On Monday February 11th the International Heritage Project provided a pop-up display of documents from Archive Services and Special Collections to support the East Asia Global Regional Activity Briefing (GRAB) Lunch. From Special Collections we selected The History of Japan……. Read More ›
My first full week in the post of International Heritage Project support officer saw my inaugural visit on the afternoon of Friday 11th January, when Glasgow University Library hosted a small, but very important Japanese delegation. The party was composed… Read More ›
If you’ve ever wondered how the European Union came into being (but were too afraid to ask) then the House of Lords Library Note published today should answer most of your questions:- The European Union Today “This Library Note provides… Read More ›
A new set of images, showing Japan and China in the 1890s, is now online. Dougan 86 is an intriguing mix of professional photographs and amateur snapshots. Despite the technical flaws and haphazard composition of some of the images, they are an appealing, immediate record of… Read More ›
Last month I travelled to Japan with Monica Callaghan, Head of Education, at the Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery to visit some of the leading national and university museums and archives in Tokyo to explore areas of collaboration and to learn about the management… Read More ›
View the opening ceremony of the photographic exhibition, ‘Human bridge: 150 Years of Anglo-Japanese friendship and commerce’, featuring the University principal, Sir Muir Russell and His Excellency Shin Ebihara, Japanese ambassador to the UK via the linked YouTube video. The… Read More ›
His Excellency Shin Ebihara, Japanese ambassador to the UK, visited the University yesterday. While the delegation were in the Library they saw some fascinating items held by Archive Services and Special Collections. These included a letter from the philosopher and… Read More ›
Scotland and the University of Glasgow have had long and fruitful links with Japan and, as the University’s contribution to Japan UK 150 – a UK-wide celebration of 150 years of Anglo-Japanese diplomatic relations, a series of events have been… Read More ›
