Digital technologies, open science and generative AI are reshaping how knowledge is produced and disseminated—and redefining the role of research libraries in the process. During a recent visit to the Chinese School of Classical Studies at Athens (CSCSA), Thanos Giannakopoulos, chief librarian o...
Just east of Huayuanzhuang Village, next to the Xiaotun palace and ancestral temple complex at the Yin Ruins in Anyang, central China’s Henan Province, lies the tomb of a Shang-Dynasty (1600–1046 BCE) nobleman, sealed underground for more than 3,000 years. Designated M54, the tomb was uncovered...
For Timothy W. Burns, the classics are neither relics to be admired behind glass nor convenient vessels for modern grievances. They remain part of a living intellectual encounter between the ancient and the modern—one that continues to illuminate the permanent questions beneath contemporary life...
At a 2014 speech at the UNESCO Headquarters, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that “Civilizations become richer and more colorful through exchanges and mutual learning, which form an important driver for human progress and global peace and development.” This emphasis on exchange provides a fit...