Japanese Research
Fellowship

14 researchers were selected from Australia, Bulgaria, China, France, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Sweden, Taiwan, and USA. 7 researchers were selected in the Japanese language and Japanese language education research category,and 7 in the Japanese literature and Japanese culture research category.

Research fields: Japanese language and Japanese language education research

Invitee	ANDREEV Anton Stoytchev (Bulgaria) Associate Professor Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Research Subject	A Contrastive Study of Japanese and Bulgarian Phonology and Phonetics
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020 *Withdrew prior to the end of the Fellowship period for personal reasons(Fellowship concluded 31 March)
Receiving Organization	National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

Invitee	BUTLER GOTO Yuko (USA) Full Professor Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
Research Subject	Language Abilities Necessary in an Era of Advancing Technology
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 20, 2020
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	KIM Yu Young (Korea) Associate Professor Dongduk Women's University
Research Subject	Youth Language and Typed Language of Modern Japanese and Korean - Focus on Word-formation Method Influenced by Change of Media and Technodependence -
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1 - Aug 31, 2020
Receiving Organization	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Invitee	OHARA Yumiko (USA) Associate Professor University of Hawaii at Hilo
Research Subject	Identity and Language Ideology in Endangered Language and Dialects - Comparison between Japan and Hawaii
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1 - Aug 31, 2020 *Declined invitation due to the impact of COVID-19
Receiving Organization	National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

Invitee	SU Kehbow (Taiwan) Associate Professor, Chairperson Japanese Department of SooChow University
Research Subject	On Teaching Taiwanese Learners Japanese Pronunciation - Locating the Tolerance of Japanese Ears -
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
Receiving Organization	National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

Invitee	WANG Chong (China) Professor School of Foreign Languages, Dalian University of Technology
Research Subject	A Study on Reconstruction of the Semantic Categorization of Word Meanings in Second Language Acquisition: From the Perspective of Productive and Receptive Knowledge
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
Receiving Organization	Ochanomizu University

Invitee	YEOH Lee Su (Malaysia) Full-time Lecturer University Science Malaysia
Research Subject	Designing Business Japanese Teaching Material for Foreign Japanese Language Learners at Malaysian Universities
Duration	Short-Term Round 1 Sep 1, 2019 - Feb 29, 2020
Receiving Organization	The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa

Note: Researchers are listed in alphabetical order by family name

Research fields: Japanese literature and Japanese culture research

Invitee	AVENELL Simon Andrew（Australia） Associate Professor and Associate Dean School of Culture, History, and Language, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
Research Subject	Postwar Japanese Civil Society and Asia: Building Connections at the Grassroots
Duration	Short-Term Round 1 Sep 1, 2019 - Feb 29, 2020
Receiving Organization	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Invitee	IMONO Mika（France） Lecturer University of Strasbourg
Research Subject	Experience of Will in "Kata" Practice
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
Receiving Organization	International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Invitee	KAGAYA Shinko（USA） Professor of Japanese Williams College
Research Subject	Performing Arts and Popular Culture, as Seen Through a Kadozuke Performance, Manzai
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1 - Aug 26, 2020
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	KIM Bohyun（Korea） Research Professor Global Institute for Japanese Studies, Korea University
Research Subject	A Study on the Relation between the World of Tanka Poets of the Korean Peninsula and that of Central Japan during the Colonial Period - Tanka Poets Who Came Over the Sea -
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
Receiving Organization	Ritsumeikan University

Invitee	SATO Masayuki（Taiwan） Professor Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University
Research Subject	The Birth of "Oriental Philosophy" during Meiji Period of Japan
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
Receiving Organization	Kyoto University

Invitee	SHIMOTORI Misuzu（Sweden） Senior Lecturer Department of Languages and Literatures, University of Gothenburg
Research Subject	Gender Metaphors in Japanese Society: Scrutinizing the Woman-metaphors in Language and Advertisings
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1 - Aug 31, 2020
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	WILLIAMS Nicholas Morrow（Hong Kong） Assistant Professor University of Hong Kong
Research Subject	Chinese Rhetoric and the Route to Enlightenment in Kūkai's Sangō Shiiki
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
Receiving Organization	Kyoto University

Note: Researchers are listed in alphabetical order by family name

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