| Institution | Project Title |
|---|---|
| The Japan Studies Association | Enhancing Japanese Studies in the U.S.: A Focus on Hokkaido |
| LaGuardia Community College, the City University of New York | “Be Better, Together” Japanese Studies Curriculum Development and Building Bridges |
| Grantee | The Japan Studies Association |
|---|---|
| Project Title | Enhancing Japanese Studies in the U.S.: A Focus on Hokkaido |
| Grant Period | 2021/03/31-2022/03/25 |
| Outline | This grant supports the participation of 22 faculty from community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities throughout the United States, which do not have established Asian Studies programs, to join an innovative workshop, “Hokkaido 2020: Diversity, Transformation, Renewal.” The workshop will explore the impact of the natural environment on Hokkaido’s history, the “frontier” legacy of Japanese settlers, and offer a nuanced understanding of Ainu society and culture. Participants will rely on “object-based learning” and “mining the museum” methodologies to engage with Hokkaido’s material culture. The grant also supports travel for participants to disseminate their findings from the workshop at a conference in Hawaii. For more information, please click here. |
| Grantee | LaGuardia Community College, the City University of New York |
|---|---|
| Project Title | “Be Better, Together” Japanese Studies Curriculum Development and Building Bridges |
| Grant Period | 2020/06/01-2020/02/26 |
| Outline | “Be Better, Together” Japanese Studies Curriculum Development and Building Bridges across CUNY seeks to bring together faculty from across the City University of New York (CUNY) in an effort, for the first time, to systematically discuss the current and future state of Japanese Studies in the CUNY system, with over 275,000 students the largest urban public university in the United States. For more information, please click here. |
* 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.