Nichibunken News

On October 3, the award ceremony was held to honor the following Nichibunken Academic Encouragement Award awardee for FY2024.

Oleksandra Bibik (Nominating Institution: Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Lille)

This award was established in 2023 with the aim of fostering the next generation of researchers in Japanese Studies. The awardees are selected from doctoral students recommended by overseas institutions holding academic exchange agreements with Nichibunken or international member institutions (Full Member) of the Consortium for Global Japanese Studies. (Please learn more about the award here.)

We awarded three students for FY2024 and held the award ceremony for one of them this time. She has been staying at Nichibunken for a short period since the beginning of October in order to conduct research for her dissertation.

Director-General Inoue delivered a congratulatory address at the ceremony and presented the award certificate to the awardee.

The awardee commented, "This is my first visit to Japan. I feel very grateful for this precious opportunity to stay and work on my research at Nichibunken."

• Ms. Oleksandra Bibik
• Ms. Oleksandra Bibik and Director-General Inoue
• From the left, Director-General Inoue, Ms. Bibik, Prof. Takii, and Prof. Matsuda.