Overview of the Prize Giving Ceremony for the 11th Asia Pacific Research Prize (Iue Prize)

Overview of the Prize and Flow to the Prize Giving Ceremony

The Asia Pacific Research Prize (Iue Prize) was established in 2001 to acknowledge outstanding dissertations written in the field of humanities or social sciences about the Asia Pacific region. The dissertations are written by Japanese and overseas students who have completed post-graduate studies and received doctorates from Japanese graduate schools. This year, we invited students who received doctorates after March 2009 to enter the prize. Among the theses recommended and gathered from graduate schools all over Japan, the following dissertations were selected to the 11th Asia Pacific Research prize as a result of the strict process conducted by selection committee.

Overview of the Prize Giving Ceremony

At the Prize Giving Ceremony, the prize was bestowed on winner Dr. Myungsoo KIM by Awaji Conference representative director Satoshi Iue (Representative Honorary Member, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd). The Winner received an award certificate and 1 million yen prize. After the reasons for the selection were explained by the Selection Committee Chairman Yutaka Katayama (Professor, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University), the winner gave a speech.