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Unique Collections And Digital Humanities Initiatives: From Concept To Creation–Exploration And Practice At The University Of Pittsburgh Library System, Edward Galloway, Haihui Zhang

Journal of East Asian Libraries

This report provides a overview of the Digital Humanity projects undertaken by the East Asian Library within the University of Pittsburgh Library System over the past decade. The review encompasses the genesis and original objectives behind initiating these projects, the challenges and difficulties encountered, the procedural aspects of implementation, and the insights gained.

'Seeds Of Happiness': An Oral History Of Members Of Soka Gakkai International-New Orleans, Lorvelis Amelia Madueño

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is a Japanese new religious movement present in 192 countries. Despite the substantial amount of academic work that has been produced on SGI’s overseas expansion, many scholars continue to overlook the local context when analyzing the organization’s global presence. This paper is based on oral history interviews and examines the experiences of five members of the SGI-USA New Orleans Buddhist Center, located in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. This thesis argues that many SGI practitioners choose to join and remain in the organization because it fills specific spiritual and emotional voids in their lives, creates …

Sabbatical Leave Proposal And Report, Umeeta Sadarangani

Sabbaticals

Specific Goals of the Proposed Sabbatical Leave

• To continue transcribing interviews with Sindhis in India about their experience of life in Sind before, during, and immediately after the 1947 Partition.
• To identify patterns among the interviews and written narratives. To follow up on interviews and to interview some of those who have submitted written narratives. T
• To read intensively about the Partition, Sind, and Sindhi culture, and to read about creative non-fiction writing, especially memoir writing.
• To write a work of creative nonfiction about what I learn, with the goal of sharing it with my students in classes and eventually …