Academic Prize Winners
Each year the School of East Asian Studies awards a number of prizes to our highest achieving students across all our undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
- Margaret Daniels Prize
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For the most outstanding performance in Japanese Studies at undergraduate level
1995 – Andrew Harrison
1996 – Michael Donohoe
1997 – Roger Prior
1998 – Chris Cash
1999 – Clare Saracine
2000 – Giuseppe Tribuno
2001 – Philip Shetler-Jones
2002 – Mark Winchester
2003 – Stephanie Durand
2004 – Suzanne Powick
2005 – Ioannis Gaitanidis
2006 – Lars Layfield
2007 – Harriet Gray & Fiona Zhang
2008 – Jonathan Perry
2009 – Rachel Grainger & Amy Robinson
2010 – Moritz Hellwig & Laura Scarlett
2011 – Richard Denham
2012 – James Beaver
2013 - Norgaile Matuseviciute
2014 - Eszter Papai & Sonja Bobrowska
2015 - Ellyn Barnes
2016 - Lewis Williams
2017 - Victoria MacDonald & Christopher Sturgis
2018 - Grace Gillam
2019 - Ollie Moxham
2020 - Kai Sadler & Ioana Bodean
2021 - Chloe Macgregor
2022 - Joseph Young
2023 - Joel Lee
2024 - Oliver Musson
- The Charles Alfred Fisher Prize
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The best PhD Thesis or article in Chinese, Japanese or Korean Studies
This prize was established for commencement in the 2015/16 academic year through the generosity of Dr Gordon Daniels, who before his retirement was a pillar of both the School of East Asian Studies and the Department of History. The prize is dedicated to Professor Charles Alfred Fisher who was responsible for the initial plans to establish Japanese Studies at Sheffield.
2016 - Rongrong Lin -Thesis title: 'The Promotion Mechanism of Political Elites in Reforming China'.
2017 - Oana Iancu - Thesis title: ‘The Impact of Civil Society Organizations on Foreign Policy in Japan. Case Study: the Policy toward North Korea.’
2018 - Christopher Pope - Thesis Title: 'Bringing back 'Japan': Prime minister Abe's political rhetoric in critical perspective'
2019 - Nathalie Mingboupha and Qiunan Li - Thesis Titles: Hyphenated-Chinese in China: Western-born second generation overseas Chinese's ethnic "return" migration and Everyday life in the puppet state: A study of ordinary people's experiences in Manchukuo
2020 - Kristian Hauken
2021 - Georgia Thomas-Parr - Thesis Title: 'Examining the impact of prestige politics on Japanese foreign policy towards China'
2022 - This has been jointly awarded to Christoph Schimkowsky and Xi Liu.
2023 - not awarded
2024 - Yang Li - Thesis Title: 'How a Shrinking Society can Prepare for the Future: Analysis and Depopulation for Infrastructure Planning in Japan'
- James H Grayson Prize
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Most outstanding performance in Korean Studies
2017 - I-Rin Intrasena
2018 - Catherine Maddox
2019 - Vilde Olaussen
2020 - Anthony Lau
2021 - Annabel Langdon
2022 - Charlotte Hancox
2023 - Polly Harley
2024 - Saffron Willett
- Xiaoling Hu Memorial Prize
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Best performance in a taught postgraduate courses
The Hu Xiaoling Memorial prize was established in 2013 through the generosity of an anonymous individual donor. Hu Xiaoling was a lecturer in the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield. Read the story behind the Xiaoling Hu Memorial Prize2013 - Xueni Shi (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)
2014 - Andrew Castro Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)
2015 - Yi-Hsun Chen (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)
2016 - Wei Shao (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language) and Liliya Ignatova (East Asian Business)
2017 - Sarah Bean (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)
2018 - Dorothy Finan (Contemporary Japan) and Miao Zhou (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language)
2019 - Iyeesha Akim (MA Politics and Media in East Asia) and Paige Harris (MSc East Asian Business)
2020 - Laura Bergander
2021 - 2021 Yuki Tokashiki (MA/Politics & Media in East Asia)
2022 - Samuel Adams
2023 - Tabitha Malcolm
2024 - Dominika Bolechowska
- Robert Sloss Prize
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Best 1st-class performance in Chinese Studies at undergraduate level
2001 – Milena Popovic
2003 – Eoghan Sweeney
2004 – Benedict Jackson
2005 – Thomas Saunders
2006 – Lisa Nye
2007 – Richard Buckley
2008 – Jodie Gardiner
2009 – Patrick Ellen
2010 – Jessica Harris, Richard Heathcote, George Martin, Peggy Ng & Seamus Walsh
2011 – Robynne Tindall & Christian Routledge
2012 – Andrius Cialka
2012 – Adon Lawley
2013 - Maksymilian Marzec
2014 - Emily Hill, Rhianna Martin, Owen Stampton
2015 - Jacob Fordham
2016 - Jasmin Knowles
2017 - Melissa Pilgrim
2018 - George Ashley & Rebecca Green
2019 - Helena Kinch
2020 - Harry Richardson
2021 - Caitlin Trevor-Jones
2022 - Catriona Cheek
2023 - Isabella Gualano
2024 - Simon Nichols
- Tim Wright Prize
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Most outstanding performance in East Asian Studies
2017 - Jonathan Walton & Wenzheng Deng
2018 - Francesca Gurdon
2019 - James Cooper
2020 - Daniel Francis & Hannah Smith
2021 - Luke Wakeman
2022 - Tabitha Malcolm
2023 - Danae Nembhard-Gayle
2024 - Adam Higginbottom
- Sir Basil Blackwell Prize
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Highest overall score at Level 1 in the Faculty of Social Sciences
2003 – Richard Buckley (Chinese)
2004 – Jodie Gardiner (Chinese)
2010 – Kimberley Maçéke (Japanese)
2011 – Eszter Papai (Japanese)
- Martin & Yasuko Collick Prize
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2022 (UG) - Tabitha Malcolm & Danniella Garstang (jointly awarded)
2022 (PGT) - not awarded
2023 (UG) - Polly Harley
2023 (PGT) - Rujun Dong
2024 (UG) - Alyssa Osben
2024 (PGT) - Miharu Kobayashi
- Other Graduation Prizes
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2000 – Joanna Elfwing-Hwang (Special Award for Korean Studies)
2004 – Lucy Johnston (Special Award for Chinese Studies)
2008 – Anna Colao (Thomas Dickinson Memorial Prize in Politics)