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Jews in Japan during the Asia Pacific War (1941)

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To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023, we are publishing a special article written by Dr...
Online Jomon Matsuri: Winter Solstice 2022

Online Jomon Matsuri

Professor Simon Kaner will be spending the Winter Solstice (morning of 22 December) at Stonehenge,...
Call for Applications: Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2023-24

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We are now inviting applications for the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2023-24. The Fellowships...

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January 2023 Message from the Acting Director

I would like to wish a very Happy New Year of the Rabbit to all...
Report on the talk ‘A Diplomat’s Guide to the Geography of Japan’

On Thursday 25th December, the Sainsbury Institute welcomed his excellency, Paul Madden CMG, former British...
Workshop report – Re-thinking Japonisme: Digitisation of the V&A’s Collection of Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints and Illustrated Books and Researching Its Formation in the Late 19th Century

Thanks to the collaboration between the V&A, the Art Research Center at Ritsumeikan University (ARC)...
Publication Announcement – Okinawan Art in its Regional Context: Historical Overview and Contemporary Practice

The Sainsbury Institute is delighted to announce the publication of the second volume in our...