Assistant Prof., Ph.D Wakako Kumakura (ILCAA) won the Toryusho, one of the 2020AY Awards from the Japan Consortium for Area Studies (JCAS Awards) for her publication, Nile Irrigation and the Land System in Medieval Egypt (written in Japanese, 2019, University of Tokyo Press).
JCAS Awards aims to recognize outstanding study in the area studies. The Toryusho, one of the JCAS Awards is awarded to young outstanding researchers.