Donald Keene Center Fellowships
The Shincho Graduate Fellowship for Study in Japan
Established in 1992 with the support of the Shincho Foundation for the Promotion of Literature, the Shincho Graduate Fellowship is awarded each year to up to two graduate students in Japanese cultural studies at Columbia University (all affiliated Columbia University institutions) for conducting advanced graduate study or research in Japan. Fellowships are for a period of one year. Graduate students in any field of Japanese cultural studies at Columbia University are eligible. Graduate students engaged in doctoral dissertation research are particularly encouraged to apply.The 2025 Shincho Fellowship application is due on February 28, 2025.
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Previous Shincho Foundation Fellows |
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| Academic Year | Shincho Fellow | Area of Study |
| 2024-25 | Jason Butters | History |
| 2024-25 | Angelo Wong | Literature |
| 2023-24 | Kexin Anna Dai | Literature |
| 2023-24 | Yeongik Seo | Literature |
| 2022-23 | Iris Kim | Literature |
| 2022-23 | Melissa Guoyi Li | Literature |
| 2021-22 (FY23 due to COVID-19) | Tianyuan Huang | History |
| 2021-22 | Hyoseak Stephen Choi | Literature |
| 2020-21 | Maho Miyazaki | Literature |
| 2020-21 | Chun Kiang Isaac Tan | History |
| 2019-20 | Alexander Kaplan-Reyes | History |
| 2019-20 | Ekaterina Komova | Literature |
| 2018-19 | Tomoki Birkett | Anthropology |
| 2018-19 | Yuki Ishida | Literature |
| 2017-18 | Joshua Rogers | Literature |
| 2017-18 | Ye Yuan | Literature |
| 2016-17 | Nhat-Phuong Ngo-Vu | Literature |
| 2016-17 | Alessandro Poletto | Religion |
| 2015-16 | Jens Bartel | Art History |
| 2015-16 | Elizabeth Tinsley | Religion |
| 2014-15 | Joshua Evan Schlachet | History |
| 2014-15 | Chi Zhang | Literature |
| 2013-14 | Andrea Castiglioni | Religion |
| 2013-14 | Aaron Rio | Art History |
| 2012-13 | Kristin Roebuck | History |
| 2012-13 | Ariel Stilerman | Literature |
| 2011-12 | Jennifer Guest | Literature |
| 2011-12 | Michael McCarty | History |
| 2010-11 | Sayaka Chatani | History |
| 2010-11 | Christopher Craig | History |
| 2009-10 | Robert Tuck | Literature |
| 2009-10 | Nathan Shockey | Literature |
| 2008-09 | Marco Gottardo | Religion |
| 2008-09 | Anri Yasuda | Literature |
| 2007-09 | Saeko Shibayama | Literature |
| 2006-07 | Satoko Shimazaki | Literature |
| 2005-07 | Gian-Piero Persiani | Literature |
| 2004-06 | Michael Fisch | Anthropology |
| 2003-05 | Scott Lineberger | Literature |
| 2002-04 | Tomoko Sakomura | Art History |
| 2001-03 | Torquil Duthie | Literature |
| 2000-02 | Michael Scanlon | Literature |
| 1999-01 | Anne Commons | Literature |
| 1998-00 | Ken Tadashi Oshima | Architecture |
| 1997-99 | Mark Jones | History |
| 1996-98 | Indra Levy | Literature |
| 1995-97 | Cheryl Crowley | Literature |
| 1994-96 | Naomi Fukumori | Literature |
| 1993-95 | Michele Bambling | Art History |
| 1992-94 | John Carpenter | Literature and Art History |
The Orient Corporation Graduate Fellowship
Established by the Orient Corporation, the Orient Fellowship is awarded each year by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures to one graduate student in Japanese cultural studies at Columbia.
The Itoh Foundation Fellowship
From 1999 - 2002, the Itoh Foundation, U.S.A. provided fellowship funding for Columbia University graduate students in Japanese studies.
Purpose and Mission of Itoh Foundation, USA:
The Itoh Foundation, USA seeks to contribute to the global society beyond national borders through funding forefront multidisciplinary research conducted by scholars and students, from any part of the world, belonging to either educational or research institutions, and through supporting international academic exchange among those scholars and students as well as international cultural exchange among talented young people.
Previous Itoh Foundation Fellows |
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| Academic Year | Itoh Fellow | Area of Study |
2001-02 |
Jonathan Zwicker | Japanese Literature |
| Takehiro Watanabe | Anthropology | |
2000-01 |
David Lurie | Japanese Literature |
| Miwako Tezuka | Japanese Art History | |
1999-00 |
Andrea Arai | Anthropology |