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International Collections Travel Grants now available through KU Libraries

IGEL is pleased to offer support to scholars from outside the University of Kansas who wish to conduct research using KU Libraries’ rich and diverse international collections. These grants of up to $1,500 aim to foster global scholarship and promote the use of KU’s unique resources in international and area studies.

East Asian books on display

A link to the global south

If shouting was allowed on Watson Library’s fourth and fifth floors, it’s feasible that Brian Rosenblum in the Institute for Digital Research in Humanities (IDRH) could be hailed from upstairs by Kodjo Atiso in International Collections, yet their first professional collaboration took place nearly 6,000 miles from campus, in Accra, Ghana. The serendipitous connection was the highlight of several KU Libraries’ efforts over the last year to shrink the distance between the U.S. Midwest and West Africa.

Kodjo Atiso on a book buying trip in Africa