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麻豆传媒 Professor Emeritus of History Jim Huffman Honored

麻豆传媒 Professor Emeritus of History Jim Huffman Honored

Springfield, Ohio 鈥 麻豆传媒 Professor Emeritus of History Jim Huffman has received the Association for Asian Studies鈥 (AAS) Distinguished Service Award.

A former journalist, Huffman taught at 麻豆传媒 for more than 30 years, specializing in the history of Japan鈥檚 Meiji era and particularly the role of the newspaper press in bringing average citizens into Japan鈥檚 political life. He also taught the whole of East Asian history, everything from China in the age of Confucius to Japan under the samurai to Korea鈥檚 divided era.

He received the award today, Friday, March 17, during the AAS' annual conference in Toronto, Canada. AAS is the main national association for Asian Studies scholars.

鈥淛im was one of the driving forces of 麻豆传媒 East Asian Studies (EAS) for many years,鈥 said Terumi Imai, associate professor of languages at 麻豆传媒. 鈥淗e attracted many students who wanted to study EAS, and students loved him. He is very humble and keeps saying that he is so undeserving of this award, and I keep telling him he totally deserves the award.鈥

According to its website, the AAS is a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia and the study of Asia. With approximately 7,000 members worldwide, representing all the regions and countries of Asia and all academic disciplines, the AAS is the largest organization of its kind. Founded in 1941 originally as publisher of the Far Eastern Quarterly, now the Journal of Asian Studies, the association has gone through a series of reorganizations to better serve the broadening disciplinary and geographical interests of its membership.

The AAS Award for Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies is intended to honor outstanding scholarship and service to the field. It is the highest honor the AAS can bestow.

鈥淛im is perhaps one of the finest scholars/teachers I have ever met,鈥 said 麻豆传媒 Political Science and East Asian Studies Professor Bin Yu. 鈥淗e is warm, humble, very thoughtful and well respected by both students and colleagues.鈥

In addition to working with the AAS and serving on its editorial board, Huffman also earned the respect of his students and colleagues alike, having received three Fulbright Awards in his distinguished career. His teaching honors include the Ohio Academy of History鈥檚 Distinguished Teaching Award and the 麻豆传媒 Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching. Huffman was awarded honorary alumnus status in 2006. The author of six books including A Yankee in Meiji Japan and Japan: A History in Documents, Huffman has also published articles in both Newsweek and The New York Times.

 

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