Glocal Notes
- New special items for the Latin American and Caribbean collection at the University Library
Written by Antonio Sotomayor The University Library has acquired two important and very rare items for Andean Studies, in the Quechua and Kichwa languages. The first item is a manuscript on Christian catechism written in Quechua in 1789, Catecismo de la doctrina cristiana del misterio de la encarnación del hijo de Dios, escrito en el idioma americano, para la buena educación de toda clase de… Read more: New special items for the Latin American and Caribbean collection at the University Library - Not Magic but Passion: Interview with Shrikar Lekkala
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… Read more: Not Magic but Passion: Interview with Shrikar Lekkala - African Textile Archive: Apertures in Decolonizing African Studies Collections – A Talk by Émilie Songolo
On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, the International and Area Studies Library and the Center for African Studies invited Émilie Songolo—Head of Distinctive Collections at the MIT Libraries—to give a talk about the African Textile Archive housed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The talk featured a gallery of textiles which attendees… Read more: African Textile Archive: Apertures in Decolonizing African Studies Collections – A Talk by Émilie Songolo - A Fascinating Look into the 4th Industrial Revolution in Africa
On Thursday, April 18, the Center for African Studies hosted a dinner and talks for the event “Coffee, Tea, and IP”. (The event was co-sponsored in part by the International & Area Studies Library.) The theme of the two presentations, by Dr. Boatema Boateng and Dr. Chidi Oguamanam, was “Indigenous… Read more: A Fascinating Look into the 4th Industrial Revolution in Africa - Celebrating Professor Emeritus Shozo Sato’s Donated Books to the University Library
Since joining UIUC in 1964 as an artist in residence, Professor Emeritus Shozo Sato 佐藤 昌三 has connected traditional Japanese arts with the world through his works and educational roles. Skilled in painting, calligraphy, theater, flower arrangement, and the tea ceremony, he introduced these art forms to the Champaign-Urbana community… Read more: Celebrating Professor Emeritus Shozo Sato’s Donated Books to the University Library