About us
Our Institute is working towards establishing an organisational framework to promote teaching excellence, innovative research, and cultural activities, with the aim of putting the University of Central Lancashire on the map of internationally recognised centres for Japanese Studies. We have around 30 partner universities in Japan and are located in the North West of England as a Hub for Japanese Studies events.
The Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS) is part of the Institute for the Study of the Asia Pacific (ISAP) which unites all Asia Pacific research institutes at the UCLan.
Scholarships
We support and encourage our students to apply for postgraduate scholarships such as:
- Japanese Government (MEXT) Postgraduate Studentship
- DAIWA Scholarship in Japanese Studies
- Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Postgraduate Studentship in Japanese Studies.
Please visit our ISAP Page for a full list of scholarship and research opportunities.
Exchange
With around 30 partner universities from Hokkaido to Okinawa, our students have the opportunity to spend up to a year abroad during their undergraduate degree.
We are also proud to announce our partnership with Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), which offers our students the incredible opportunity to obtain a second degree while studying in Japan.
Research
The research expertise of our staff ranges from language and linguistics to culture, history and anthropology. Our current research projects include:
• Dr Mareike Hamann: “Trade and cultural exchange links between North England and Japan.”
• Dr Chisa Matsukawa: “Testing the waters?: A contrastive pragmatics study of invitations in British English and Japanese.”
• Dr Chisa Matsukawa and Dr Mareike Hamann: “Onomatopoeic expressions in formal speech situations from a cross-cultural perspective.”