Report: JF/BAJS PhD Workshop 2026 On Thursday 26 and Friday 27 February, the Japan Foundation/British Association for Japanese Studies 2026 took place, this time at the University of Sheffield. This year, we decided to organize the workshop over two days, to allow the students more time for networking, and to enable a varied programme with different speakers across both days. 30 postgraduate students from across the UK visited Sheffield for the workshop, from all sorts of different disciplines and at varying stages of their PhDs or studies. We had a packed programme, kicking off with welcome speeches from Prof. Jennifer Coates, BAJS President and Senior Lecturer in East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield. The Director of the Japan Foundation, Mr Kaoru Miya...

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