Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
The Sainsbury Institute, Universidade Lusófona and the University of Ljubljana invite you to an International Seminar Architecture: Design and Research. The online sessions, comprising talks about ongoing research followed by questions and discussion, are open access. The seminars aim to encourage academic exchange between researchers and postgraduate students working in cognate areas in a global context. […]
A conference in memory of Professor Toshio Watanabe London, 15-16 May 2026 This two-day conference will address the future of the study of art, craft and design in a transnational perspective. Our intention is to honour the memory of Toshio Watanabe (1945-2025), late Emeritus Professor of Japanese Arts and Heritage at the Sainsbury Institute for […]
It is with deep regret that we pass on the news that Toshio Watanabe, our Professor Emeritus of Japanese Arts and Cultural Heritage passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on 27 July while on holiday with his family in Hokkaido. We take this opportunity to revisit the post we prepared about him when he retired and became […]
Thanks to the generous support of the Toshiba International Foundation, the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia is delighted to announce a week-long in-person residential conference aimed at advanced undergraduate and masters level students and those considering postgraduate studies in Japan-related fields, from 3-7 March 2025. The conference will take place […]
The Sainsbury Institute and its Executive Director, Professor Simon Kaner, have received the Foreign Minister’s Commendations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in recognition of their work within the field of Japanese arts and cultures. Closely following the recent news of being selected to receive the Japan Foundation Award in 2024, the Sainsbury […]
The Sainsbury Institute is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious Japan Foundation Award for 2024, coinciding with our 25th anniversary year. Now in its 51st year, the Foundation has presented the Japan Foundation Awards to individuals and organisations that have made significant contributions to promoting international mutual understanding and friendship between […]
Applications are invited for the above post, which will be based in the Sainsbury Institute’s offices in the Cathedral Close, Norwich. You will work side-by-side with the Office Coordinator, ensuring smooth and efficient day-to-day running of the Sainsbury Institute office including the provision of clerical and secretarial support for the Institute’s senior management. Other key […]
The Sainsbury Institute was delighted to welcome Dr Ayelet Zohar, President of the Japan Art History Foundation (JAHF), current visiting scholar at the Sainsbury Institute, and Senior Lecturer at the Art History Department, Tel Aviv University, to give our 250th Third Thursday Lecture. Focussing on the work of Okinawan photographer Mao Ishikawa, the talk explored […]
Following her fascinating talk for our September Third Thursday Lecture, Helen McCarthy, independent scholar and author, answered some questions sent in by attendees. ANSWERED LIVE Q: Did UK fan zines have any contact with fan zines in other countries, sharing their zines & maybe anime tapes? A: That’s a great question. In fact, we had […]
The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures together with the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia launches a new initiative in digital Japanese arts. Building on the successes of our previous Ishibashi Foundation Summer Fellowships and Online Summer Programmes in Japanese Arts and Cultures, this initiative will […]
In preparation for Internationalisation Revisited: The global role of Japan and China following the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games, an online workshop on 5 and 6 September, we invite presenters to send abstracts of no more than 250 words that consider the role of Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 in relation […]
The Later Prehistoric Norfolk Project will be exploring a range of prehistoric monuments, from the Early Neolithic through to the end of the Iron Age, to better resolve the dating of the county’s monument sequence. Some of these monuments are threatened directly by climate change and others remain in the plough zone. This year’s work […]