Have you ever watched a show in a language that you did not speak, so you switched it into one that you would understand? Except the voices were too loud, unsynced, and some of them were the same for different characters? Well, Shrikar Lekkala had that same experience watching Money Heist, a popular Spanish show […]
Category: Language
Preview of Graduate Assistant Digital Projects: Indonesia and Timor-Leste
This year’s IAS graduate assistants, Laura Rocco and Mariah Schaefer, are both developing online research tools for area studies topics. These projects will be completed over the next several months and presented at the library in February. Laura and Mariah describe their projects below: Laura – Balai Pustaka: a snapshot of publishing in Indonesia Balai […]
Celebrating Sub-Saharan Arabic Manuscripts
Introduction In April, the University Library celebrated the preservation of the Charles Stewart Mauritanian Arabic manuscripts, which is the most extensive collection of Sub-Sahar manuscripts in North America. Prof. Charles served for 35 years in the Department of History, and for half of that time held administrative posts as Director of African Studies, Associate Chair, […]
‘Black Panther’: A Realistic Africa within a Fictitious Wakanda
Post by Ashley Adams For months now, people have been raving about Marvel’s Black Panther movie. It has received some criticism, but also overwhelming support and love from people all over the world. Marvel produces superhero movies that are fascinating to watch, and sometimes have brief historical and realistic components, but this is the first […]
Walk of Faith: Camino de Santiago, Spain
Before beginning this alluring journey to walk on the sacred path towards God, I had various concerns regarding how the journey would be like? Being a solo traveler, what kind of people would I meet? With just a handful of words from Spanish vocabulary, how would I communicate with the local community? Even though I […]