5 November 2020
Former Daiwa Scholar Dr Christopher Harding’s new book, ‘The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives’ was published in November 2020.
The book’s twenty portraits take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to the life of the current empress, Masako, via shamans and warlords, poets and revolutionaries, scientists, artists and adventurers.
15 October 2020
Artist and Daiwa Scholarship alumnus, Carl Randall’s new painting “Nihonbashi” will be exhibited in a group show in Tokyo from 17 to 31 October 2020. Other artists in the show include Yuta Nakazato, Ayako Kita, Ryota Nishioka, Kohei Yamada and Hoshiki Ara.
Read on9 September 2020
Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist Carl Randall will be exhibiting a privately commissioned portrait painting as part of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, the Mall Galleries London, 16 to 26 September 2020. And, mounted high-quality giclée prints of some of Carl’s Japan paintings will be on sale at the National Portrait Gallery London, for a very limited time only.
Read on24 June 2020
On 24 June 2020, author and Daiwa Scholarship alumna Natasha Pulley spoke about her latest novel, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow. This sequel to The Watchmaker of Filigree Street takes readers to Japan, “where time, destiny and love collide to electrifying effect.” The video is available to watch on Exeter Library’s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/ExeterLibrary/videos/679855939232329/ Natasha spoke about and
Read on19 June 2020
The 2019 Tokyo performances of Daiwa Scholarship alumna, Francesca Le Lohé’s site-specific, dramatic musical work THE鍵KEY at Denchu Hirakushi House and Atelier have been awarded the 19th Keizo Saji Prize by the Suntory Foundation for the Arts. The prize is awarded yearly to a high-quality, challenging, and reaction-provoking performance selected from music-based public performances held in Japan that year. (Press release here.)
Read on30 April 2020
Alex Thacker is one of the four Daiwa Scholars in Japanese Studies 2019. He is currently entering his second semester at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan and below gives an insight into his current life in Kyoto.
Read on29 April 2020
Callum Sarracino began a Masters of Arts and Sciences in Information, Technology and Society in Asia at Tokyo University in September 2019. His interest area is Japanese popular media, in particular anime and manga. He is one of four Daiwa Scholars in Japanese Studies 2019. He returned to the UK for a brief holiday in March 2020, and is currently unsure when he will return to Tokyo.
Read on14 April 2020
Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist Carl Randall was selected for this year’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, at the Mall Galleries London. Due to include one of his privately commissioned portrait paintings, the exhibition was planned to be held at the gallery from 7 to 22 May 2020. This has been postponed or cancelled due to recent events; however, the exhibition can still be viewed online.
Read on26 March 2020
And there it came. At what would in normal circumstances already have been a busy time for Daiwa Scholars, with most of them moving homes, settling bills and having to say goodbye to friends made, far bigger problems in the world meant that for most of us, the Daiwa Scholars Graduation Ceremony became almost a side-show.
Read on25 March 2020
British Ambassador to Japan, Paul Madden, has sent the 2018 Daiwa Scholars a message of congratulations on their graduation from the programme.
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