Japanese Research
Fellowship

A total of 13 researchers from 8 countries have been invited to participate in the 12th Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship: 5 in the Japanese language and Japanese language education research category and 8 in the Japanese literature and Japanese culture research category.

Research fields: Japanese language and Japanese language education research

Invitee	HWANG Younghee（Korea） Assistant Professor Department of Japanese, Hanyang Cyber University
Research Subject	The Longitudinal Study of Reconstruction Mechanism of Japanese as L2: A Focus on Young Korean Returnees from Japan
Duration	Short-Term Round 1 Sep 1, 2017–Feb 28, 2018
Receiving Organization	Ochanomizu University

Invitee	NODA Mari（USA） Professor The Ohio State University
Research Subject	What Winning Speeches Tell us about Japanese Speeches and Perspectives on Japan: A Half Century of International Speech Contest in Japanese
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	OBERWINKLER Michaela Marianne（Germany） Research Associate Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Tuebingen
Research Subject	New Ways of Written Communication in Japan: Analyzing the Language Behavior in Social Network Services (SNS)
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2017–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	Ritsumeikan University

Invitee	PIZZICONI Barbara（UK） Reader in Japanese Applied Linguistics SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London
Research Subject	Discourses of Japanese (Im)Politeness
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	Ritsumeikan University

Invitee	WANG Shihho（Taiwan） Professor Department of Japanese Language and Culture, Soochow University
Research Subject	A Study of a Context-oriented Japanese Pedagogical Grammar: Centered on the Usage of Te-iru
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2017–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics

Research fields: Japanese literature and Japanese culture research

Invitee	COOK Ryan Marshall（USA） Assistant Professor Film and Media Studies and East Asian Studies, Emory University
Research Subject	Rethinking the 1960s through Japanese Film: The Showa 30s as Image and Memory
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2017–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	Ritsumeikan University

Invitee	HELLYER Robert Ingels（USA） Associate Professor Department of History, Wake Forest University
Research Subject	A Global History of Japan's Tea Export Trade: Socio-economic Perspectives from Production to Consumption, 1850 to 1950
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Apr 1–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Invitee	HONG Seunyoung（Korea） Research Professor Institute of Japanese Studies, Hallym University
Research Subject	A Comparative Study of the Form of Theaters in Korea and Japan in the 1910s
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2017–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Invitee	KHOMENKO Olga（Ukraine） Associate Professor Department of History, Faculty of Humanities, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Research Subject	The Quest for Happiness: Women and Magazine Advertising in Post-war Japan
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Invitee	LIANG Qing（China） Lecturer The College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University
Research Subject	The Japanization of kanshi of the Early Heian Period: Focusing on SHIMADA Tadaomi and SUGAWARA Michizane
Duration	Long-Term Sep 1, 2017–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Invitee	SASTRE Gregoire Simon Jean（France） Postdoctoral Researcher East Asian Civilisations Research Center
Research Subject	The Foundation of the Japanese Military Intelligence Services and their Role in Japan's Foreign Policy (1870–1918)
Duration	Long-Term Sep 2, 2017–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	SHIRANE Haruo（USA） Chair, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, Columbia University
Research Subject	Media, Performance, and Popular Culture: Decentering Japanese Literature
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 7–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

Invitee	ZAHLTEN Alexander Nikolas（USA） Associate Professor Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Research Subject	The History of Japan's "Amateur" Media Culture and the Future of the Media
Duration	Short-Term Round 2 Mar 1–Aug 31, 2018
Receiving Organization	Waseda University

*Invitee titles current at time of selection of Fellows.

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