November 2022 Message from the Acting Director

October has been a busy month for the Sainsbury Institute, with a host of events, projects and initiatives now underway. During a few turbulent weeks for the UK and international politics, it has been reassuring to see so many new and ambitious programmes being developed with Japanese Studies remaining such an active and growing field. […]

Workshop report: Digitally Archiving Japanese Collections-Photographing 2D materials

On the 1st of November, Dr Ryoko Matsuba led a workshop on digitising 2D artefacts at the Sainsbury Institute. Attended by MA students on the Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies course at UEA, the workshop comprised a lecture on theoretical knowledge of Japanese prints and rare books, followed by a digitisation practice and handling session.  During the […]

Report on the talk ‘Repositioning Gregorios Manos (1851-1928), founder of the Corfu Museum of Asian Art, in the context of Japonisme’

On Thursday 20 October, the Sainsbury Institute hosted a Third Thursday Lecture delivered by Despina Zernioti CMG, Director of the Corfu Museum of Asian Art, titled “Repositioning Gregorios Manos (1851-1928), founder of the Corfu Museum of Asian Art, in the context of Japonisme.” Opening remarks were made by the Research Director of the Sainsbury Institute, […]