OSU Faculty-Edited Journals
Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, edited by Prof. Kirk Denton, and supported by EASC, is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal devoted to the culture of modern and contemporary China, with “China” understood not in the narrow, political sense. The journal publishes on literature of all genres, film and television, popular culture, performance and visual art, print and material culture, etc.
Foreign Language Publications
Foreign Language Publications is a not-for-profit publisher, distributor and retailer of foreign language materials for students and instructors of foreign languages. An arm of the OSU Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures, FLP offers textbooks, multimedia materials, and course packets in a variety of foreign languages--including less commonly taught languages--for both classroom instruction and independent, self-instructional learning curriculums.
East Asian Online Books
East Asian Online Books, part of the OSU Libraries' Knowledge Bank, serves students, faculty and the public through free, online publication of out-of-print materials that have played a significant role in the development of the field or that can significantly contribute to East Asian Studies education.
China Books
China Books, part of the OSU Libraries' Knowledge Bank, makes available free, online publication of out-of-print materials that have played a significant role in the development of Chinese Studies or which can contribute significantly to Chinese Studies education.
Japanese Tone Database
Elisabeth M. de Boer’s monograph on the suprasegmental phonology of Japanese (2010) broke new ground in many ways. Sadly, de Boer died in August 2023 at the age of 57, cutting short a promising career as a researcher and author. Here is the last version of her extensive fieldwork on the tones of Japanese nouns, verbs, and their compounds in a wide range of dialects. This information has been collected and shared by Professor Emeritus James Unger.
Travel Diary of Okumura Eisaku
Professor Emeritus James Unger has collected and shared a transcription of a travel diary of Okumura Eisaku, who was a career military officer in the Imperial Army. As a young man, he was sent to Austria-Hungary twice (before and after the Russo-Japanese War), during which time he kept a diary. Okumura Mutsuyo, his granddaughter, inherited the diary and has transcribed and annotated it. It is a unique primary source for Late Meiji period history, and appears to be the only diary written by a military officer stationed overseas during that period. In 2021, Okumura Mutsuyo donated the original diary to Center for Military History of the National Institute for Defense Studies (防衛省防衛研究所・戦史研究センター), where it is kept in the Military Archives (史料室).