Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science.

Art History PhD student Andrea Verganti has been selected as a research fellow on the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Summer Programme. 

As a fellow, Andrea will spend over two months at the University of Kyushu in Fukuoka researching early modern depictions of Europeans, analysing both the representation of Westerners in Japan and of the Japanese in Europe at the time.

The JSPS is Japan’s leading funding agency, promoting the advancement of academic research in all disciplines from social sciences and humanities to natural sciences and engineering. They offer a variety of funding opportunities and fellowships for researchers: https://www.jsps.org/