Call for Applications: 2027/28 JF-CIJS-EAJS Fellowship

OverviewTohoku University’s Center for Integrated Japanese Studies (CIJS), in collaboration with the Japan Foundation (JF) and supported by the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS), has announced a research fellowship program that allows PhD candidates who conduct research related to Japan and feel they need to visit Japan to complete their doctoral research to do […]
22nd EAJS PhD Workshop at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 24-25 August 2026

Organized by Dr. Przemysław Sztafiej, Dr. Marcelina De Zoete Leśniczak and Dr. Monika Lecińska-Ruchniewicz 20 doctoral students and 4 advisors Workshop program
2025 TIFO Fellows
Laura Agnel “EPHE – PSL University(Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes – Paris Science Lettre)” Scholars travelling in northern Japan and knowledge diffusion during early modern Japan: The legacy of Sugae Masumi (1754-1829) Rudolf Schimera Palacky University Olomouc A Cultural Analysis of the ‘Japanese New Wave’ through 1960s Film Journalism Antonia Vesting LMU Munich Japan-Center Participation […]
21st EAJS PhD Workshop at Sapienza University of Rome, 27-29 August 2025

Organized by Stefano Romagnoli 20 doctoral students and 4 advisors Workshop program Participants’ reports Report by the Project Director
4th Publication Workshop

Berlin, Germany, 09 October -12 October 2024 Organized by Verena Blechinger-Talcott & Urs Matthias Zachmann (Freie Universitaet Berlin) Workshop Schedule Report by Organizer Reports by Ph.D. Students
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 […]
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 the Project Director
2023 TIFO Fellows

The TIFO Fellowship program aims at enabling Ph.D. candidates to pursue research in Japan for their ongoing Ph.D. projects.
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
3rd Publication Workshop

Held in Zürich, Switzerland