Japanese Research
Fellowship

15 researchers were selected from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine and USA. Four researchers were selected in the Japanese language and Japanese language education research category, and eleven in the Japanese literature and Japanese culture research category.

Research fields: Japanese language and Japanese language education research

Invitee	ALAM Mohammed Ansarul (Bangladesh) Associate Professor Institute of Modern Languages University of Dhaka
Research Subject	An Investigative Study on the Problems Faced by the Bangladeshi Residents in Japan - Aiming to Create Case Materials for Bangladeshi Japanese Language Learners -
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa

Invitee	LIU Jiaqi (China) Associate Professor and Vice Dean of Japanese Department College of Foreign Languages and Literature, Fudan University
Research Subject	A Study on the Acquisition of Japanese Pronunciation by Chinese Speaking Learners: Focus on the Relationship of Perception and Production
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	LO Hsiao Chin (Taiwan) Associate Professor Applied Japanese Department MING CHUAN University
Research Subject	Using the Case Method to Teach Business Students Japanese as a Foreign Language: Using Case Studies as Teaching Material
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Invitee	OZBEK Aydin (Turkey) Associate Professor, Head of the Department, Head of the Applied Language Research Center, Department of Japanese Language Education, Faculty of Education, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Research Subject	A Contrastive Analysis of Tense-Aspect-Evidentiality and Mirativity in Japanese and Turkish
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Note: Researchers are listed in alphabetical order by family name

Research fields: Japanese literature and Japanese culture research

Invitee	ADAL Raja（USA） Assistant Professor of Japanese History, Department of History University of Pittsburgh
Research Subject	Asia in the Century of the Typewriter:Authority, Aesthetics, and the Mechanization of Writing
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Invitee	BRECHER William Puck（USA） Associate Professor of Japanese Cultural History Washington State University
Research Subject	Autonomous Youths: Individuality and Citizen-making in Meiji-Taisho Society
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Kyoto University

Invitee	BRIGHTWELL Erin Leigh（USA） Assistant Professor of Pre-modern Japanese Literature, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan
Research Subject	Divine Right and the End of Days: Ordering the Past in Japan's Long 13th Century
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Kyoto University

Invitee	DO Kee Hong（Korea） Part-time Lecturer Hannam University
Research Subject	A Basic Study on Saji in Food Culture of the Muromachi Period - Focusing on Records of Yusoku Kojitsu and Dishes -
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	KELIYAN Maya Bedros（Bulgaria） Professor, Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Research Subject	Local Communities Religious Festivals in Japan and Bulgaria: Comparative Study
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Kyoto University

Invitee	LI Ming Jing（China） Professor School of Foreign Languages Renmin University of China
Research Subject	A Study on the Interrelationships between Japanese Buddhist Literature and Chinese Literature of Tang and Song Dynasties
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Invitee	OMORI Kyoko（USA） Associate Professor, Chair of East Asian Languages and Literatures Department, Hamilton College
Research Subject	Technologies of the Voice: Silent Film, Benshi Narration, and Radio Storytelling in Modern Japan
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Ritsumeikan University

Invitee	SHEVTSOVA Galyna（Ukraine） Professor, Chair of Architecture Basis and Design, Faculty of Architecture, Architecture Basis and Design Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture
Research Subject	Japanese Experience of Small Historical Town's Revitalization: The Perspectives for Applying in Ukraine
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Kyoto University

Invitee	STEININGER Brian Robert（USA） Assistant Professor Princeton University
Research Subject	Printing at the Margins: The Textual Network of Medieval Japan
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	TANG Quan（China） Associate Professor, Japanese Department School of Foreign Languages East China Normal University
Research Subject	A study on Exchanges between Chinese Literati and Japanese Scholars in Tokugawa Japan:the Birth and Development of Human Network, 1804-1832
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Invitee	YAMAMOTO Naoki（USA） Assistant Professor Department of Film and Media Studies University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Subject	The Kyoto School of Philosophy and Its Enduring Impact on the Formation of Japanese Media Theory
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2019
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Note: Researchers are listed in alphabetical order by family name

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