2022/06/01
The Faculty of Letters, Keio University has selected the winner of the 5th Nishiwaki Junzaburo Academic Award.
The Nishiwaki Junzaburo Academic Award is a research incentive award established in 2015 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Faculty of Letters and to encourage the further success of up-and-coming researchers affiliated with the faculty. Eligible applicants are full-time faculty members of Keio University, or graduates of the Faculty of Letters, the Graduate School of Letters, or the Graduate School of Human Relations, who are, in principle, under 50 years of age. The award is for publications in the research fields of literature, philology, aesthetics and art history, linguistics, and the arts.
The Toshihiko Izutsu Academic Award was also established as a research incentive award around the same time. Since 2016, the Toshihiko Izutsu Academic Award has been presented in odd-numbered years and the Nishiwaki Junzaburo Academic Award in even-numbered years, with the two awards being conferred alternately.
The award ceremony was held on Wednesday, July 13, at the Mita Campus. Keiko Kurata, Dean of the Faculty of Letters, presented the award certificate and a supplementary prize to the author of the winning work, Hisayo Ogushi, and the members of the Nishiwaki Junzaburo Academic Award selection committee offered their congratulations.
Winning Work: "Tachidomaranai Shōjo-tachi: 'Shōjo Manga'-teki Sōzōryoku no Yukue" (Shohaku-sha, 2021)
Author: Hisayo Ogushi (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University)