Terasaki Center For Japanese Studies
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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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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.
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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
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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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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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About
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.
Faculty
Board of Advisors
Chair in US-Japan Relations
Postdoctoral Fellows
Alumni
Students
Visitors
Staff
Supporters
Dr. Paul I. Terasaki
ALUMNI
UCLA alumni have been widely recognized for their contributions to the field of Japanese studies. Learn more below.
Nobuko Anan
Lecturer, Birkbeck, University of London
Tomoko Endo
Associate professor, University of Tokyo
Emi Morita
Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
Emily Anderson
Assistant Professor, Washington State University
Eiichiro Azuma
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Baskett
Associate Professor, University of Kansas
John Branstetter
Adjunct, UCLA
Linda Chance
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Gail Chin
Associate Professor, University of Regina
Haeng-ja Chung
Professor, Okayama University
Jennifer Cullen
Lecturer, MIT
Ann Marie Davis
Librarian and Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Noriko Day
Kristine Dennehy
Professor, CSU Fullerton
David Eason
Assistant Professor, SUNY Albany
James Edwards
Ethnomusicology
Elyssa Faison
Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma
Linda Flores
Associate Professor, University of Oxford
Emi Foulk
Assistant Professor, Western Washington University
Sherry Fowler
Associate Professor, University of Kansas
Naomi Ginoza
Timothy Goddard
Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
Gregory Golley
Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
Koichi Haga
Associate Professor, Josai International University
Bryan Hartzheim
Film, Television and Digital Media
Linda Hasunuma
Assistant Professor, Franklin and Marshall College
Matthew Hayes
Japanese Studies and Asian American Studies Librarian, Duke
Jing He
Todd Henry
Assistant Professor, UCSD
In-Taek Hyun
Former Minister of Unification of South Korea, 2009 - 11
Mari Ishida
Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
Brenda Jenike
Associate Professor, Lawrence University
Koji Kagotani
Assistant Professor, Osaka University of Economics
Michiko Kaneyasu
Associate Professor, Japanese Linguistics
Yoshiko Kainuma
Yoh Kawano
Urban Planning
Kirk Ken Kanesaka
Asian Languages and Cultures
Yumiko Kawanishi
Lecturer, UCLA
Chisato Koike
Associate Professor, CSU Los Angeles
Shuhei Kurizaki
Associate Professor, Waseda University
Grace Kwon
Nayoung Aimee Kwon
Assistant Professor, Duke University
John Leisure
History
Zsuzsanna Magyar
Political Science
Matthew Marr
Associate Professor, Florida International University
Masato Masukawa
Hiromi Mizuno
Associate Professor, University of Minnesota
Arfakhashad Munaim
Urban Planning and Design
Ryoko Nishijima
Anthropology
Judy Okada
Lecturer, University of Washington
Dennis Patterson
Professor, Texas Tech University
Chari Pradel
Associate Professor, Cal Poly Pomona
Franz Prichard
Assistant Professor, Princeton University
Kevin Richardson
Texas Campaign for the Environment
Diane Riggs
Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University
Gabriel Ritter
Curator of Contemporary Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art
Ross Schaap
Kenneth Masaki Shima
Asian Languages and Cultures
Yoko Shirai
Assistant Professor, Occidental College
Jordan Smith
Associate Professor, Josai International University
Marvin Sterling
Associate Professor, Indiana University
Serk-Bae Suh
Associate Professor, UC Irvine
Kristin Surak
Associate Professor, SOAS University of London
Wakako Suzuki
Assistant Professor, Bard College
Yui Suzuki
Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Susan Strauss
Associate Professor, Penn State
John Swain
Hiroto Takamiya
Professor, Sapporo University
Michiko Takeuchi
Associate Professor, CSU Long Beach
Yuki Terazawa
Associate Professor, Hofstra University
Gregory Vanderbilt
Sarah Walsh
History
Leslie Winston
Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA
Chinghsin Wu
Postdoc, George Washington University
Peijung Wu
Assistant Professor, National Central University, Taiwan
Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
Professor, Yale University
Eri Yoshida
Yunshuang Zhang
Asian Languages and Cultures