Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Melek Su Ortabasi has been awarded a 2006-2007 research fellowship by the Japan Foundation. She will travel to Japan for the 2006-2007 academic year to carry out research on her book project, "Disseminating Modernity: Language and Doubt in Yanagita Kunio's Native Ethnology. Ortabasi will be hosted by the University of Tokyo. She has also been selected as an alternate for a Fulbright research award for the same period.
Established in 1972 by special legislation in the Japanese Diet, the Japan Foundation became an Independent Administrative Institution in October 2003. The mission of the Japan Foundation is to promote international cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and other countries.
Posted March 6, 2006
