SSRC Work and Experts Related to

East Asia

Features and Press Releases

October 2nd 2009
SSRC Announces Winners of 2010 Book Fellowships
September 24th 2009
Leon Sigal on U.S.-North Korea Relations
At a time when North Korea was in the news because of Bill Clinton's dramatic visit to Pyongyang--the first high-level U.S. contact with North Korea in nearly a decade--SSRC communications intern Hannah Hammel spoke with SSRC program director Leon Sigal about the strategy he favors for normalizing relations with the so-called "axis of evil" power, Kim Jong-il's likely succession plan, and his current assessment of the food situation in that country.
June 30th 2008
Redesigned Abe Fellowship Program Offers New Opportunities for International Research and Collaboration
June 26th 2008
A Sociologist's Guided Tour of © MURAKAMI
New Yorkers have until July 13 to catch (C) MURAKAMI, the first major retrospective of works by Japan's answer to Andy Warhol, at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, before it moves on to Germany's Museum for Moderne Kunst. UCLA sociologist Adrian Favell speaks to SSRC.org about the Takashi Murakami phenomenon: why has he captured the imagination of the West? Favell received an Abe Fellowship to write a book about the flourishing of "Cool Japan" in LA and other major international cities.
April 22nd 2008
Professor-Turned-Governor Ikuo Kabashima
In this year of the unusual political candidate, Abe Fellow Jeffrey Broadbent reports on another first: the candidacy of Ikuo Kabashima for a governor of a Japanese prefecture, reportedly the first time in history a seated Tokyo University professor has withdrawn from his position to enter politics. From political science to politics: How will the new governor cope? Broadbent, who first got to know Kabashima-san in their graduate school days, provides a first-hand account of the landmark campaign and of the challenges his friend will soon be facing.
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Programs and Projects

Abe Fellowship Program
Supporting U.S. and Japan-based researchers focusing on contemporary issues
CGP-SSRC Policy Forum
China Environment and Health
Generating new research on the connection between health, environment, and development in China
Forum on Health, Environment and Development
Inter-Asia Program
Supporting research collaborations within and across the regions of Asia
International Resource Exchange on China Environment and Health
Korean Development and Migration
Migration and Development in China: 30 Years of Experience
Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project
Contributing to conflict resolution in Northeast Asia

Fellowships & Grants

Abe Fellowship
The Abe Fellowship Program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network.
Abe Fellowship for Journalists
The Abe Fellowship for Journalists is designed to encourage in-depth coverage of topics of pressing concern to the United States and Japan through individual short-term policy-related projects.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship
Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop
The SSRC Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop seeks to create a sustained network of advanced graduate students and faculty by providing the opportunity to give and receive critical feedback on dissertations in progress.