Did you know that January 4th is World Braille Day? Learn more about Braille, the reading and writing system for blind people and people with visual impairment, and the story of Braille in Japan in this article by our History Department’s Dr. Wayne Tan! https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/disability-history/inventing-japanese-braille/
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Summer Study–Had Me A Blast
Part One of a Two-Part Series Hope College History students spent the summer of 2024 doing research on a wide variety of topics. They worked in museums, archives, and libraries, and they created Web sites, papers, and exhibitions. Here’s an overview of our summer interns and research assistants, and the work they did in the …
My Take: The Importance of Reading Fiction Together
2023 Big Read Lakeshore Authors Yaa Gyasi and Jerry Craft
Dr. Wayne Tan, Associate Professor of History, Receives Two Book Awards
Hope College Public Affairs and Marketing. (2023, October 25). Book On Blindness in Early Modern Japan Receives Two Awards [Press release]. The book “Blind in Early Modern Japan: Disability, Medicine, and Identity” by Dr. Wei Yu Wayne Tan of the Hope College history faculty has received two awards for excellence from professional associations. The book, published …
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