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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 02/10/2026

[October Third Thursday Lecture - André Leroi-Gourhan in 1930s Japan: Tangible Collections and Intangible Recollections] Speaker: Dr Marion Di Santi 15 Oct 2026 6pm BST Online Registration essential - us06web.zoom.us/webi...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 21/09/2026

Aurel Stein, female friends and changing worlds - online talk with Susan Whitfield (Sainsbury Institute). Tues 22 Sep 2026 18:30-20:30, for the Aurel Stein Archives and Collections Conference: Ongoing and New Research, organised by the Royal Asiatic Society. us02web.zoom.us/webi...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 02/09/2026

Online Third Thursday Lecture - TAITOKUIN REBORN: Tokugawa Hidetada’s Mausoleum Model (Royal Collection) 17 Sep 2026 18:00pm with Prof William Coaldrake (University of Tokyo), register here: us06web.zoom.us/webi...

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Chester Beatty @chesterbeatty.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Fancy attending a talk by a Chester Beatty curator? Our Curator of East Asian Collections, Dr Ai Fukunaga, is a contributor to this academic workshop - now on Zoom!

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 24/08/2026

Due to demand, we're pleased to announce the workshop "Women in Traditional Craft: Past, Present, and Future Possibilities" will now be live streamed! 4 Sep, 9:45-17:30. Sign up link here: us06web.zoom.us/webi...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 06/08/2026

In-person academic workshop - Women in Traditional Craft: Past, Present, and Future Possibilities, Fri 4 Sep at Sainsbury Institute, Norwich. Limited spaces available. Email us to register. www.sainsbury-instit... #JapaneseArt

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 24/07/2026

Professor Bert Winther-Tamaki's lecture, “Militia of Freedom”: The Art Pedagogy of Kitagawa Tamiji is now available to watch on YouTube! youtu.be/N_A486BTWgc?...

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“Militia of Freedom”: The Art Pedagogy of Kitagawa Tamiji

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 21/07/2026

"Making Tokyo’s Craftswomen Visible": A photography exhibition by our postdoc fellow Dr Clara Momoko Geber-Mérida | 1-13 Sep | The Old Piano Shop Gallery, Norwich www.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 06/07/2026

This talk with Prof Bert Winther-Tamaki is happening on Thursday. It will be a good one! Don't miss it!

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 02/07/2026

[July Third Thursday Lecture - In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan] 📢Professor Alicia Volk (University of Maryland) 🗓️ Thursday 16 July 2026, 6:00pm BST 📍 Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), SOAS, and on Zoom us06web.zoom.us/webi...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 01/07/2026

Join us for a special keynote lecture at Norwich Castle Museum and online via Zoom! “Militia of Freedom”: The Art Pedagogy of Kitagawa Tamiji. Speaker: Prof Bert Winther-Tamaki. Thu 9 July 2026, 6.00–7.30pm BST More info & registration -> www.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 26/06/2026

Join us online for Alternative Paths in Japanese Arts: the Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme Workshop! 9-11 July, plus 16 July www.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 23/06/2026

Alongside his exhibition After Zero, IFNet Fellow Luis López Matus has published a new blog exploring the relationship between Japan’s Mono-ha movement and Mexican art. dig.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 03/06/2026

[Women in Japan’s Contemporary Craft: Crossing the Boundaries of ‘Tradition’ in Arakawa, Tokyo] June Third Thursday Lecture | 18 June, 6pm BST | In-person at Norwich Cathedral Hostry and online on Zoom | speaker: Dr Clara Momoko Geber-Mérida | www.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 29/05/2026

Read our IFNet Fellow Emily Clarkson's blog series Dispatch from the Archive to find out how she's progressing with the archiving project of artist Takako Saito. dig.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 26/05/2026

Our IFNet Fellow Edi has organised a symposium in Mexico where she is based on 29 May 2026 as part of the her research project for the IFNet programme. Find out more: dig.sainsbury-institute.org/ifnet/stagin...

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Staging Japan, Imagining Asia: Curatorial Discourses and Regional Imaginaries in Post-1990 Exhibitions and Debates – IFNET: Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme

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Tori Cann @canndo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Always fun to do something fancy, so was lovely to be invited to a civic dinner in the company of Hiroshi Suzuki, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Big thanks to @sainsbury-institute.org for the invite and all of their work in promoting Japanese culture regionally and beyond.

In a formal dining room with wood clad walls, Hiroshi Suzuki stands and speaks.

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Royal Asiatic Society @royalasiaticsoc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

We're wrapping up our Japan lecture series with a special talk on 14 May by Professor Simon Kaner from @sainsbury-institute.org on Japanese archaeology. Join us to explore 150 years of European entanglements in Japanese archaeology! Details: tinyurl.com/ras-260514

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 04/05/2026

📢 Transnational Japanisms: Art, Craft, Design (15-16 May) The conference programme is now live! 💻 Livestream and online access available 🔗 Register via the conference website www.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 01/05/2026

Robert Sainsbury Lecture with Katsuo Suzuki (Chief Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) Wed 13 May 5pm BST, Thomas Paine Study Centre, UEA, followed by a reception. Also available to watch online. More information: www.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 14/04/2026

Our Third Thursday Lecture is this week. We hope you can join us either in-person or online!

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Royal Asiatic Society @royalasiaticsoc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Join Peter Kornicki, Emeritus Professor of Japanese at Cambridge, on 23 April for a lecture as he explores the dynamic relationship between manuscript and print cultures in Edo‑period Japan. Details: tinyurl.com/ras-260423

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 10/04/2026

Join Prof. Simon Kaner for Circles of Stone, part of the open‑access International Seminar: Architecture, Design & Research, exploring heritage, interpretation, and preservation in a global context. 📅 17 April 2:30pm online 🔗 www.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 01/04/2026

Join us in-person at the Norwich Cathedral Hostry or online for April’s Third Thursday Lecture as Dr Eve Loh‑Kazuhara explores the luminous world of nihonga artist Tanaka Isson. 16 April 2026 6pm BST. www.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 23/03/2026

[Transnational Japanisms: Art, craft, design] Join us online for a two day conference in memory of Professor Toshio Watanabe (1945–2025) exploring the future of the study of art, craft and design in a transnational perspective. 15-16 May 2026. www.sainsbury-instit...

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Royal Asiatic Society @royalasiaticsoc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Join us on 31 March for an exploration of Japanese Noh theatre masks with master carver Kitazawa Hideta and author Jannette Cheong, as they reveal how these hauntingly beautiful masks are created and used! Details: tinyurl.com/ras-260331

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 18/03/2026

IFNet blog - Emily Clarkson reflects on the death of the artist at the centre of her research. She writes movingly how this unusual situation became both a profound loss and a source of insight, purpose, and renewed motivation when she found herself facing writer’s block. dig.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 13/03/2026

Prof Simon Kaner will be giving a talk titled 'Land of pots: sixteen millennia of ceramic creativity in the Japanese archipelago' at the Ceramics Symposium 2026 at Messums West tomorrow at 3pm. www.messums.org/product/cera...

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Ceramics Symposium 2026 - Messums.org

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 09/03/2026

[IFNet blog - Archipelagic thinking and the question of region: Japan within Asia] Edisabel Marrero Tejeda (PhD student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico) explains how she uses “archipelagic thinking” in her project. Curious? Find out more: dig.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 05/03/2026

[Third Thursday Lecture - Beyond Doom and Gloom: How Disasters, Survival, and Recovery Have Shaped Japanese Culture]📍 Online via Zoom 📅 Thursday 19 March 2026 🕕 6:00–7:00pm GMT (50-min lecture + Q&A) us06web.zoom.us/webi...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 03/03/2026

Read the new IFNet blog from Joanes Rocha on the relationship between tea and the space where it's consumed. dig.sainsbury-instit... All images by Joanes Rocha.

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 26/02/2026

NARA TO NORWICH✏️ BLOG POST: Bury St Edmunds and King Edmund’s Relics Professor Katy Cubitt explores the development of Bury St Edmunds, as part of our pilgrimage of Japan and the UK project naratonorwich.org/bu...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 18/02/2026

This is happening tomorrow at 6pm GMT! You can still sign up online or email us to come in person!

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The Japan Society @thejapansociety.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

We’re pleased to have joined Bluesky! Follow us for news, updates, events info, education resources, and more 🇯🇵🤝🇬🇧 To find out about the history of The Japan Society and the work we do to cultivate UK-Japan relations, visit our website: www.japansociety.org.uk

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 17/02/2026

New on the IFNet blog: Academic Noir – A Personal Perspective Read the engaging insight into academic detective work posted by Luis Lopez Matus, IFNet Fellow, PhD student at Autonomous University of Mexico. dig.sainsbury-instit...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 09/02/2026

Talk- Evolving Traditions in Japan’s Contemporary Crafts: Shifts in Design, Gender, and Target Group, w/ Dr Clara Momoko Geber-Mérida, Robert & Lisa Sainsbury Fellow 2025-26. Mon 16 Feb, 5-6:30pm, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Cambridge Uni. www.ames.cam.ac.uk/events/east-...

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East Asia Seminar - Dr. Clara Momoko Geber-Mérida | Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 05/02/2026

Unlocking the Václav Fiala Archive - a blog post from Olga Isaeve (Uni of Bonn), Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellow 2025-26, documents her academic journey and thinking behind her research project. dig.sainsbury-institute.org/ifnet/2026/0...

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Unlocking the Václav Fiala Archive – IFNET: Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 03/02/2026

Check out the new blog entry from Prof Susan Whitfield on our Nara to Norwich website: Ise Honkaido and Pilgrimage in Japan. She is the speaker of our Third Thursday Lecture on 19 Feb which you are welcome to join in-person or online. naratonorwich.org/ise-honkaido...

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Ise Honkaido and Pilgrimage in Japan – Nara to Norwich

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 30/01/2026

Join us for our Third Thursday Lecture on 19 Feb 6pm! ✨Pilgrimage from Nara to Norwich: Commonalities Across Cultures and Religions 📣Prof Susan Whitfield 📍Norwich Cathedral Hostry or online 🕰️6pm -7pm, followed by a drinks reception 🎫Free, registration essential us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 26/01/2026

If you want to hear more from our January Third Thursday Lecture speaker Professor @olegb.bsky.social, he's a guest on the latest episode of The East Angle podcast, run by Dr Ra Mason and Dr Sherzod Muminov from @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @politicsuea.bsky.social! youtu.be/29YY-7mQvls?...

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Samurai, Castles, and the Making of Modern Japan - A Conversation with Professor Oleg Benesch

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Oleg Benesch @olegb.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I was very fortunate to have the chance to speak at @sainsbury-institute.org in Norwich last week, and the recording is now online. I really appreciate the invitation, and all of the great questions and comments following the talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDGo...

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Third Thursday Lecture - Samurai, Knights, and Nationalisms: The Middle Ages in Modern Japan

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 14/01/2026

This lecture is happenbing tomorrow. In-person at Norwich Cathedral Hostry and online. There is still time to book your places!

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