List of Fellows in 2017: Asia

Asia

Scholars/Researchers (Long-Term)
State/Region Name Current Position Area of Research Project Title Affiliation in Japan
（※Not necessary for short-term fellowship）
Korea CHUN, Chaesung Professor, Seoul National University International Relations Theorizing East Asian International Relations and the Relations between Korea and Japan Keio University
Korea WOO, Eun Hee GEAS Award PostDoc, the Gratuate School of East Asian Studies(GEAS) , Free University Berlin Democracy, Party Politics, Election, Candidate Selection Institutional Change and Stability: Political Recruitment in Japanese Parties The University of Tokyo
Taiwan CHEN, Fei ning Associate Professor, Providence University Japanese classical literature The Imagination of the South in the Literature of the Heian period: with the tropical plants as a starting point Kobe University
Taiwan CHIEN, Yueh-chen Associate Professor, National Dong Hwa University Japanese linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Contact linguistics Modality in Yilan Creole Osaka University
China CAO, Dafeng Professor, Beijing Center for Japanese Studies Science of Japanese Japanese pedagogy Fundamental researches for Japanese education grammar dictionary construction Hitotsubashi University
China JIANG, Lihong Professor, East China University of Political Science and Law Administrative Law A Comparative Study of the reform of the Administrative Procedure System between Japanese and Chinese Waseda University
China TAN, Jianchuan Professor, Southwest University History of Japanese society The Image of "the other" in Primary School Textbooks of Modern Japan - A Perspective Based on the Foreign Descriptions - Kobe University
China ZANG, Leizhen Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University Comparative Politics, Political Communication The Variables of Japan-China Relations in the Internet Age: The Role and Function of Youth The University of Tokyo
Indonesia Rima Devi Lecturer, Universitas Andalas Literature Family in Modern Japanese Scociety Seen from the Women Writers Nagoya University
Thailand CHUSRI, Asadayuth Assistant Professor, Chulalongkorn University Japanese Applied Linguistics A Study of Discourse Markers in Japanese Language for Thai Learners: Focusing on Conjunctive Expressions Waseda University
Vietnam NGUYEN, Vu Quynh Nhu Lecturer, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University Ho Chi Minh City Literature A Comparative research on the Japanese and Vietnamese Seasonal words towards the creation of the Vietnames Saijiki International Research Center for Japanese Studies
India NAIDU, G.V.C. Chairperson, Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawharlal Nehru University International Studies - Indo-Pacific Affairs Prospects for India-Japan Partnership in the Emerging Indo-Pacific Order Gakushuin University
Sri Lanka DISSANAYAKE, Kumudinei Senior Lecturer, University of Colombo Business Administration Perceived Institutional Support on Firm Growth: The Case of Women Micro-entrepreneurs in Japan Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)
Scholars/Researchers (Short-Term)
State/Region Name Current Position Area of Research Project Title Affiliation in Japan
（※Not necessary for short-term fellowship）
Korea HUH, Mun-Myung Editorial Writer, Dong-A Ilbo Defense, Security A Study on Positive Approach of Korea-Japan Security Guarantee Cooperation Takushoku University
Korea LEE, Jukyung Research Fellow, Pusan National University Political Process, Party Politics Organizational Changes and the Accountability Mechanism in Japan's LDP: The Empirical Study of Transformation Process to Programmatic Linkages Kagoshima University
China YUAN Xianxin Postdoctoral Researcher, Tsinghua University Chinese modern literature and history; East Asia intellectuaｌ history Research on the Global of Russian Populism: with a Focus on Japan and China The University of Tokyo
Philippines GUEVARRA, Alona Ureta Assistant Professor, Ateneo de Manila University Comparative Literature Ecocriticism in Japan : A Literary Perspective
Myanmar Oak Soe San Assistant Lecturer, Yadanabon University Japan and East Asia, ODA Myanmar and Foreing Aid; Comparison of Japan and China's Aid Policy Ritsumeikan University
Doctoral Candidates
State/Region Name Current Position Area of Research Project Title Affiliation in Japan
（※Not necessary for short-term fellowship）
Korea CHOI, Yunseo PhD Candidate, Peking University Labor Sociology/
Comparative Sociology/Gender Study		 Study on the Labor Participation of Female and Its Gender Relations in the Early Showa Period: Focus on the Labor Force Participation of Married Women in the Coal Mine Area Waseda University
Korea CHUN, Wonkeun Researcher, Seoul National University Asia Center Social History, Sociology of Cities The Formation of Territoriality and Geopolitical Imagination in Post-War Japan: Focusing on Space of Exception The University of Tokyo
Korea JEONG, Changhoon PhD Candidate, Dongguk University Japanese-Korean Comparative Literature and Culture A Comprehensive Study on the Intertextual Representations between Japan and South Korea during the Cold War: Focusing on the Ideological Foundation of "Friendship" in the Establishment of Diplomatic Normalization The University of Tokyo
China DING, Yiruo PhD Candidate, Chinese University of Hong Kong Intellectual, Cultural and Literary History of Early Modern Japan The Relationship of Kyokutei Bakin and Chinese Four Great Classical Novels The University of Tokyo
China DONG, Yuting PhD Candidate, Harvard University Modern Japanese History Empire On the Ground: Railway Towns and Urban Encounters in Japan's Manchuria(1905-45) Waseda University
China HO, Chui Wa PhD Candidate, New York University Auditory Culture in Postwar Japan, Sound Studies, Media Studies, Musicology and Ethnomusicology Radio Didactic: Sounding and Listening to Democracy in US -occupied Japan(1945-1952) Waseda University
China HOU, Haiying PhD Candidate, University of Aucland Modern Japanese Women's History Yoshioka Yayoi's Vision of Womanhood: A Reconsideration Sophia University
China LI, Lin PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison East Asian History; Gender and Women's Studies The Making and Unmaking of the East Asian Feminist Sphere:
Transnational Feminist Exchange in Japan, China, and Taiwan(1895-1945)		 The University of Tokyo
China LI, Youjia PhD Candidate, Northwestern University Early Modern and Modern Japanese History Cart Cities-Evolving Transport Networks in East Asian Cities, 1630s
to 1930s		 Japan Women's University
Singapore SHEE, Bernard Chong Zhi PhD Candidate, Princeton University Japanese Literature Minoritization Literature and Media in Postwar Japan Waseda University
Singapore TAN, Jerrine Ee-Wen PhD Candidate, Brown University 20th century American Literature, World Literature, Contemporary Fiction Tsunamis, Trains, Terrorists: Real World Systems in Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being The University of Tokyo
Vietnam NGO-VU, Nhat-Phuong PhD Candidate, Columbia University Premodem Japanese Literature Lyric Poetry as Social Performance: Self-Expression vs. Self-Construction in Classical Japanese Poetry Chuo University
India DASGUPTA, Arnab PhD Candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University Japanese Politics Teleologies of Immigration Policy of Japan: Interpretations by Civil Society and the State National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
India PAUL, Arpita PhD Candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University Japanese Literature Transition in Kitamura Tokoku's Thought: With Special Reference to "Kakujin Shinkyunai no Hikyu Tokyo Gakugei University
India SINGH, Reema PhD Candidate, University of Delhi Japanese Language, Culture, Translation Translation of Modern Japanese Poetry into Hindustani Language - With Special Reference to the Translation Process, Framework and Analysis Undertaken by an Indian Translator Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
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