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Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1967
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Ronald Bauer, (above), assistant to the general secretary for the 27th Congress of Orientalists, inspects a Moslem prayer room at the University's International Center in preparation for the Congress. Scores of Moslems from Africa and Asia will attend the week long conference. Russell H. Fifield (left) of the University's political science department, general secretary of the congress, holds manifests of chartered plane flights of participants from Frankfort, Germany; Paris, France; and Tokyo, Japan. A relief rubbing from a Thai temple on wall in back of Prof. Fifield provides oriental atmosphere for Lane Hall headquarters.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1967
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Mrs. Arthur W. Spang Displays A Symbolic Sign

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1967
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A stamp collector would have a holiday filling the shoes of either Mrs. Gordon Fenn (left) of Chelsea or Miss Wendy Christiansen of 307 Sixth, who are handling mail from all over the world at the Lane Hall headquarters for the 27th Congress of Orientalists. More than 1,500 scholars from foreign countries have written to say they are coming.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1967
Caption:
Ronald Bauer, (above), assistant to the general secretary for the 27th Congress of Orientalists, inspects a Moslem prayer room at the University's International Center in preparation for the Congress. Scores of Moslems from Africa and Asia will attend the week long conference. Russell H. Fifield (left) of the University's political science department, general secretary of the congress, holds manifests of chartered plane flights of participants from Frankfort, Germany; Paris, France; and Tokyo, Japan. A relief rubbing from a Thai temple on wall in back of Prof. Fifield provides oriental atmosphere for Lane Hall headquarters.

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Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1967
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These four Japanese women waiting on the steps of Hill Auditorium for the opening of the 27th International Congress of Orientalists yesterday are part of a delegation of more than 150 persons from Japan. They are (left to right), Kakako Kodama, Yoshiko Morioka, Kaluko Fujino, and Teruko Nakano, all of Tokyo. Japan has the largest delegation of any of the 50 foreign countries represented. Others with large delegations are West Germany with 99; Great Britain with 77; and Argentina with 72. The Soviet Union is boycotting the event.

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Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1967
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Humayon Kabir, out-going president of the International Congress of Orientalists from India, was among those addressing the inaugural session of the 27th meeting of the congress yesterday in Hill Auditorium. Professor-Emeritus W. Norman Brown of the University of Pennsylvania succeeds Kabir as president of the international organization of scholars on Oriental subjects. Brown and U-M President Harlan Hatcher were the other featured speakers on the program.