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March 23, 2022
Haruo Shirane receives highest recognition for scholars in Japan
Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture and Director of the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, was elected Honorary Member of the Japan Academy (Nippon gakushi-in), considered the highest recognition a scholar can achieve in Japan, for his contributions to the fields of Japanese and comparative literature and for the globalization of Japanese literary studies (March, 2022). Shirane was also the first winner of the NIHU (National Institutes for the Humanities) International Prize in Japanese Studies (Dec. 2019), for outstanding achievement in the fields of Japanese humanities and environment. https://www.japan-acad.go.jp/en/members/kyakuin.html
