Daiwa Scholars 2011
The Foundation is delighted to announce Daiwa Scholars 2011.
For this year’s intake, the Foundation has selected six Scholars, three women and three men.
In total, they have studied at six different universities and their subject areas encompass Engineering and Architecture, History, International Relations and Screen Media and Cultures.
Daiwa Scholars 2011 departed for Tokyo in September 2011.
About the scholars
Helen Bentley
Helen Bentley completed an undergraduate degree in History at the University of Oxford in 2011. She visited Japan for two months in 2010 in order to undertake academic research and teach English to university and junior high school students in Hyogo Prefecture. She hopes to learn about Japanese business models and education systems so that she can write academic papers and aid the development of English language academies for Japanese students.
Dr James Brown
James Brown has a BA in Philosophy and Politics from the University of York, a MSc in International and European Politics from the University of Edinburgh and in 2011 completed a PhD in International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. He travelled to Japan in 2010 visiting Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima and has been teaching himself basic Japanese. An in-depth knowledge of a non-European country would enhance his aim of pursuing a career in academia in the field of international relations.
Darren Craig
Darren Craig has a BA in English from the University of Cambridge and in 2011 completed a MPhil degree in Screen Media and Cultures at the same university. He is interested in Japanese cinema and aspires to complete a PhD on cinema and literature before pursuing a career in academia undertaking comparative study between Europe and the Far East.
James Green
James Green has a BA in History from the University of Bristol and completed his Masters degree in American Historyat the University of Oxford in 2010. He visited Japan in 2008 and has a long-standing interest in Japanese culture and history. Having worked at a politics website, he aspires to a career in political journalism with an international perspective.
Shingirayi Tarirah
Shingirayi Tarirah completed a MEng degree in Engineering and Architecture at the University of Sheffield in 2011. She visited Japan on a two-week high school exchange trip in 2007 and has an interest in Japanese architecture. She aspires to a career in Architecture and Engineering on an international platform with a special interest in Asia.
Dr Victoria Tuke
Victoria Tuke holds a BA, MA and PhD from the University of Warwick. Her doctoral thesis, submitted in 2011, focused on International Relations, specifically Japanese foreign policy. She has visited Japan on a number of occasions for research and hopes to follow a multi-dimensional career encompassing posts within government as well as within NGOs, think tanks and academia.
Daiwa Scholars 2011 at Daiwa Foundation Japan House
Daiwa Scholars 2011 in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Tokyo