Acknowledgements & Contributors

Exhibition Acknowledgements

This exhibition features works from Princeton University Library, drawn from the following collections:

Cotsen Children’s Library

East Asian Library and the Gest Collection

Robert S. Garrett Collection

Graphic Arts Collection

John F. Mason Collection

William H. Scheide Collection

Special Collections


Exhibition Curator

Martin J. Heijdra *95, Director, East Asian Library


Library Exhibition Team

Ashley D. Baker, Conservation Technician II

Eli Boyne, Preventive Conservator

Melody S. Chen, Paper Conservator

Lia Contursi, Team Leader, Non-Roman Script Languages

Wind Cowles, Associate Dean, Data, Research and Teaching and Acting Head of Exhibitions

Monique Danziger, Director of Library Communications

Brian G. George, Preparator

Martyna Gryko, Conservation Technician I

Anne Jarvis, Dean of Libraries

Brandon Johnson, Communications Strategist

Kimberly Leaman, IT Project Manager

Mick LeTourneaux, Rare Books Conservator

Dan Linke, Acting Associate University Librarian for Special Collections

Mary Marrero†, Digital Imaging Technician

Jennifer Meyer, Collection Services Supervisor

Roel Muñoz, Library Digital Imaging Manager

Stephanie Oster, Publicity Manager

AnnaLee Pauls, Reference Services Coordinator - Special Collections

Trey Pendragon, Lead Library Software Engineer

Maren Rozumalski, Book Conservator

Jon Stroop, Deputy Dean of Libraries

Monica Taylor, Digital Imaging Technician

Thomas P. Ventimiglia, Department Computing Support Analyst

Stephanie Wiener, Exhibitions Registrar & Gallery Operations Manager


A special thank you to the following for their contributions in providing historical context, item identification and selection, translation advice, and additional services. Unless otherwise noted, the contributor is affiliated with Princeton University.

Ellen Ambrosone, South Asian Studies Librarian

Wendy L. Belcher, Professor, Department of Comparative Literature and Department for African American Studies

Joyce E. Bell, Islamic Manuscripts Project Cataloger

He Bian, Associate Professor of History and East Asian Studies

Minjie Chen, Cotsen Children’s Library Cataloging Team Leader

Yixu Eliza Chen, Ph.D. Candidate, Art and Archaeology

Dora C.Y. Ching, Tang Center for East Asian Art

Michael Cook, Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies

Mireille Djenno, Global Special Collections Librarian

Molly E. Dotson, Graphic Arts Librarian

Lolita D. Fansler, President, Mangyan Heritage Center

Stephen Ferguson, Associate University Librarian for External Engagement

Devin Fitzgerald, Curator of Rare Books and History of Printing, UCLA Library Special Collections

Michael Friedrich, Senior Professor, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), University of Hamburg

Imre Galambos, Qiushi Chair Professor at the School of Literature, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

Annabel Teh Gallop, Head, Southeast Asia Section, British Library

Jonathan C. Gold, Professor, Department of Religion; Director of the Center for Culture, Society and Religion

Alastair Gornall, Associate Professor in History and Religion, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Ramon Guillermo, Director, Center for International Studies (CIS), University of the Philippines Diliman

David A. Hollander, Librarian for Judaic Studies and Hebrew, and for Law and Legal Studies

Andrea L. Immel, Curator of the Cotsen Children’s Library

Thomas F. Keenan, Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Librarian

Jotika Khur-Yearn, Subject Librarian for Southeast Asia, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Jinah Kim, George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art; Professor of South Asian Studies, Harvard University

Zoe S. Kwok, Nancy and Peter Lee Curator of Asian Art, Princeton University Art Museum

Win H. Kyaw, Ph.D. Candidate, Asian Studies, Cornell University

D. Christian Lammerts, Associate Professor, Department of Religion, Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Christina H. Lee, Professor, Dept of Spanish and Portuguese/ Acting Chair, Humanities Council

Hyoungbae Lee, Korean Studies Librarian

Xiaoliang Li, Associate Professor, Institute of Chinese Language and Documents, Southwest University

Bryan Lowe, Associate Professor of Religion, Melanchton W. Jacobus University Preceptor

Melissa Moreton, Research Associate, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study

Fallou Ngom, Professor, Boston University

Setsuko Noguchi, Japanese Studies Librarian

Peera Panarut, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), University of Hamburg

Aditya Bayu Perdana, Professional Full Time Lecturer, Telkom University

Marina Rustow, Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East; Professor of Near Eastern Studies and History

Emma M. Sarconi, Reference and Outreach Specialist

Deborah Schlein, Near Eastern Studies Librarian

Daniel Sheffield, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies

Bruno M. Shirley, Research Fellow in Buddhist Studies, Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg University

Mårten Söderblom Saarela, Ricci Institute Special Collections Librarian, Boston College

Gabriel A. Swift, Librarian for Early American Collections

Nicholas Michael Sy, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of the Philippines Diliman

Jack Tannous, Chair, Center for the Study of Late Antiquity; Director, Program in Hellenic Studies; Associate Professor of History and Hellenic Studies

Stephen F. Teiser, D. T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies; Professor of Religion

Hsin-Chen Tsai, Cornelius Van der Starr Conservator of Chinese Paintings, Asian Conservation Studio, Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Trent Walker, Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Studies; Thai Professor of Theravada Buddhism, Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan

Eric White, Scheide Librarian; Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Yunxiao Xiao, Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University

Roberta Zollo, Doctoral Researcher, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), University of Hamburg


Exhibition Design and Production

Alusiv (Philadelphia, PA)

Central Art (Cream Ridge, NJ)

Jennifer Nieling, JLN Costume Mounting LLC (New York, NY)

Junius Taylor Woodworking (Philadelphia, PA)

Object Mounts, LLC (Brooklyn, New York)

Print and Mail Services (Princeton, NJ)

Vinyl Bomb (Hamilton Township, NJ)

This exhibition is dedicated to Will Noel, who was all in favor of thinking more globally in book history.