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From Scrolls to Postcards: Rare Treasures of East Asian Art on Display

Guest post by Jayden Mitchell

A banner on the left side and a chair and two display cases on the left side

The Thompson Library exhibit ‘Mobility, Collecting and Diaspora’, a collection of East Asian objects related to performing arts, open until July 20, 2025.

We are proud to be part of the ongoing exhibition “Mobility, Collecting, and Diaspora: Preserving and Teaching East Asian History, which brings together remarkable artifacts from Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Indonesian performance and fine arts. Located in the Thompson Library Special Collections Display Atrium, this exhibit represents an unprecedented collaboration between the Bliss M. and Mildred A. Wiant Collection of Chinese Art, and Chinese and Japanese collections from the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, and the Herman J. Albrecht Library of Historical Architecture.

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Japanese e-resources workshop on Friday!

 Where:  Thompson Library Rm 352        When: Friday, April 11, 1:00-3:00

April is the season when many Japanese e-resource and web site providers upgrade their offerings. Attend this workshop and gain information on:

Bring your questions related to digital resources from Japan. For more information, or if the scheduled time for this workshop is not convenient, contact Maureen Donovan, Japanese Studies Librarian at donovan.1@osu.edu, or Amy Hwang, East Asian Studies Program Assistant at hwang.414@osu.edu. Additional workshops or individual consultations can be setup by request.

Keeping a Finger on the Pulse of Global Information Flow

The lecture I gave on November 26 is now available in the Knowledge Bank. Here’s a link:
Keeping a Finger on the Pulse of Global Information Flow
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