The Miriam Silverberg Prize

Terasaki Center For Japanese Studies

Established in 1991, the UCLA Terasaki Center has been a platform for research on Japan. Our distinguished faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, and the board of advisors have been contributing to the field of Japanese studies for over 20 years.

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Students Visitors Staff Supporters Dr. Paul I. Terasaki

The Terasaki Center sponsors a vast array of events throughout the year. With its colloquium series, the Center brings academics from diverse fields to UCLA each year. Special workshops and annual conferences bring leading scholars to discuss topics relating to Japan.

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The Center is proud to support our faculty, current and prospective students, and the local community through a variety of grants and fellowships.

Internal Funding
Learn more and apply for Center funding here.

External Funding
Funding sources in this section are not administered by the Center.

Center programs were established with strong support from the local community to promote research and instruction in Japanese studies, with a recent focus on the profound transformations unfolding in contemporary Japanese society.

UCLA Japanese Studies
Programs by Faculty and Students

Global Japan Initiative
Understanding Japan/Japanese culture within a global context.

The Terasaki Center is actively expanding support for faculty and graduate students, building relationships with other universities as well as Japan and Japanese Studies related organizations, and enhancing its role in the community.

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Global Hub
The Center is dedicated to connecting Japanese communities around the world with those engaged in the study of Japan and the Japanese.

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Funding — Internal Funding — The Miriam Silverberg Prize

type: graduate
deadline: 4/15/2024
amount: $1,000

For more info, please contact:
Noel Shimizu
E: japancenter@international.ucla.edu
T: (310) 825-4500

The Miriam Silverberg Prize

The Silverberg Prize recognizes the accomplishments of UCLA undergraduates in any social sciences field studying Japan.

The Silverberg Prize recognizes the accomplishments of UCLA undergraduates in any social sciences field studying Japan. Every other year, nominations for the award will be gathered by the Silverberg Prize Committee who will make the selection based on outstanding achievement in a course on Japanese history, politics, anthropology, geography, sociology, economics, public policy, or related field. The prize amount is $1000.

The Silverberg Prize is named after Professor Miriam Silverberg, a long time member of the Terasaki Center faculty advisory board and a leading expert on Japanese history.

Eligibility

All prize winners should be current UCLA undergraduates who have enrolled in a class on Japan at UCLA.

Award

The prize winner will be announced in conjunction with the Irene Hirano Inouye Award ceremony every other spring beginning in 2022 and will receive a cash award of $1000.

Past Recipients

2016 - Audrey Min

2022 - Maya Shimizu-Harris

2024 - Nicholas Rumteen

TERASAKI CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES

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scholars, students, and the community in efforts to understand
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