Prize Winners of the 20th Asia Pacific Research Prize (Iue Prize)

Overview of the Prize and Selection Process

The Asia Pacific Research Prize (Iue Prize) was established in 2001 to reward outstanding dissertations written in the field of humanities or social sciences about the Asia Pacific region. The dissertations are written by Japanese, international students, and others who have completed post-graduate studies and received doctorates from Japanese graduate schools. This year we invited students who received their doctorates after March 2016 to compete for the prize. This includes students who completed their coursework without degree after March 2016, and then received their doctorates afterward.
  After the strict selection process conducted by the Selection Committee on the theses recommended and gathered from graduate schools all over Japan, Dr. Miho Okada's dissertation, “Japan-Soviet Normalization Talks Re-examined: Yalta Agreement and Khrushchev’s Double Bind” was selected for the main prize and Dr. Yu Haichun's dissertation, “The Multi-layered Nature of Media Control under the Chinese Authoritarian System: Comparative Analysis of Local Media and the Media System in China Today”, Dr. Kei Nagaoka's dissertation, “Institutionalization of Tibetan Medicine and Medical Treatment in Contemporary Himalayas: An Ethnography of Everyday Life and Illness in Tawang, Northeast India”, and Dr. Seitaro Namba's dissertation, “The Conflict between Socialism and Neutralism in Laos: The Liberated Zone's Plurality in the Most Peripheral Area of the Socialist Camp during the Detente Era (1945-1975)” were selected for a Commendation.