Slavic Research Center Professor Tomohiko Uyama recipient of the 2010 Daido Life Award for Encouragement of Area Studies

　 Professor Tomohiko Uyama has been awarded the 2010 Daido Life Award for Encouragement of Area Studies for his contribution to the development of modern Central Asian studies in Japan. The aim of this prize, established by the Daido Life Foundation in 1986, is to encourage area studies on a global scale.

The award selection committee recognized Professor Uyama’s pioneering efforts in the studies of modern Central Asia, his research based on vast amount of materials in Central Asian languages, and his publications both in Japanese and foreign languages that have promoted the understanding of Central Asia in Japan and heightened the level of Central Asian studies both in Japan and internationally.

Announcement on the winners of the 2010 Daido Life Award for Area Studies
(in Japanese, PDF format)

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