to the site, I realized it was important to
make the website into a major project as
an encyclopedia," said Martínez. The
main source of information for his re-
search was Dubreuil's articles.
that the people of Japan are "all one
culture, a perfect example of homo-
geneity," Dubreuil said.
have a physical appearance -- muscular
bodies, deep-set eyes, abundant body
hair and long flowing beards -- that is
different from other Japanese or its
longtime history professor Dr. Thomas
J. Schaeper gained national attention
Scientist, Author, Spy," published by Yale Uni-
versity Press, is the first complete biography of
Bancroft, an American who spied for the
British during the American Revolution.
Review of Books, Marie and Edmund Morgan call the book
Schaeper's new revelations about many of the lead-
ing characters in the American Revolution. The
Morgans rank at the very top among authorities in
colonial and revolutionary American history.
page of the June 8, 2011, issue of Rorotoko, an on-
line literary magazine. In it, Schaeper relates how
he became interested in Bancroft and points out
cas.org/ainu/articulos/peramonkoro.html
to view the translated story online.
forming arts, Martínez has been develop-
ing web encyclopedias of Asian
performing arts (Japan, Korea and
India) in Spanish since 2005.
performing arts in Colombia (1998), he
discovered there was a lack of materials
on these subjects in Spanish.
rials aimed at his students, but he soon
was contacted by people from other
countries interested in materials on
her goal is "to teach Ainu culture, and
discrimination and art."
through articles, books and lectures,
but she has also brought them to life by
collaborating on exhibits across North
America.
Smithsonian exhibition on Ainu culture
that was the first to include work by
contemporary Ainu artists to comple-
ment the traditional art and artifacts.
Co-curated with William Fitzhugh, di-
rector of the Smithsonian Arctic Studies
Center, Dubreiul also partnered with
Fitzhugh to co-edit "Ainu: Spirit of a
Northern People," a critically acclaimed
volume of interdisciplinary contributions
by scholars of Ainu issues.
ian exhibition contained a section de-
voted to contemporary Ainu art. It
included the work of the late artist and
political activist Bikky Sunazawa, who
drew inspiration from the work and
popularity of Northwest Coast native
art. Sunazawa is credited with lifting
Ainu art from tourist-based commer-
ciality to the realm of fine art.
and Performing Arts, Dubreuil joined
SBU in 2008, shortly after its art history
program was launched. She teaches
courses on Japanese, Asian and Native
American art, among others.