Fall 2022 JICUF Grant Recipients Announced
In late fall, the JICUF Grants Committee reviewed 22 proposals and approved 15 of them (9 from faculty, 6 from ICU students) awarding a total of ¥10,341,123 in funding. Congratulations to the awardees!
Grants
JICUF Grantee Highlight: Christmas Concert with Johannes Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B-Minor
Nozomi Sato, professor of music and director of ICU’s Sacred Music Center, received a ¥1,100,000 grant from JICUF to invite professional musicians to perform one of Bach’s final masterpieces, “Mass in B Minor” at ICU. Over several months, ICU students have been practicing with these professional musicians in preparation for the ICU Christmas Concert on December 10th. We asked Prof. Sato and some of the student musicians for their thoughts on the concert and to share their experiences getting ready for the big concert.
Fiestas sa ‘Pinas
ICU graduate student Eleazar Puguon received support to host Fiestas Sa’Pinas, a Filipino festival that seeks to strengthen ICU’s awareness and acceptance of other cultures through workshops, presentations and interaction.
ICU Students’ Skill-Building Workshop: Presentation & Business Communication Skills
PhD student Jennifer Fajardo received support to develop and implement a series of workshops aimed at improving the presentation and business communication skills of ICU students.
Moot Court Activity for Peace and Human Rights
Professor Hiromichi Matsuda will coach a group of ICU students to participate in several international moot court competitions including the Space Law Moot Court, Japan Cup, and the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court.
ICU-Carnegie Council “Gender and Japanese Culture” Program
A collaboration between ICU and the Carnegie Council, the “Gender and Japanese Culture” program was part of a one-week, fact-finding group of delegates exploring issues related to gender in Japanese society. Prof. Natsumi Ikoma received support to organized the program’s one-day workshop at ICU.
1st Asian Junior Linguistics Conference at ICU
Prof. Seunghun Lee received support to host the first Asian Junior Linguistics Conference at ICU. The conference provided a venue in Asia for junior linguists from China, Japan and Korea to share and disseminate their work.
Japan-China Leaders Development Project
Professor Stephen Nagy received a grant to lead a group of ICU students on a two-week trip through three cities in China: Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanjing. During their trip, students attended lectures at local universities, engaged with local university students, and visiting cultural sites.
Social Status and Women: Crossover French and Japanese Early Modern History
Prof. Norie Takazawa received a grant to host a workshop for a international group of French and Japanese researchers focusing on the social status of women in the early modern Society of Orders in France.
Isabel Arredondo
Isabel Arredondo
State University of New York, Plattburgh
USA
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