Asia Scholar Awarded Taiwan Fellowship
Grant F. Rhode, a visiting researcher at the Center for the Study of Asia, has been awarded a Taiwan Fellowship to research and write on Taiwan’s approach to disputes in the East and South China Seas.
The Center for the Study of Asia is an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies.
From the text of the announcement:
The fellowship will support four months of research in Taiwan from June through October, 2015. While in Taiwan, Dr. Rhode will be affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Taiwan University
Dr. Rhode has been a BUCSA Visiting Researcher since 2012, has organized several activities and events with the Center and in collaboration with BU faculty on campus and beyond. While affiliated with BUCSA, Dr. Rhode has conducted research on Asian maritime issues and on China educational exchange.
You can read the entire announcement here.
“Grant has been an important presence at the Center for the Study of Asia. A true gentleman, always gracious with colleagues and students, a knowledgeable teacher, and a terrific organizer of talks and panels, he is a bridge between Boston University and other local institutions, from high schools in Newton, to the US Naval War College and Tufts,” said Eugenio Menegon, Director for the Center for the Study of Asia. “We are happy he will be able to spend some research time in Taiwan, grateful to the Taiwanese government and TECO Boston for giving him this opportunity, and eager to hear about his scholarly adventures and discoveries when he returns.”
The Taiwan Fellowship is established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to award foreign experts and scholars interested in researches related to
For more information, visit the Center for the Study of Asia’s website.