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  • $100,000 grant funds internships in East Asia

    The East Asian Studies Center (EASC) received a $100,000 grant from the Freeman Foundation, a private foundation whose mission is to strengthen the connections between the United States and countries of East Asia. This grant will support summer internships in East Asia for about 15 undergraduate students, and will be arranged and overseen by EASC. The award offers EASC the opportunity to renew the...
    Four students in Japan on a study abroad program
  • Ohio State graduate student Allie Mickle immersed herself in Hong Kong’s art scene

    Ohio State PhD Candidate Allie Mickle spent three months in Hong Kong as the gallery and exhibitions visiting fellow at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center (ASHK) during the spring of 2024. While there, she assisted the gallery and exhibitions team by helping open the Wifredo Lam: Homecoming exhibition in the Chantal Miller Gallery. “I was so interested in art history as a discipline and found that...
    Young woman in front of art exhibition wall
  • Ohio State and Brazil: A 60-year partnership

    2024 marked three important milestones between Ohio State and Brazil: 200 years of diplomatic relations between Brazil and the United States, 60 years of partnership with the University of São Paulo (USP) and 10 years since the opening of Ohio State's Brazil Gateway in São Paulo.
    A group clapping after unveiling the commemorative plaque from ESALQ.
  • Korean animator Ahn Jae-huun makes his mark with Columbus residency

    "Drawing is a very meaningful time for me to meditate," said acclaimed South Korean animation director Ahn Jae-huun through interpreter and Ohio State associate professor Danielle Pyun during his recent visit to campus. Jae-huun's so-called " meditations with a pencil" were screened throughout the final weeks of September at the Wexner Center for the Arts, highlighting a decades-long body of work...
    Ahn Jae-huun in his studio

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