Increase of membership fees in 2025
For the past seven years, the European Association of Japanese Studies has kept membership fees relatively low compared to other academic organisations. However, as is generally the case, costs have dramatically risen in the past years for this association as well. Moreover, we have seen a slow but steady decrease in third-party funding. At the […]
2024 TIFO Fellows

Federica Cidale Palacky University Olomouc Title of thesis: Securitization of Cyber Technologies in Japan Kristina Ivanova Sofia University Title of thesis: Language specifics in Kenji Miyazawa’s works Nicolas Stassar Freie Universität Berlin Title of thesis: Trying the Enemy – Punishment and Justice against Japanese-kept Allied Prisoners of War 1894-1945 Sally Edmonson University of Oxford Nissan Institute […]
Alphabetical List of Countries Eligible for EAJS Workshops and Fellowships
20th EAJS PhD Workshop at Sofia University, 25-28 June 2024

Organized by Gergana Petkova 20 doctoral students and 5 advisers Workshop program Participants’ Reports Report by Project Director
Call for Applications: 4th EAJS Publication Workshop

Date: 9–11 October 2024 Place: Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany Project Directors: Prof. Dr. Verena Blechinger-Talcott and Prof. Dr. Urs Matthias Zachmann Language for applications and during the workshop: English Application deadline: 26 July 2024 To apply please visit our online application portal. Workshop Outline The European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) invites applications […]
2023 TIFO Fellows

The TIFO Fellowship program aims at enabling Ph.D. candidates to pursue research in Japan for their ongoing Ph.D. projects.
Prof. Dr. David CHIAVACCI

Prof. Dr. David CHIAVACCI It is a great honor for me to have been nominated as a candidate for the EAJS council. Besides being a member of the EAJS and participant in its conferences for two decades, I had already opportunities to contribute to the EAJS as section organizer in its international conferences (2011 and […]
19th EAJS PhD Workshop at KU Leuven, 14-17 August 2023

Organized by Prof. Dr. Jan Schmidt 20 doctoral students and 5 advisers Workshop Program Participants’ Reports Report by Project Director
Call for Applications: Toshiba International Foundation Fellowships 2024/25

The TIFO Fellowship program aims at enabling Ph.D. candidates to pursue research in Japan for their ongoing Ph.D. projects. Applicants must be doctoral students by the time of applying as well as by the time of the scheduled research stay in Japan. They should be specializing in any field of Japanese Studies at a European […]
Beata BOCHORODYCZ (Local Organizer of Next EAJS International Conference)

Professor at the Institute of Oriental Studies of Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) in Poznan, Poland Statement I consider the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) as one the most important forums for the exchange of research and ideas about Japan and its region, not only in Europe but also globally. The EAJS is dedicated to […]