List of Fellows in 2015: Europe

Europe

State/Region Name Current Position Area of Research Project Title Affiliation in Japan
(※Not necessary for short-term fellowship)
Finland PORRASMAA, Raisa Katariina PhD Candidate, University of Helsinki Classical Japanese Literature Doctoral thesis on the subject "Parody in Medieval Japanese Court Literature" Japan Women's University
France CORBEL, Amélie Marie PhD Candidate, Sciences Po Political Science and Gender Studies Japan's so-called "international marriages" from a political science perspective Ochanomizu University
France MAUFROID, Yannick PhD Candidate, National Institute of Oriental Languages And Civilizations (INALCO) Japanese Studies and Japanese Literature The "dream method" in Shimao Toshio's works Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
France RIEU, Alain Marc Professor, Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University Contemporary Philosophy. Science and Technology Studies Geopolitics of research and innovation Osaka University
Germany KOEHN, Stephan Professor, University of Cologne Edo Period Book Publishing and Book Culture Mines of information, sources of profit - Genesis, diversification, and commercialization of encyclopedias (setsuyoshu) in pre-modern Japan - Kyoto University
Germany RATHMANN, Martin PhD Candidate, Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context, " Heidelberg University Cultural Economic History The Mindset of Japanese Engineers - Care Robotics in Aging Japan Kyoto University
Greece SIDIROPOULOU, Avra M.A. Programme Lecturer, Academic Head, Open University of Cyprus Theatre Theory, Directing Practice, Theory of Performance Mapping Auteur Directing Practice in Contemporary Japanese Theatre The University of Tokyo
Italy GIOLAI, Andrea PhD Candidate, Ca' Foscari University of Venice Japanese Performing Arts Musical Passion and Social Complexity in the Practice of Gagaku Music Kyoto City University of Arts
Italy ROMAGNOLI, Stefano Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sapienza University of Rome Japanese modern and contemporary literature, war literature, The representation of Soviet Union by Japanese intellectuals School of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, Waseda University
Netherlands SNEEP, Deirdre Aranka Lucia PhD Candidate, Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST), The University of Duisburg-Essen Area Studies / Anthropology / Sociology Cell Phone City and the Cyborg: The Hybridization of Space in contemporary Tokyo. (preliminary title) Meiji University
Portugal MAGALHAES, Nuno Pereira Santiago de University of Cambridge Doctoral researcher, University of Cambridge / ARI Fellow, Korea University International Relations Japan and Regional Integration in East Asia The University of Tokyo
Spain BARBERÁN PELEGRIN, Antonio Francisco Teacher / Researcher, University of Zaragoza Japanese, Japanese Law, Comparative Law Revision, updating and commentary of the Spanish translation of the Japanese civil code Nanzan University
Spain CALZADA-PRADO, Francisco Javier Assistant Professor, Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) LIS (Library and Information Science) Education Building a New Future for information professionals in the Knowledge Economy: A Comparative Study of Japanese and European Competency School of Knowledge Science
Spain MORENO REDONDO, Maria Nieves Research Fellow, Autonomous University of Madrid Japanese Studies/Film Studies Filmic Representations of Industrialization in Post-War Japan. Forging a New Identity ※ Short-term
Spain PEREZ-ZAPATA, Oscar Adjunct Professor, Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) Organizational Behavior / Occupational Health Leveraging Japan's experience managing work intensity and health at work Sugimura OH Consulting
Sweden OSKARSON KINDSTRAND, Karl H Love PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago Anthropology Bodies That Shatter: Mobilization, Atomization, and the Crisis of Political Representation in Post-3.11 Japan Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University
United Kingdom KINSELLA, Sharon Elaine Lecturer in Japanese Studies, The University of Manchester Sociology, Ethnography and Culture Studies Male Reaction: A Collaborative art film and anthropology project ※ Short-term
United Kingdom SHEPHERD, Hannah Jane PhD Candidate, Harvard University East Asian History Cities Into Empire: Fukuoka, Pusan, and Japan's Imperial Urbanization, 1900-1947 Faculty of Humanities, Kyushu University
Hungary PUSZTAI, Beáta PhD Candidate, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Film Studies Representations of the formation of national identity in contemporary Japanese cartoon The University of Tokyo
Poland LESNICZAK, Marcelina  Assistant Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University Modern Japanese Literature Dramaturgy in Tanizaki's works. Can the body conception influenced by the Japanese traditional theater be regarded beyond space and time? Kobe University
Poland SPLISGART, Jacek Witold Associate Professor, University of Gdansk Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology, Japonology The issue of formation of modern Japanese Multicultural Society. The case study of children from the international families from Kanto and Kansai regions. Tokyo Metropolitan University
Russia PAVLOV, Dmitry Borisovich Deputy Director, Russian Academy of Sciences Russo-Japanese Relations at the Beginning of the 20th Century Russo-Japanese relations during World War I, Russian foreign policy in 1914-1917 Meijo University
Russia TKACHEV, Sergei Scientific Museum, Far Eastern Federal University Head of Polytechnic Museum historian Japanese and Russian Experience in Development of New Lands in the Era of Modernization: Social and Economic Adaptation of Migrants in Hokkaido and in South Ussuri Area Center for Far Eastern Studies, University of Toyama
Russia VASIANINA, Liudmila PhD Candidate, Moscow Region State University History of Early Modern Japan Everyday Life of the Japanese people in 16-17 cc based on Europeans sources. Japanese perceptions of European culture at that time Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Slovakia HOLOTOVA, Juliana Researcher, Centre for Cultural Anthropology and Archaeology, Comenius University Cultural Anthropology and Archaeology Shinto Sacred Places in Japan and Today's Environmental Protection Faculty of Law, Hosei University
Ukraine SHEVTSOVA, Galyna Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture Professor History of Architecture, Restoration of Architectural Monuments The Japanese Shinto and Buddhist architecture mutual influence study as a way to understand the Ukrainian wooden church genesis Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
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