Japanese Research
Fellowship

6 researchers were selected from USA, France. 2 researchers were selected in the Japanese language and Japanese language education research category, and 4 researchers in the Japanese literature and Japanese culture research category.
* For a list of invitees to the 15th Japanese Research Fellowship, please refer to the "15th Invitees (2021)" link in the [Previous Invitees] archive.

Research fields: Japanese language and Japanese language education research

Invitee	IDEMARU Kaori (USA) Associate Professor of Japanese Linguistics University of Oregon
Research Subject	Acoustic Factors Predicting Foreign Accent in Second Language Japanese and its Social and Affective Consequences
Duration	Short-Term Round 1, Sep. 1, 2021 - Feb. 28, 2022
Receiving Organization	National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

Invitee	OHARA Yumiko (USA) Associate Professor University of Hawaii at Hilo
Research Subject	Identity and Language Ideology in Endangered Languages and Dialects- Comparison between Japan and Hawaii
Duration	Short-Term Round 2, Mar. 1- Aug. 31, 2022
Receiving Organization	National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

Note: Researchers are listed in alphabetical order by family name

Research fields: Japanese literature and Japanese culture research

Invitee	FRALEIGH　Matthew　Patrick（USA） Associate Professor Brandeis University
Research Subject	Postwar Kanshi Journals and the Canon of Sinitic Poetry in Japan
Duration	Long-Term Sep. 1, 2021 - Aug. 31, 2022
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	MIZUKAWA Junt（USA） Part-time Lecturer of Sociology/Anthropology and Religion Lake Forest College
Research Subject	Spirited ecology at the end of the world: Community-led reconstruction projects in the 3.11 Tsunami-affected fisherman's village of the northeast coast of Japan
Duration	Long-Term Sep. 1, 2021 - Aug. 31, 2022
Receiving Organization	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Invitee	TSUNODA　Takuya（USA） Assistant Professor Columbia University
Research Subject	Knowledge and Technique: Media Histories and Science Cinema in Japan
Duration	Short-Term Round 2, Mar. 1- Aug. 31, 2022
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	YOSHIDA　Aki（France） Full-time Lecturer University of Paris, IFRAE (The French Research Institute on East Asia)
Research Subject	Literary Exchange between Japanese Writers and their Asian and African Counterparts in the 1960s and Early 1970s, and the Reception of Asian and African Literature in Japan during the Same Period
Duration	Short-Term Round 1, Sep. 1, 2021 - Feb. 28, 2022
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Note: Researchers are listed in alphabetical order by family name

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