2014-2015 IPS Small Grant Program Awardees
| Grantee |
East Carolina University |
| Project Title | Growing a North Carolina Classical Japanese Network through Distance Education |
| Grant Period | 2015/01/05-2015/12/18 |
| Outline | This grant assists in the establishment of a hybrid-distance education course focusing on Classical Japanese (Kobun) that will target students at four universities in North Carolina (ECU, Duke, UNC at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University). |
| Grantee |
University of Indianapolis |
| Project Title | Japanese Studies at the University of Indianapolis: Understanding Japan through its Peace Culture |
| Grant Period | 2015/01/12-2015/12/31 |
| Outline | This grant supports a “Peace Culture in Japan” course (in which students study the cultural effects of the atomic bombings in Japan during WWII and travel to Japan over Spring Break) and a Peace Exhibit, “70 years After the Atomic Bombs: Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” |
| Grantee |
Trinity University |
| Project Title | Trinity University Japan Program |
| Grant Period | 2015/01/14-2015/06/01 |
| Outline | This grant supports the creation of a class on contemporary Japanese politics and society with guest lecturers and an embedded study tour to Japan. The trip includes a visit to the National Diet, cultural landmarks in Kyoto and Nara, companies in Shizuoka and Osaka, and the Peace Memorial in Hiroshima. Kinki University and Aoyama Gakuin University will host academic lectures. |
* Project Cost Totals and JF Grant Totals are estimated at the time of The Japan Foundation’s initial award. The actual figures may change throughout the course of the project’s implementation.
