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The Japan Consortium for Area Studies Award has been developed in line with the consortium's statute, which defines the goals targeted by the consortium as follows: "The Japan Consortium for Area Studies aims to promote interdisciplinary area studies practiced across national and regional borders, and establish, as schemes to facilitate the above effort, research implementation/support systems based on collaboration among diverse organizations associated with area studies. The Consortium further targets the advancement of area studies as a new intellectual effort, in which diverse fields associated with humanities, social and natural sciences are integrated."
The statute also specifies the objectives:
The JCAS awards are offered to publicly commend research achievements, joint research plans, and social collaboration activities that have significantly contributed to meeting the above goals and objectives.
1st (2011) Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS) Award Results and Review
We hereby announce the winning works/activities of the Japan Consortium for Area Studies Award (JCAS Award) initiated this year, as selected by the award judging committee.
This year, awards have been offered for three categories of Research Project, Toryu-sho (Budding Project), and Social Collaboration, and the following works (projects) have been selected as a result of careful screening:
"Gendai Chuo Asia Russia Imin Ron" (Studies on Modern Day Central Asian Immigrants in Russia) by Norio Horie; Published by Minerva Shobo
"Ekkyo o Ikiru Unnan Kei Muslim - Kita Thai ni okeru Kyosei to Network" (Yunnan Muslims Crossing Borders - Symbiosis and Network in Northern Thailand) by Wang Liulan; Published by Showado
"Emergency Humanitarian Aid and Area Studies Human Resources Exchange Support" Activity by Masako Ishii
