching a new workshop this year at University of Pennsylvania’s Dream Lab event, June 1-4, 2020, in Philadelphia PA: “Digital Humanities for East Asian Studies.” While there are always a lot of interesting workshops and events in…[Read more]

]]> 0 bd021e7f3b938ec13890c8c4e90a23c7 Molly Des Jardin started the topic "Digital Humanities For East Asian Studies" workshop, June 1-4 2020 @ Penn in the discussion East Asia DH https://hcommons.org/groups/east-asia-dh/forum/topic/digital-humanities-for-east-asian-studies-workshop-june-1-4-2020-penn/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:30:45 -0500 I’m pleased to announce that Paul Vierthaler of William & Mary and Molly Des Jardin of the Penn Libraries will be co-teaching a new workshop this year at University of Pennsylvania’s Dream Lab event, June 1-4, 2020, in Philadelphia PA: “Digital Humanities for East Asian Studies.” While there are always a lot of interesting workshops and events in…[Read more]

]]> 0 c872dc40aca6ec9af010e614350ef8ec Molly Des Jardin started the topic Help with guide to Japanese Resources for Sinologists! in the discussion East Asia DH https://hcommons.org/groups/east-asia-dh/forum/topic/help-with-guide-to-japanese-resources-for-sinologists/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:53:21 -0400 Hi all, I am developing a guide to doing Sinological research in Japanese or in Japan. I hope to include online and offline resources (yes, a lot is still just in print), and also tips and suggestions that are not themselves “resources” (such as personal strategies, methods, blog posts, whatever there is). Can you help? Please contact me directly…[Read more]

]]> 0 670e04f36a317083c154e44b412b348d Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1642112/ Sun, 09 Jun 2019 12:45:15 -0400 0 2ac849874b393840288b9993f573d483 Molly Des Jardin posted a new activity comment https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1635169/#acomment-1642111 Sun, 09 Jun 2019 12:42:31 -0400 I don’t know how I missed this deposit 3 months ago but I am definitely including your paper in my East Asian DH syllabus update as well as the PNAS article you posted. Thanks so much for sharing these!

In reply to - Johann-Mattis List deposited More on Network Approaches in Historical Chinese Phonology (音韵学) in the group Digital Humanities East Asia The discipline of Historical Chinese Phonology has made great progress durin […] ]]> 0a8f107b7188a0133b47c88bf00c4ca4 Molly Des Jardin posted a new activity comment https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1640927/#acomment-1642110 Sun, 09 Jun 2019 12:41:32 -0400 Thanks so much for posting this, Tom. I’ve been waiting for the issue to go online for a while! I’m really excited to include both your article and so much more here in my upcoming EA DH syllabus for 2020.

In reply to - Tom Mazanec deposited Networks of Exchange Poetry in Late Medieval China: Notes toward a Dynamic History of Tang Literature in the group Digital Humanities East Asia This article combines qualitative and […] ]]> 10b1fcba74d5e2d1eca20c3e94c7e86e Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1639166/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 12:18:52 -0400 0 6839e3837bff83f5e43a2f202ac3adad Molly Des Jardin deposited Review: The Uses of Literature in Modern Japan: Histories and Cultures of the Book (Sari Kawana) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1634803/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:26:49 -0400 Questions of use value, and about the labor involved in creating it, are a fascinating way to approach literary history and canonicity, and a novel perspective in looking back at the lifespan of some twentieth-century works. However, the organization of the monograph itself does not help advance a coherent and cohesive argument about how use value…[Read more]

]]> 0 cb51e74f85db1166b61b2837899617b2 Molly Des Jardin started the topic Potential East Asian DH panel at MLA 2020 in the discussion Digital Humanists https://hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanists/forum/topic/potential-east-asian-dh-panel-at-mla-2020-2/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:56:52 -0500 Are any of you MLA members or willing to become one for joining a (non-guaranteed) collaborative panel at MLA 2020? The LLC Korean forum is interested in linking up with LLC Japanese Since 1900 to form a panel on East Asian DH, broadly. If you fit this description and are interested, please contact me (sendmailto@mollydesjardin.com) or Prof.…[Read more]

]]> 0 17cd60f1a2c17f9c74cacee61f05be13 Molly Des Jardin started the topic Potential East Asian DH panel at MLA 2020 in the discussion East Asia DH https://hcommons.org/groups/east-asia-dh/forum/topic/potential-east-asian-dh-panel-at-mla-2020/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:56:33 -0500 Are any of you MLA members or willing to become one for joining a (non-guaranteed) collaborative panel at MLA 2020? The LLC Korean forum is interested in linking up with LLC Japanese Since 1900 to form a panel on East Asian DH, broadly. If you fit this description and are interested, please contact me (sendmailto@mollydesjardin.com) or Prof.…[Read more]

]]> 0 0e6b13d3863b3e704803c7c9cf116319 Molly Des Jardin deposited Constructing Our Canon(s): Reprinting & Digitizing Literary Heritage in the group LLC Japanese since 1900 https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1629845/ Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:25:38 -0500 When it comes to Japanese literary heritage, why and how are we able to access it? The shape of what is preserved and available is driven by and in turn dictates the shape of our canon(s). Yet we often do not think of the labor and social networks behind the reprinting and digitizing that allows us to access literature in the first place, whether…[Read more]

]]> 0 639bd3493e1ae50b6ad7ac864208a9a4 Molly Des Jardin deposited Constructing Our Canon(s): Reprinting & Digitizing Literary Heritage in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1629844/ Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:25:35 -0500 When it comes to Japanese literary heritage, why and how are we able to access it? The shape of what is preserved and available is driven by and in turn dictates the shape of our canon(s). Yet we often do not think of the labor and social networks behind the reprinting and digitizing that allows us to access literature in the first place, whether…[Read more]

]]> 0 0b3276549c7861ae5774f33084843d92 Molly Des Jardin deposited Constructing Our Canon(s): Reprinting & Digitizing Literary Heritage in the group Digital Humanities East Asia https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1629843/ Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:25:34 -0500 When it comes to Japanese literary heritage, why and how are we able to access it? The shape of what is preserved and available is driven by and in turn dictates the shape of our canon(s). Yet we often do not think of the labor and social networks behind the reprinting and digitizing that allows us to access literature in the first place, whether…[Read more]

]]> 0 43ee7c5a4316f4eafe0b8cc24c6c68d7 Molly Des Jardin deposited Constructing Our Canon(s): Reprinting & Digitizing Literary Heritage in the group Digital Humanists https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1629842/ Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:25:24 -0500 When it comes to Japanese literary heritage, why and how are we able to access it? The shape of what is preserved and available is driven by and in turn dictates the shape of our canon(s). Yet we often do not think of the labor and social networks behind the reprinting and digitizing that allows us to access literature in the first place, whether…[Read more]

]]> 0 bcb976711a11c617fdff3571bb5b3dea Molly Des Jardin deposited Constructing Our Canon(s): Reprinting & Digitizing Literary Heritage in the group Archives https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1629841/ Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:25:21 -0500 When it comes to Japanese literary heritage, why and how are we able to access it? The shape of what is preserved and available is driven by and in turn dictates the shape of our canon(s). Yet we often do not think of the labor and social networks behind the reprinting and digitizing that allows us to access literature in the first place, whether…[Read more]

]]> 0 ccebb277b502ef5be9b1213a24ca17a5 Molly Des Jardin deposited Constructing Our Canon(s): Reprinting & Digitizing Literary Heritage https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1629762/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 15:21:56 -0500 When it comes to Japanese literary heritage, why and how are we able to access it? The shape of what is preserved and available is driven by and in turn dictates the shape of our canon(s). Yet we often do not think of the labor and social networks behind the reprinting and digitizing that allows us to access literature in the first place, whether…[Read more]

]]> 0 504ddc394e071cf0a1d5c2d3042ee70e Molly Des Jardin deposited Leveraging Local Networks and International Partnerships in Japanese Collection Development in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1628211/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:28:25 -0500 This chapter details the development of the Penn Libraries’ Japanese Naval Collection, from its inception in a student’s scrapbook discovery to the iterative process of searching for and purchasing Imperial Japanese Navy Training Fleet materials and related items. It also encompasses promotion of the collection online by making digital fac…[Read more]

]]> 0 0aace19665c527e04a856b593dd2f3d1 Molly Des Jardin deposited Leveraging Local Networks and International Partnerships in Japanese Collection Development https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1628082/ Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:32:25 -0500 This chapter details the development of the Penn Libraries’ Japanese Naval Collection, from its inception in a student’s scrapbook discovery to the iterative process of searching for and purchasing Imperial Japanese Navy Training Fleet materials and related items. It also encompasses promotion of the collection online by making digital fac…[Read more]

]]> 0 ba35adcab32039ec9f44b9e645f511f3 Molly Des Jardin deposited Teaching "East Asian DH" in the group Digital Humanities East Asia https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1627992/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:26:40 -0500 This presentation explains my undergrad/grad seminar “East Asian DH” (EALC111/511) at University of Pennsylvania in Spring 2018. I focus on the survey format of the seminar, as dictated by the challenge of trying to reach students working on many aspects of the un-discipline of East Asian studies, which encompasses a large region, at least three…[Read more]

]]> 0 64521f72c3886e0f50bd1a3146e3a664 Molly Des Jardin deposited Teaching "East Asian DH" in the group Digital Humanists https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1627991/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:26:29 -0500 This presentation explains my undergrad/grad seminar “East Asian DH” (EALC111/511) at University of Pennsylvania in Spring 2018. I focus on the survey format of the seminar, as dictated by the challenge of trying to reach students working on many aspects of the un-discipline of East Asian studies, which encompasses a large region, at least three…[Read more]

]]> 0 19670f0bdfd860b9981030f583089086 Molly Des Jardin deposited Teaching "East Asian DH" in the group Alt-Academics https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1627990/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:26:28 -0500 This presentation explains my undergrad/grad seminar “East Asian DH” (EALC111/511) at University of Pennsylvania in Spring 2018. I focus on the survey format of the seminar, as dictated by the challenge of trying to reach students working on many aspects of the un-discipline of East Asian studies, which encompasses a large region, at least three…[Read more]

]]> 0 fbd0594f7d5aabb12ea31b9d920c128d Molly Des Jardin deposited Teaching "East Asian DH" in the group 2019 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1627989/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:26:02 -0500 This presentation explains my undergrad/grad seminar “East Asian DH” (EALC111/511) at University of Pennsylvania in Spring 2018. I focus on the survey format of the seminar, as dictated by the challenge of trying to reach students working on many aspects of the un-discipline of East Asian studies, which encompasses a large region, at least three…[Read more]

]]> 0 292e5910474834fa9178e17c09b9021a Molly Des Jardin replied to the topic Recommendations for food and drinks in Chicago in the discussion 2019 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2019-mla-convention/forum/topic/recommendations-for-food-and-drinks-in-chicago/#post-1019332 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 14:36:07 -0500 This morning I checked out the Prudential location of Wildberry. It has a vegan hash among other many tasty items, is open at 6:30 and a five-minute walk from the Hyatt. Highly recommended but go early!

]]> 0 8ee794c8ddfcf7b2e11b1985655f72be Molly Des Jardin deposited Teaching "East Asian DH" https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1627886/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 14:33:24 -0500 This presentation explains my undergrad/grad seminar “East Asian DH” (EALC111/511) at University of Pennsylvania in Spring 2018. I focus on the survey format of the seminar, as dictated by the challenge of trying to reach students working on many aspects of the un-discipline of East Asian studies, which encompasses a large region, at least three…[Read more]

]]> 0 2cf2cca4a0125457cb420a44eaac4401 Molly Des Jardin started the topic CFA: 2019 Penn State Global Asias Summer Institute “Digital Asias" in the discussion East Asia DH https://hcommons.org/groups/east-asia-dh/forum/topic/cfa-2019-penn-state-global-asias-summer-institute-digital-asias/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:06:58 -0500 Penn State University invites applicants for its annual Global Asias Summer Institute, to be held June 3-7, 2019. This year’s Institute, co-directed by Joseph Jonghyun Jeon (UC-Irvine) and Jonathan E. Abel (Penn State), focuses on the topic of “Digital Asias.”

Institute participants spend a week reading and thinking about the annual theme, as we…[Read more]

]]> 0 297ec1b1706550ecd07233866fabc81c Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1624724/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:48:13 -0500 0 de36acb995cf123e74dc1d6b651fd3db Molly Des Jardin started the topic "Teaching 'East Asian' DH" presentation at MLA, Thursday afternoon in the discussion East Asia DH https://hcommons.org/groups/east-asia-dh/forum/topic/teaching-east-asian-dh-presentation-at-mla-thursday-afternoon/ Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:09:40 -0500 Hi all, just tooting my own horn a bit here. If you’re attending MLA this year and would like to hear me briefly talk about teaching “East Asian DH” last spring, please come by my panel at 3:30 on Thursday Jan 3! I would love your feedback and hope to see you there. Details:

089: What We Teach When We Teach Digital Humanities: Curriculum and…[Read more]

]]> 0 d698c5d61a922290728ec6a0c9cff353 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1618066/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:18:41 -0400 0 e9130ea2a194b35ebdff17987eb34346 Molly Des Jardin started the topic CFP: SHARP 2019 (Indigeneity, Nationhood, and Migrations of the Book) in the discussion LLC Japanese to 1900 https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/japanese-to-1900/forum/topic/cfp-sharp-2019-indigeneity-nationhood-and-migrations-of-the-book-2/ Sat, 18 Aug 2018 16:54:51 -0400 Hi all,

Forgive this non-MLA post (cross-posting on top of it!) but I was thinking of proposing something for SHARP 2019 in Amherst, MA. If anyone has interest in doing a panel on Japanese book history, I’d love to hear from you. Here is the very broad CFP, entitled Indigeneity, Nationhood, and Migrations of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 0ff15d2e5971ad464e7517b2c7e61491 Molly Des Jardin started the topic CFP: SHARP 2019 (Indigeneity, Nationhood, and Migrations of the Book) in the discussion Japanese since 1900 https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/japanese-since-1900/forum/topic/cfp-sharp-2019-indigeneity-nationhood-and-migrations-of-the-book/ Sat, 18 Aug 2018 16:54:34 -0400 Hi all,

Forgive this non-MLA post (cross-posting on top of it!) but I was thinking of proposing something for SHARP 2019 in Amherst, MA. If anyone has interest in doing a panel on Japanese book history, I’d love to hear from you. Here is the very broad CFP, entitled Indigeneity, Nationhood, and Migrations of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 0f5c4fa877fe70a0bbbc90ffb907a394 Molly Des Jardin started the topic Lightning Class Presentations in the discussion East Asia DH https://hcommons.org/groups/east-asia-dh/forum/topic/lightning-class-presentations/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:42:03 -0400 Yesterday I had my students do 5-minute talks about their final projects, with 5-minute Q&A between each. There were a total of 9 presentations. They complained about this time limit much more than I expected, arguing that they’ll “never have a 5-minute conference presentation.” Au contraire! This is becoming much more common, especially at DH…[Read more]

]]> 0 4c22e2d52633b89f051a2ec4b90b7108 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1601829/ Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:36:01 -0500 0 6330ebccffb80bdfdc91b7e1c18fe3ff Molly Des Jardin started the topic CFP: Textual Transference in Modern and Contemporary Japan (MLA 2019) in the discussion Japanese since 1900 https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/japanese-since-1900/forum/topic/cfp-textual-transference-in-modern-and-contemporary-japan-mla-2019/ Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:46:02 -0500 Textual Transference in Modern and Contemporary Japan

How does creative work get reused, translated, or adapted in modern and contemporary Japan? This panel seeks to explore questions of “transference” writ large: cultural memes, tropes, characters, fictional works, and their reinterpretation in media of all kinds. Potential topics might…[Read more]

]]> 0 ebe3853f99e9fde8f5dc8bb59c61bcd8 Molly Des Jardin's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1594129/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:44:54 -0500 0 00d597c4aa84f02fe6bde308f5072680 Molly Des Jardin deposited EALC111-511 East Asian Digital Humanities (Spring 2018) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1594128/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:40:10 -0500 This Spring 2018 course at University of Pennsylvania covers a wide range of current and emerging digital projects and topics in East Asian studies. Students will engage with digital projects focused on East Asia (encompassing Japanese, Chinese, and Korean languages) as well as research being done on digital methodologies for the humanities in…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b6f84e10a3c439ba9fa2bca2a64e074 Molly Des Jardin deposited Inventing Saikaku: Collectors, Provenance, and the Social Creation of an Author in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1564855/ Sun, 19 Mar 2017 01:00:02 -0400 The late nineteenth century was a crucial moment in Japan, driven by new conceptions of authorship and literary narratives. An influential world of collecting and compilation gave birth to those changes, but its workings are still poorly understood. By showing how compilers assembled the 1894 Kōtei Saikaku zenshū (The Edited Complete Works of Sa…[Read more]

]]> 0 25bac71dbf111262b6538aa379f44c99 Molly Des Jardin deposited Inventing Saikaku: Collectors, Provenance, and the Social Creation of an Author in the group Archives https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1564854/ Sun, 19 Mar 2017 01:00:01 -0400 The late nineteenth century was a crucial moment in Japan, driven by new conceptions of authorship and literary narratives. An influential world of collecting and compilation gave birth to those changes, but its workings are still poorly understood. By showing how compilers assembled the 1894 Kōtei Saikaku zenshū (The Edited Complete Works of Sa…[Read more]

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