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CANBERRA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL STUDIES

ANNUAL REPORT 1959

1. Teaching Staff

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The teaching staff is now made up as follows: Chinese: Professor H. Bielenstein, Dr. G. Malmqvist, Dr. L Wang, Mrs. R. Dyer(n6eRimsky-Korsakoff); Japanese: Assoc. Professor J. Ackroyd, Mr. T. Ito, Mrs. F. Clifford (part­time); Indonesian: Dr. A.H. Johns, Mr. A.H. Nasution; Oriental Civilisation: Assoc. Professor O.B. van der Sprenkel, Mr. I.de Rachewiltz. During the absence on study leave of Professor Bielenstein (to 7th February, 1960), Assoc. Professor O.B. van der Sprenkel acted as Head of the School.

Note: Mrs. I. de Rachewiltz continued to act as Research Assistant to the School.

2. Staff Changes

Dr. J. Ackroyd was elected into the Associate Professorship in Japanese established in 1958. Mr. O.B. van der Sprenkel was promoted to Associate Professor in Oriental Civilisation. Dr. L. Wang was appointed Senior Lecturer in Chinese. Mr. I. de Rachewiltz was appointed Lecturer in Oriental Civilisation. Mrs. R. Dyer was appointed Senior Tutor (Temporary) in Chinese.

3. Courses

The total number of courses given, amounting to 13, were as follows: Chinese I, II & III, ChinesP Bibliography and Chinese Linguistics; Japanese I, II & IIi; Bahasa Indonesia I, a Special Course in Bahasa Indonesia; Oriental Civilisation I, II & III. This compares with a total of 10 courses in the previous yc~r.

4. Recognition

The courses in Bahasa Indonesia II and South East Asian Civilisation I have been recognis~d by the University of Melbourne as courses towards the B.A. Degree.

5. Enrolments

The total number of enrolments for subjects offered in the School in 1959 was 98, (for 1958 it was 62). This was made up as follows: Chinese I, 15; Chinese II, 6; Chinese III, 3; Japanese I, 11; J£punese II, 6; Japanese III, 2; Bahasa Indonesia 1, 15; Indonesian Special Course, 9; Oriental Civilisation I, 22; Oriental Civilisation II, 6; Oriental Civilisation III, 3.

Of these enrolments, 46 were for Degrees, 44 were for single subjects and 8 were non-examination.

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6. Examination Results

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The number of students who presented themselves for examination in School subjects in 1959 was 63, (as compared with 33 in 1958). Results by subjects were:

Subject No.Present No.Passed No.Failed

Chinese I Chinese II Chinese III Japanese I Japanese II Japanese III Bahasa Indonesia I Oriental Civilisation I Oriental Civilisation II Oriental Civilisation III

7. Oriental Scholarships

14 5 2 8 4 1 7

13 6 3

63

13 5 2 8 3 1 5

12 6 3

58

1

1

2 1

5

There were 10 students holding Oriental Scholarships during the year: 5 appointed in 1958 and 5 in 1959. Of the first group, 3 terminated at the end of the yeai', and one of the 1959 appointees will be away in the United States during 1960. Four new awards have been made, so tha t the number of Oriental Scholarships held in 1960 will aga~n be 10.

8. Visits to Conferences

Professor O.B. van der Sprenkel attended the A.N.·Z.A.A.s, . Conference in Perth, reading 5. paper entitled: " New Light on the Chinese Clan from Genealogical Registers".

9. Public Lectures

Members of the School (Dr. Malmqvist, Dr. Wang and Professor van der Sprenkel) co-operated v-1i th members of' the A.N.U. Research School of Pacific studies in Giving a course of 5 lectures at the College on "China Old and New". Att­endances at the lectures exceeded 1,600. The same members also contributed to an Adult Education Course in Goulburn on China, which again was well attended.

10. Publications

Profeo sor J.!.-1.:SkroY:d: Homen in Fcudo.l J apan . · In Trons o.ctions of the Asiatic Society of' JapLl1. 19.59.

Dr. 1~.H. Johna: ( i) Rantjak di Labueh, a specimen of' the traditional literature of Central Sumatra. South East Asia Program: Data Paper No. 32, Dept. of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University, December 1958.

(ii) Malay Sufism. Journal of the Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society. Vol. XXX pt. 2, 1957.

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10. Publications (continued)

(iii) The novel as a guide to Indonesian Social History. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, I.and- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indi~ uitgcgeven door het Koninkl i jk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde , III . 1959.

(iv) Indonesian litorature and the social upheaval. Australian Outlook, December 1959.

(v) Indonesian Literature. Hemis:phere, January 1960.

Dr. G. Mal mqvist: (i) The Agrarian policy of Communist China. Dagens Nyheter, February 1959.

(ii) Recent trends in the population policy of Communist China. Dagens. Nyheter , February 1959.

(iii) The Population problem of China. Australian Outlook. Vol.13, No . 2, June 1959.

(iv) A Note on two Szech ' uanese Dialects . Studia Serica, B. Karlgren dedicata . Copenhagen, 1959.

Professor O.B. van der Sprenkel: La chronologie chinoise et la conception de legitimit~ dynastique, (in M~langes de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoiscs, II, Sorbonne, Paris. 1959).

Dr. L . Wang: Early Chinese Contributions to Science . Hemisphere, November 1959.

11. Slide Collection

A start was made during the year with the building up of a collection of colour and black and white slides, cover­ing various aspects of the history c:,nd culture of China , Japan , Central Asia and South East Asia . The collection now amounts to over 500 slides , and is in process of being catalogued and described . A set of three volwnes of slides ( ~ vols. on Orient-Occident, Encounters and Influences in Fifty Centuries of Art; and 1 vol. on the Art of Gandhara), with accompanying text, issued by U.N.E.s.c .. o., have oeen presented by the Commonwealth Of'fice of Education .

12. Oriental Studies Library

The number of volumes added to the College's Oriental Studies Library during the year was jus t over 2 ,000 volumes in Chinese and Japanese, and about 250 volumes in Western languages . The College a lso received an important gift of books from the Japanese Government, runounting to 350 volumes. Another gif't of books f'rom the Government of India will be formally presented to the Library early in 1960 .

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11. Oriental Et~dies Library (continued)

The Commonwealth National Library holding of books in Chinese and Japanese on deposit with the Oriental Studies Library of the College, was increased by approximately 8,ooo volumes during the year; 6,500 Chinese, and 1 ,500 Japanese. The Chinese books include the two important collections, the Ssu Pu Ts'ung K' an and Ssu Pu Pei Yao , mentioned in last year's report.

The binding scheme, arranged with Hong Kong University is vrnrking well , and has again saved the library a considerable sum in binding costs.

Miss Thea Hoc.•d was appointt;d to the Oriental studies Library as a Grade I Library Assistant , and took up duties on January 4th, 1960. Since the middle of December, 1959, Mrs . Ok Che Ashwin 9 on the staff of the Commonwealth National Library, has been working at the College to help with the cataloguing of books belonging to the Commonwealth National Library and on deposit with us.

(Sgdl Otto B. van der Sprenkel Acting Head of the School