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Construction of an International Collaboration System for the Training of Young Researchers Specializing in the Humanities in Non-English European Areas (ITP-EUROPA)

TUFS International Training Program (ITP-EUROPA) is sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS, for the five-year period from April 2009 through March 2014. With this program, we aim to train capable young researchers who would have an integrated viewpoint on the literature, language and philology, focusing on those in Non-English European Areas by taking utmost advantage of our university's unique characteristics.

One of our university's aims is to develop capable young researchers who could have a command on several-languages. Owing to that character, this project is to be promoted to develop intensive and extensive research including those for applied studies by studying various approaches and theories in Non-English European Areas directly without filtering them through the English language.

The prospective scholars who undergo this training could develop interactive research activities as mentioned below beyond the usual style of passive receptive attitude.

1. Awareness of Japanese ideas in European Research Environments

2. Identification of the study subject; the characteristics of European cultures

3. Mutual research exchanges among the partner institutions

4. Publications of study results to the world - holding international workshops and publishing papers

As a result of providing ample opportunities to young researchers to be trained in Europe, we will eventually establish a system for joint examination of doctoral dissertations and joint granting of academic degrees in collaboration with our long-time partner institutions in Non-English European Areas.

The Office for International Academic Strategy (OFIAS-TUFS) set up the ITP-EUROPA Committee for the operation of this program and also the ITP-EUROPA Working Committee for the coordination of the young researchers' project.

Organization

・ITP-EUROPA Committee

Name	Affiliation
Takashi NARITA （Chair）	Professor, Institute of Global Studies/ OFIAS member
Koji MIYAZAKI	Executive Director/ Professor, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa/ Director, OFIAS
Hiroko FUJIMORI	Professor, Japanese Language Center for International Students/ OFIAS member
Naotoshi KUROSAWA	Professor, Institute of Global Studies
Tadahiko WADA	Vice-President/ Professor, Institute of Global Studies
Toshiyuki CHIBA	Associate Professor, Institute of Global Studies
Nobuharu FUJII	Chief, Research Promotion Division/ OFIAS member
Yukari NAKAO	Chief, Student Exchange Division/ OFIAS member
Junichi FUKAMATSU	Chief, Accounting Division/ OFIAS member
Akiko MIYASHITA	Chief, International Exchange Section/ OFIAS member

The duties assigned to ITP-EUROPA Committee include:
-Program planning
-Selection of candidates for the "Young Researchers' Program"
-Fund administration
-Publication of the program outcome
-Internal program evaluation
-Other related duties

■ITP-EUROPA Working Committee
Members:
-ITP-EUROPA committee members
-Academic advisors of young researchers

ITP-EUROPA Working Committee performs the following duties:
-Liaison and coordination between partner institutions abroad
-Planning and operation of joint projects with partner institutions abroad and other activities

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Project execution
2009
-Sending young researchers to Germany, France and Italy

2010
-Sending young researchers to partner institutions abroad
-International symposium in Bologna, Italy

2011
-Sending young researchers to partner institutions abroad

2012
-Sending young researchers to partner institutions abroad
-Publishing outcome of the international symposium 2010
-International symposium in Hildesheim, Germany

2013
-Sending young researchers to partner institutions abroad
-Publishing outcome of the international symposium 2012

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