Alexander Murphy, Assistant Professor of Language, Literature and Culture at Clark University and 2024-25 RIJS Postdoctoral Fellow, has recently been awarded the Kenneth B. Pyle Prize for Best Article in the Journal of Japanese Studies in 2024. His essay, "The Voice of a Stranger: Rumor, Radio, and the Aurality of Difference in Interwar Japan," was commended for its "innovative approach to understanding aural communities through the interconnectedness of rumor and radio."

The full announcement can be found here.