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The event was the fifth lecture in the Department of History’s “University in the Middle — Past and Present” series.


Amber Marcus-Blank

Amber Marcus-Blank was a senior staff writer covering undergraduate student life. She is a junior from outside of Boston studying Political Science and Public Health on the pre-law track. She is interested in working in politics and journalism in the future and enjoys playing soccer and making playlists in her free time.

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Photo of Brown RISD Dual Degree sitting on the floor making bricks with clay in Ghana.

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Students engaged with local traditions of earthen plastering and relief sculpture in the villages of Kwaso and Timeabu, located in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Courtesy of Sofia Nolan.


Left: Photo of people in Nara Park in Japan feeding and interacting with deer. Right: Photo of students in a pottery studio in Taiwan.

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The first half of the course took place in Japan and the remainder of the trip was spent in Taiwan. Courtesy of Shoji Satake.




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