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Mark became aware of our Department when he learned the ¶¶Òõ of Reading was part of the .

After talking to members of staff from different universities in the SWWDTP consortium, he decided the ¶¶Òõ had the academic expertise to support his research.  

Being able to study his PhD part time gave Mark time to think and rethink his ideas. It enabled him to gather information and materials that he probably wouldn't have considered otherwise.

Mark had the opportunity to visit Japan and conduct fieldwork thanks to funding from the British Association for Japanese Studies and additional financial support from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.

He met several filmmakers who self-produced films during the 1970s and 1980s, including Professor Naoto Yamakama from Tokyo Polytechnic ¶¶Òõ.

The quality of Mark's research was recently recognised when he won the ¶¶Òõ of Reading's PhD Researcher of the Year 2018 Award for the Heritage and Creativity Research Theme.