Dr. Russ Crawford, associate professor of history, is the recipient of two grants, both related to the 2013 U.S.-Japan Camp to be held in July. A $30,000 grant from the United States-Japan Foundation will support the sixth iteration of the camp, which is expected to bring 20 high school students from around the country to ONU for a two-week program of intensive language instruction and coursework in Japanese history and culture. Students have the unique opportunity to interact with Japanese peers who are part of the Sakae Institute on campus. This is the second grant ONU has received from the United States-Japan Foundation to hold the camp.
A new activity, Japanese Culture Days, has been added to the camp and includes public presentations on July 24 and 25 by two scholars to discuss their research on the following topics: the connection between Japanese and American baseball and Japanese/Chinese relations during World War II. In addition to the public sessions, the scholars will be working with the camp participants. Each student completes a capstone project related to an aspect of Japanese culture, and those posters will be on exhibit during the Japanese Culture Day. This program is made possible, in part, thanks to a $3,500grant from the Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Crawford is the program director for both activities.
Well done Dr. Crawford!
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