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 personas, curas, pastores y en […]
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 […]
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 through many pioneering initiatives. For […]
Over a hundred years after the it’s inception, the League of Nation’s documents are now available digitally. The Total Digital Access to the League of Nations Archives Project, or LONTAD, recently completed it’s five year long process of restoring and digitizing its expansive collection. These archives, once housed in the same Palais des Nations in […]
By: Vismaya Jayakumar, Master of Urban Planning Along with igniting tremendous trauma in millions of people around the world, COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted various inequities in access to health, education, food, mobility and more. The impact of the pandemic on vulnerable populations has brought to light several previously overlooked issues. One of the most vulnerable […]