Grant Program for Global Partnerships Programs Conferences (FY 2015-2016)


  • *The names of organizations and project titles are as of April, 2014 when the grants were awarded

EAST ASIA

Korea
Grantee Project Title
Global Center for Japanese Studies, Hanyang University Edo and Chosen: Approaches to Civilization in a Historical and Comparative Perspective
The Korean Association of Contemoprary Japanese Studies Japan's Challenge for Sustainable Welfare Society beyond Low-Growth and Aging Problem
Center for Japan Studies at the Sejong Institute Comprehensive Research on Japanese Studies in South Korea: Comparing to Korean Studies in Japan
Dongseo University The Korea-Japan Next-Generation Academic Forum: The 12th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences in Seoul

China
Grantee Project Title
China University of Political Science and Law In the Post-Cold War Era: The Evolution and Outlook of International Configuration in East Asia
Tsinghua University History and Culture: Ancient Japan in the History of Asia
Tongji University Tanizaki Junichiro - The Power of Narrative An International Symposium in Shanghai
Japanese Language and Culture Institute, College of Foreign Studies, Shenyang Aerospace University The Second International Symposium on China, Japan, South Korea Culture's Comparative Study - The combination of theory and application

Taiwan
Grantee Project Title
Haruki Murakami Research Center, Tamkang University The Pharmakon in Murakami Haruki's Works: The 4th International Conference on Haruki Murakami July 25-27. 2015
Japan
Grantee Project Title
KEIO Institute of East Asian Studies, Keio University Open Intellectual Dialogue between Japan and Korea
World Manga Study Course in Beijing World Manga Study Course
Japanese Association of Science & Technology Journalists Inviting for The 9th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) in Seoul, Korea
Non-Profit Organization "Japan Conservation Project" 2015 International Symposium on Conservation of East Asian Cultural Heritage in Nara
The Genron NPO The 3rd Japan-Korea Future Dialogue
Atsumi International Foundation/Sekiguchi Global Research Association (SGRA) The 5th Japan-Taiwan Asia Future Forum "Study on the 120 Years of Japan-Taiwan Relationship through Japanese Studies"
The Institute for Korean Studies, Waseda University East Asian Seminar for Young Historians
The Great Wall Forum Ⅲ: Graduate Students International Committee The Great Wall Forum Ⅲ: Vision for the Future East Asia by the Next Generation
Asian Peace Making Center Study Groups for the establishment of the international legal order in East Asia: Japan Branch
The Genron NPO The 11th Tokyo-Beijing Forum
International Society for Akutagawa Ryunosuke Studies Metropolis, Earthquake, Literature
Organizing Committee of Pugwash 2015 The 61st Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs
The Organizing Committee for the IX World Congress of ICCEES in Makuhari, Japan A Special Symposium for the IX World Congress of ICCEES Slavic Literature without Borders: Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Japan
Center for Islamic Studies at Sophia University National Institutes for the Humanities of Japan (NIHU) Program for Islamic Area Studies - Fifth International Conference in Tokyo, New Horizons in Islamic Studies - Asian Perspectives and Global Dynamics
The Institute for World Affairs, Kyoto Sangyo University A Comparative Study of Japanese and Russian National Identities
Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21th Century Research Institute Japan and Portugal Symposium on Disaster Risk Reduction for the Next Disaster - Lessons learned from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and 1755 Lisbon Earthquake
Mongolia
Grantee Project Title
Mongolian Association For Japanese Studies International Symposium "Strengthening of Mongolia-Japanese Strategic Partnership in the 21th Century"(Environmental and Energy aspects of cooperation)

SOUTH ASIA

Sri Lanka
Grantee Project Title
Japanese Graduates' Alumni Association of Sri Lanka (JAGAAS) Knowledge Hub in the Global Village: Revisiting Role of Japan in Human Resource Development of Rest of the Countries, International Conference of the Japanese University Graduates in the World
Bangladesh
Grantee Project Title
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) Energy Security and Cooperation in South Asia: Sharing Experiences of Japan

OCEANIA

Australia
Grantee Project Title
Griffith University Policy Convergence and Divergence in Australia and Japan: Assessing Identity Shift within the Bi-Lateral Relationship
New Zealand
Grantee Project Title
University of Otago Toleration in Comparative Perspective: Asia and the West
New Zealand Asia Institute, The University of Auckland Understanding Asian Youth in the "Asian Century": Nationalism, Internationalism, and Materialism

NORTH AMERICA

Canada
Grantee Project Title
Renison University College, University of Waterloo JFI Roundtable Panel at the 2015 Conference of the European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) in Pavia
University of Alberta Waka workshop IX: Waka Pedagogy in Theory and Practice

CENTRAL AMERICA

Guatemala
Grantee Project Title
Rafael Landivar University Asia Pacific Research Center Conference Program
Costa Rica
Grantee Project Title
National University of Costa Rica Considering a Variety of Approaches to Peace from Costa Rica and Japan
Mexico
Grantee Project Title
Latin American Association for Asian and African Studies 450 Years of Tornaviaje (Return Route): The Implication of Trans-Pacific Contacts

SOUTH AMERICA

Chile
Grantee Project Title
Fundacion Chile 21 The Renewable Energy Policy in Japan and the Contribution to its Development in Chile
Brazil
Grantee Project Title
State University of Campinas The Kyoto School Philosophy and its Eastern Origins

WESTERN EUROPE

Ireland
Grantee Project Title
W. B. Yeats Foundation Japan for Sligo via Yeats & Fenollosa: Common traditions, mutual innovations
Italy
Grantee Project Title
Department of Asian and North African Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice Being young in aging societies - Japan and Europe
UK
Grantee Project Title
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) Tokyo: Future Histories
Japan Research Centre, SOAS, University of London Shifting Perspectives on Media and Materials in Early Modern Japan
Austria
Grantee Project Title
Salzburg Global Seminar Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators

Switzerland
Grantee Project Title
University of Zurich International Symposium - Tenno: Reitual Worlds and Inherited Treasures
Germany
Grantee Project Title
Cluster of Excellence-"Asia and Europe in a Global Context," Heidelberg University Global History and the Meiji Restoration
France
Grantee Project Title
Foundation France-Japon de l'EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Socials) New territorialities between Asia and Africa (NTAA)
Council of Europe Building trust in diversity: universities and cities joining forces

Belgium
Grantee Project Title
Ghent University Emotionalizing the Nation: Conflicting Narratives in Japanese Food Identities
Bruegel Secular Stagnation in Europe and Japan

MIDDLE EAST

Israel
Grantee Project Title
Tel-Hai College International Conference Commemorating 110 Years since the Return of Joseph Trumpeldor from Japan: From Port Arthur to Tel-Hai: Joseph Trumpeldor and Japan

Africa

Ethiopia
Grantee Project Title
Mekelle University "Creative Ethiopia" - 10th International Conference of the History of Arts and Architecture in Ethiopia
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