Dear all,

I'm delighted to announce the launch of a blog dedicated to promoting and celebrating the De Jong collection which is now housed at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. The collection, acquired in 2000, consists of around 12, 000 published volumes and 50 linear metres of archival material. Subject areas cover Indology, Buddhist studies, classics, philosophy, and Australian history and literature.

The blog will periodically feature pieces written by scholars and research students about various 'special' items in the collection. The home page of the blog can be found here:

https://blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dejong/

We were lucky enough that McComas Taylor provided the first blog. He offers his reflections on De Jong's copy of Wilkin's Bhagavad Gītā. The direct link to his post here, with images can be found at:

https://blogs.canterbury.ac.nz/dejong/2018/05/15/treasures-of-the-de-jong-collection-wilkins-bhagavadgita/

Please don't hesitate to contact me or the librarians at UC library (macbrown@libr.canterbury.ac.nz) if you would like to contribute.

With best wishes,
Clemency

Dr. Clemency Montelle

Associate Professor

School of Mathematics and Statistics

University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha

Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140

NEW ZEALAND

http://www.math.canterbury.ac.nz/~c.montelle/

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