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For the most outstanding performance in Japanese Studies at undergraduate level

1995 – Andrew Harrison

1996 – Michael Donohoe

1997 – Roger Prior

1998 – Chris Cash

1999 – Clare Saracine

2000 – Giuseppe Tribuno

2001 – Philip Shetler-Jones

2002 – Mark Winchester

2003 – Stephanie Durand

2004 – Suzanne Powick

2005 – Ioannis Gaitanidis

2006 – Lars Layfield

2007 – Harriet Gray & Fiona Zhang

2008 – Jonathan Perry

2009 – Rachel Grainger & Amy Robinson

2010 – Moritz Hellwig & Laura Scarlett

2011 – Richard Denham

2012 – James Beaver

2013 - Norgaile Matuseviciute

2014 - Eszter Papai & Sonja Bobrowska

2015 - Ellyn Barnes

2016 - Lewis Williams

2017 - Victoria MacDonald & Christopher Sturgis

2018 - Grace Gillam

2019 - Ollie Moxham

2020 - Kai Sadler & Ioana Bodean

2021 - Chloe Macgregor

2022 - Joseph Young

2023 - Joel Lee

2024 - Oliver Musson

The best PhD Thesis or article in Chinese, Japanese or Korean Studies

This prize was established for commencement in the 2015/16 academic year through the generosity of Dr Gordon Daniels, who before his retirement was a pillar of both the School of East Asian Studies and the Department of History. The prize is dedicated to Professor Charles Alfred Fisher who was responsible for the initial plans to establish Japanese Studies at 91Ö±²¥.

2016 - Rongrong Lin -Thesis title: 'The Promotion Mechanism of Political Elites in Reforming China'.

2017 - Oana Iancu - Thesis title: ‘The Impact of Civil Society Organizations on Foreign Policy in Japan. Case Study: the Policy toward North Korea.’

2018 - Christopher Pope - Thesis Title: 'Bringing back 'Japan': Prime minister Abe's political rhetoric in critical perspective'

2019 - Nathalie Mingboupha and Qiunan Li - Thesis Titles: Hyphenated-Chinese in China: Western-born second generation overseas Chinese's ethnic "return" migration and Everyday life in the puppet state: A study of ordinary people's experiences in Manchukuo

2020 - Kristian Hauken

2021 - Georgia Thomas-Parr - Thesis Title: 'Examining the impact of prestige politics on Japanese foreign policy towards China'

2022 - This has been jointly awarded to Christoph Schimkowsky and Xi Liu.

2023 - not awarded

2024 - Yang Li - Thesis Title: 'How a Shrinking Society can Prepare for the Future: Analysis and Depopulation for Infrastructure Planning in Japan'

Most outstanding performance in Korean Studies

2017 - I-Rin Intrasena

2018 - Catherine Maddox

2019 - Vilde Olaussen

2020 - Anthony Lau

2021 - Annabel Langdon

2022 - Charlotte Hancox

2023 - Polly Harley

2024 - Saffron Willett

Best performance in a taught postgraduate courses

The Hu Xiaoling Memorial prize was established in 2013 through the generosity of an anonymous individual donor. Hu Xiaoling was a lecturer in the School of East Asian Studies at the University of 91Ö±²¥.  behind the Xiaoling Hu Memorial Prize

2013 - Xueni Shi (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)

2014 - Andrew Castro Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)

2015 - Yi-Hsun Chen (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)

2016 - Wei Shao (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language) and Liliya Ignatova (East Asian Business)

2017 - Sarah Bean (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)

2018 - Dorothy Finan (Contemporary Japan) and Miao Zhou (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)

2019 - Iyeesha Akim (MA Politics and Media in East Asia) and Paige Harris (MSc East Asian Business)

2020 - Laura Bergander

2021 - 2021 Yuki Tokashiki (MA/Politics & Media in East Asia)

2022 - Samuel Adams

2023 -  Tabitha Malcolm

2024 - Dominika Bolechowska

Best 1st-class performance in Chinese Studies at undergraduate level

2001 – Milena Popovic 

2003 – Eoghan Sweeney 

2004 – Benedict Jackson 

2005 – Thomas Saunders 

2006 – Lisa Nye 

2007 – Richard Buckley 

2008 – Jodie Gardiner 

2009 – Patrick Ellen 

2010 – Jessica Harris, Richard Heathcote, George Martin, Peggy Ng & Seamus Walsh 

2011 – Robynne Tindall  & Christian Routledge 

2012 – Andrius Cialka 

2012 – Adon Lawley 

2013 - Maksymilian Marzec 

2014 - Emily Hill, Rhianna Martin, Owen Stampton 

2015 - Jacob Fordham 

2016 - Jasmin Knowles

2017 - Melissa Pilgrim 

2018 - George Ashley & Rebecca Green

2019 - Helena Kinch

2020 - Harry Richardson

2021 - Caitlin Trevor-Jones

2022 - Catriona Cheek

Most outstanding performance in East Asian Studies

2017 - Jonathan Walton & Wenzheng Deng

2018 - Francesca Gurdon

2019 - James Cooper

2020 - Daniel Francis & Hannah Smith

2021 -  Luke Wakeman

2022 - Tabitha Malcolm

2023 - Danae Nembhard-Gayle

2024 - Adam Higginbottom

Highest overall score at Level 1 in the Faculty of Social Sciences

2003 – Richard Buckley (Chinese)

2004 – Jodie Gardiner (Chinese)

2010 – Kimberley Maçéke (Japanese)

2011 – Eszter Papai (Japanese)

2022 (UG) - Tabitha Malcolm & Danniella Garstang (jointly awarded)

2022 (PGT) - not awarded

2023 (UG) - Polly Harley

2023 (PGT) - Rujun Dong 

2024 (UG) - Alyssa Osben

2024 (PGT) - Miharu Kobayashi

2000 – Joanna Elfwing-Hwang (Special Award for Korean Studies)

2004 – Lucy Johnston (Special Award for Chinese Studies)

2008 – Anna Colao (Thomas Dickinson Memorial Prize in Politics)