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“The Sun Behind the Eyes”: On Reincarnations, Adaptations, and Living Legacies

“The Sun Behind the Eyes”: On Reincarnations, Adaptations, and Living Legacies

by Rebecca Copeland | Apr 8, 2026 | Memories, Retirement

Lately I’ve been going through drawers upon drawers of files, deciding what to keep and what to toss. Retirement approaches, and I need to clear out my office. I have more than 35 years to go through covering the work I’ve done at Washington University. Some files and...
Tracing a Kimono’s Story: A Transnational Journey

Tracing a Kimono’s Story: A Transnational Journey

by Rebecca Copeland | Jul 20, 2022 | Japanese Culture

“I have a kimono that my Uncle brought back from Japan at the end of World War II, as a gift to my mother. I’m wondering if you might be interested in it?” I received an email with this message shortly after my university’s online magazine ran an article on my kimono...

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