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2026-2027 U.S.-Southeast Asia- Japan Collaboration and Exchange Initiative Grant Awardees

InstitutionProject Title
University of PennsylvaniaPacific Worlds
GranteeUniversity of Pennsylvania
Project TitlePacific Worlds
Grant Period2026/7/1 – 2029/6/30
OutlineThis grant will support recent gains in both Japan and Vietnam Studies at the University of Pennsylvania to situate Japan and Vietnam at the center of a new twenty-first-century global curriculum. Through this grant, Penn will host visiting scholars of Japanese Studies from both Japan and Vietnam, as well as sponsor a course titled “Pacific Worlds” at both Penn and Fulbright University Vietnam.