ORDER OF THE RISING SUN FOR PROFESSOR LJILJANA MARKOVIĆ, PhD

 

 

ORDER OF THE RISING SUN
FOR PROFESSOR LJILJANA MARKOVIĆ, PhD

 

date 29th April, 2022 10:18

 

Prof. Ljiljana Markovic, PhD, the most prominent Japanese Studies scholar and a Full Professor of the European Centre for Peace and Developmen ( ECPD ) of the United Nations University for Peace, and a Special Advisor to the Executive Director,  has been awarded The Order of the Rising Sun - Golden Rays with a Rosette for 2022, an Imperial Decoration awarded by the Government of Japan for "outstanding contribution to establishing and improving friendly relations with Japan." On Friday, April 29, 2022 (Japanese time), the Government of Japan announced the names of foreign winners of Imperial Decorations for this year. The only winner from ECPD United Nations University for Peace is prof. Ljiljana Markovic, PhD.

 

THE ORDER OF THE RISING SUN - GOLDEN RAYS WITH A ROSETTE

 

 

Prof. Ljiljana Markovic, PhD, had been previously awarded by the Government of Japan in 2010 another exceptional recognition - the Award of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan (Gaimu Daijin Sho) – for a special contribution to the development of Japanese Studies as a scientific discipline and the promotion of japanese culture in the world. She had been educated at Girton College, University of Cambridge (she graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science and the Faculty of Oriental Studies, where she also received her master's degree) and  Chuo University, Tokyo (where she received her doctorate). During her decades-long career, she has made an immeasurable contribution to the development of Japanese Studies as an academic discipline, as well as to the development and improvement of study programs aimed at studying Japanese language, literature and culture at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade. She is a Visiting Professor at Toho University, Osaka University and Gabrielle d`Annunzio University.

 

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