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Thompson Headed to Japan as Miura Visiting Professor

Dr. Chris Thompson with a photo taken of participants in the 2015 September edition of the OHIO-IPU Tsunami Relief Project.

Dr. Christopher Thompson, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Ohio University, will spend Fall 2018 in Japan, representing OHIO as the 43rd Kohei Miura Visiting Professor at Chubu University. He’ll head up the eighth year of the Tsunami Relief Project, study folk traditions, and connect with OHIO alumni. “Professor Thompson’s participation […]

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July 17, 2018 at 12:27 pmNews

Linguistics Students Volunteer with Tsunami Relief in Japan

96-year-old tsunami survivor thanks OHIO students and Iwate Perfectural students and faculty for delivering water.

  Dr. Chris Thompson, Associate Professor and Chair of Linguistics, is in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Japan at the beginning of October with the annual Chubu Study Abroad group of Ohio University students. The students are studying Japanese at Chubu University alongside their Iwate Prefectural University partners, who also are delivering water […]

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October 9, 2017 at 8:28 amNews