Rescuing Archaeology and Culture Symposium

Report on the 'Rescuing Archaeology and Culture' symposium held at the Embassy of Japan in the UK on 26 October, 2011.
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Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced that it will be awarding Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere with the Foreign Minister's Commendation for her services to the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the UK.
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Change of Management

Changes in the senior management of the Institute approved by the Institute's Management Board on 28 June 2011.
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New Developments

Latest developments at the Sainsbury Institute and in Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia
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Library News

Statement regarding the Japanese Archaeological Association Library and the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures.
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New Museology

Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere in conversation with Shioda Junichi
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New Publications

Latest publications by staff, fellows and research associates include With a Single Glance by Cynthea J Bogel (Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow, 2001), The Empty Museum by Masaaki Morishita (Handa Fellow, 2005-06), International Architecture in the Interwar Years by Ken Tadashi Oshima (Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow, 2004-05; Handa Fellow 2003-04), and In Pursuit of Universalism by Alicia Volk (Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow, 2005-06).
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Brill Japanese Visual Culture 1

Portraits of Chogen: The Transformation of Buddhist Art in Early Medieval Japan by John M Rosenfield, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of East Asian Art, and Emeritus Curator of Asian Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Emeritus
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Miyasaka Fusakazu Memorial Togariishi Jomon Culture Award

Simon Kaner received the 11th Annual Miyasaka Fusakazu Memorial Togariishi Jomon Culture Award.
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30th Pola Traditional Culture Award

Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere was awarded the 30th Anniversary Pola Traditional Culture Award.
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Manga and the British Museum

Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere explains the story to BBC Radio 4 and The Economist.
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BBC Radio 4 Podcast

A History of the World in 100 Objects: Jomon Pot by Simon Kaner.
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Sainsbury Institute Japanese Garden

A Japanese karesansui garden has been built in the Norwich Cathedral.
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JAPAN-UK 150

Japan-UK 150, a series of events in the UK organised to celebrate 150 years of friendship between Japan and the United Kingdom, will run from autumn 2008 until the end of 2009. It will feature a wide range of activities designed to encourage exchange in such fields as culture, the arts, sport, education and science.

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