Julia Ching fonds

Fonds number

2136

Name of Creator

Ching, Julia

Dates of Material

1970-2000

Title

Julia Ching fonds

Source of title proper

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

Extent

36 cm of textual records

Administrative History

Julia Ching was a Victoria University professor and an internationally recognized expert on neo-Confucian philosophy and religion. Born in Shanghai in 1934, she grew up there and in Hong Kong before fleeing China during World War II. She was a student at the College of New Rochelle in New York, and then became an Ursuline nun for twenty years. She resumed her studies at the Catholic University of America (M.A.), and then at the Australian National University (Ph.D. 1972). After teaching at Columbia University (1973–1975) and Yale University (1975–1978) she joined the faculty at Victoria University in 1978, becoming a Professor of Religious Studies/Study of Religion, 1981–1995, and then a University Professor of Philosophy, 1995 until her death in 2001. Dr. Ching was very active in the academic world, publishing widely and a contributing member of many organizations. She was also in demand as a consultant and interviewee concerning news relating to China. She was survived by her husband and academic colleague, Willard Oxtoby, who died in 2003.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of correspondence/subject files, 1970-2000; includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports, programmes, newsletters, clippings and other published material relating to professional colleagues, theologian Hans Kung, the Royal Society of Canada, career at University of Toronto, publishing, conferences and other academic events, organizations, translation work, work done for legal cases, and various scholarly and religious issues.

Note(s)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transfer

Language of Material

Chinese, English, French, German.

Accruals

No further accruals are anticipated.

General Notes

See also Fonds 2063 - Victoria College Principal's Office Fonds, series 4, subseries 2 - Files on teaching staff (individual names)

General Notes

For information on Julia Ching's husband, see Fonds F2087 - Willard Oxtoby at the Trinity College Archives: https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ottca-f2087

Category

Administrators / Faculty personal papers

Box/File List

Identifier Title Date
2004.070V 1-1 Activities memorabilia (academic)
1970-2000
2004.070V 1-2 [Academic] Correspondence
1971-1979
2004.070V 1-3 [Academic] Correspondence
1980-1989
2004.070V 1-4 [Academic] Correspondence
1990-2000
2004.070V 1-5 [Academic] Correspondence
1990-2000
2004.070V 1-6 [Personal] Correspondence and cards
1981-1999
2004.070V 2-1 Travel/work documentation for US and China and correspondence with US Department of State
1976-1988
2004.070V 2-2 Hans Kung
1972-1985
2004.070V 2-3 Hans Kung
1985-1999
2004.070V 2-4 Publishing correspondence
1984-1987
2004.070V 2-5 Publishing correspondence and agreements
1986-1993
2004.070V 2-6 Publishing correspondence and agreements
1988-1993
2004.070V 2-7 [Academic and publishing correspondence and material]
1997-2000
2004.070V 2-8 [Correspondence and agreements re manuscript "Confucianism and Christianity"]
1976-1978
2004.070V 2-9 Foreign Language Specialist Agreement
1981
2004.070V 2-10 InterAction Council correspondence and memos
1996-1999
2004.070V 2-11 Royal Society
1990
2004.070V 2-12 Concilium
1994-1999
2004.070V 2-13 [?] for legal use
1995-1997
2004.070V 3-1 International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Victoria University
1989-1990
2004.070V 3-2 Australian National University
1971-1973
2004.070V 3-3 Columbia University
1974-1976
2004.070V 3-4 Yale University
1975-1993
2004.070V 3-5 University of Toronto
1994
1979
2004.070V 3-6 U of T/Connaught
1979-1995
2004.070V 3-7 Permanent residence application
1979
2004.070V 3-8 C.V.s
1990
1978