[KineJapan] Noriaki Tsuchimoto Research Grant

Mon Jul 11 06:24:44 EDT 2022

Dear Aaron,

 It would be exciting to research on the Tsuchimoto´s papers. I am currently working with my PhD candidate Ricardo Matos on a on a prospective retrospective on Tsuchimoto in London -he is a film curator who is behind the European retrospectives on Haneda Sumiko that were organised after the series <https://www.soas.ac.uk/jrc/events/30sep2021-japanese-documentary-filmmaker-haneda-sumiko-authorship-and-gender-discourses-2nd-symposiu.html> I organised at SOAS, and the retrospectives on Ogawa Shinsuke in Paris and London several years ago).
Hence, it sounds like a perfect timing to visit Yale´s archive and I am considering sending a proposal, but before that, would you be able to confirm whether the archive would be open over the Summer (10th July - 15th Sept 2023)?

All the best,

Marcos

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Marcos Centeno, PhD, FHEA
Birkbeck University of London.
https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/9168600/marcos-centeno

Recent publications:

-"The Ainu in Documentary Films: Promiscuous Iconography and the Absent Image”. In David Desser (ed.) Companion to Japanese Cinema. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2022, pp. 271- 293

-“1968 And Rural Japan as A Site of Struggle. Approaches to rural landscapes in the history of Japanese documentary film”, The Sixties.A Journal of History, Politics and Culture (edited by Guarné, B. & de Vargas, F.) 2021, vol. 14, issue2, pp. 151-168.

-Developments in the Japanese Documentary Mode. Basel: MDPI, 2021 (co-edited with Michael Raine)

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Subject: [KineJapan] Noriaki Tsuchimoto Research Grant

Here’s the announcement of grant money to fund use of the Tsuchimoto Papers at Yale. Feel free to write me if you have any questions.

Aaron Gerow

Noriaki Tsuchimoto Research Grant

The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University invites applications for grants to support research utilizing the Noriaki Tsuchimoto Papers housed in Manuscripts and Archives in the Yale University Library. The collection is currently comprised of 83 boxes containing materials related to the filmmaking and other activities of the Japanese documentary filmmaker Noriaki Tsuchimoto (1928-2008), who is most famous for recording the struggles over the Minamata mercury poisoning incident and other environmental hazards. The collection description is as follows:

The collection comprises the papers of Noriaki Tsuchimoto, a Japanese documentary film director, who directed films on various topics, including environmental issues, student activism, Minamata disease, nuclear power, corporate history (PR films), and Afghanistan. The collection includes manuscripts and documents about his films, including annotated scripts, production notes, shot, and budget sheets; research materials of various topics, including documents on the science of mercury poisoning; location and on-the-set photos; publicity materials; and film stills. It also contains Tsuchimoto’s correspondence with colleagues, as well as decades worth of his datebooks. The topics in his papers vary and include items ranging from labor union newsletters to court documents on cases involving colleagues.
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/11735

The Council will offer up to four (4) grants in FY 2022-2023 to support research utilizing the collection at the level of up to $1200 for researchers traveling from North America and $2200 for those coming from outside North America. Grant funds will be disbursed in the form of reimbursement for travel, lodging, meals, reproductions, and related research expenses. Costs for computers or software are not eligible. Holders of a Ph.D. or the equivalent are eligible to apply, as are graduate students who have completed all requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation. The competition is open to scholars in all parts of the world and from any discipline, but topics that make extensive use of the collection will be prioritized. Yale University faculty, staff, and students may not apply.

The application deadline is Wednesday, August 31, 2022. The grant must be used by Wednesday, August 30, 2023. An additional four grants will be available in the 2023-2024 academic year, with the call for applications being posted by July 2023.

All applications must be submitted electronically by attachment to eastasian.studies at yale.edu<mailto:eastasian.studies at yale.edu> with “Noriaki Tsuchimoto Research Grant” in the subject line. Applications must include a curriculum vitae and a two-to-three-page description (double-spaced) of the research project. Applicants should attach a list of some of the boxes that will be consulted using the Finding Aid of the collection:

https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/11735/collection_organization

Applications from graduate students must be accompanied by a letter from the main faculty advisor attesting to the significance of the dissertation project and to the student’s completion of all other degree requirements.

Within a month of their campus visit, award recipients should submit a 2-3 page (double spaced) summary of some of their research achievements, which may be posted on a Yale website. Award recipients may also be invited to participate in a symposium at Yale on Tsuchimoto and his era in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Aaron Gerow
Alfred W. Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures and Film and Media Studies
Chair, East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
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