[research] Going to Japan for two years!
My definitive admission certificate just arrived, so I can finally say out loud that I'll be leaving for Japan in April and stay there for two years to do research on the cultural economy of Japanese fanworks. I've been admitted to the doctoral degree program of the Graduate School of Economics, economic policy major, at Doshisha University in Kyoto. (Okay, I wanted to type all that out just once because it looks so damn impressive on the certificate.)
"Excited" doesn't begin to cover how I'm feeling right now. It's been seven years since I last got the chance to spend more than three weeks at a time in Japan. Nobuko Kawashima, who will be my supervisor, is one of very few Japanese professors who study the role of amateur cultural engagement in the general economy, and I feel incredibly lucky and honored that she agreed to take me on. Also, I'll be sharing a house with aoi_shu. Excuse me while I cartwheel.
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"Excited" doesn't begin to cover how I'm feeling right now. It's been seven years since I last got the chance to spend more than three weeks at a time in Japan. Nobuko Kawashima, who will be my supervisor, is one of very few Japanese professors who study the role of amateur cultural engagement in the general economy, and I feel incredibly lucky and honored that she agreed to take me on. Also, I'll be sharing a house with aoi_shu. Excuse me while I cartwheel.
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