CIJS Specially Appointed professor Carol Gluck awarded 6th NIHU International Prize in Japanese Studies
Carol Gluck, George Samson Professor of History Emerita and also specially appointed professor at the Center for Integrated Japanese Studies (CIJS), has been awarded the 6th NIHU International Prize in Japanese Studies.
The award aims to stimulate the international development of Japanese studies as well as deepen the understanding of Japanese culture, and is awarded to scholars who are based overseas and have achieved excellent results in the fields associated with Japanese studies, such as literature, language, history, folklore and ethnicity, and as a result have contributed greatly to the international development of the discipline.
Carol Gluck is the exemplification of the modern American historian. She researches modern Japanese history from a global perspective, as well as the history of International Relations and History & Memory. Having been a mainstay at Columbia University for decades, her many pupils in the fields of Japanese Studies and Japanese History are spread out all over the globe; mainly in the United States of America but also in Asia and Europe. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society; former President of the Association for Asian Studies; currently co-chair of the Trustees Emeriti of Asia Society and member of the Board of Directors of Japan Society. She is considered one of the foremost scholars in American literary circles, and her continued extensive and deep interactions with Japanese scholars during her research have led to her having an enormous influence on the Japanese academic world as well.
The CIJS invited professor Gluck to Japan on the occassion of the commemorative lectures held to celebrate the establishment of the Center on March 5th, 2024, with the theme of the lectures being 'The Future of the Social Sciences and Humanities, The Future of Japanese Studies'. Professor Gluck has also joined the advisory board of the Center, and provides invaluable advice from an international perspective on how best to achieve the Center's goals of strengthening the academic achievements in Japanese studies and its international development.
Born in New Jersey, USA in 1941;
Graduated from Wellesley University and was awarded her Ph.D. degree at Columbia in 1972;
Main fields of study are Modern Japanese History, and History & Memory
Notable Awards and Achievements
・A fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
・Japan-United States Fulbright Program 50th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Award
Professor Gluck is slated to hold a commemorative lecture during the award ceremony, on March 19th, 2025 at the Japan Academy.
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