12 October 2022
The current exhibition at Klei in London is of work by Daiwa Scholarships alumna Symy Ong. Currently Oxford-based, artist Symy Ong is exhibiting her first body of work back in the UK since spending time in Japan on the Daiwa Scholarship!
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Very many congratulations to former Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies Scholar Warren A. Stanislaus who was awarded the 2022 Ian Nish Prize for his article “From Cool Japan to Cold Japan: Grime Cyborgs in Black Britain” (2022). The Ian Nish Prize is awarded annually for the best article by an early career researcher in any
Read on7 September 2022
Oki will be performing at Glad Cafe in Glasgow on 11 November, at the White Hotel in Salford on 12 November and at Cafe Oto in London on 14 November. The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting travel to the UK by Ainu artist Oki on a debut UK tour with Rumiko
Read on6 September 2022
16 Daiwa Scholars from the 2020, 2021 and 2022 cohorts have arrived in Japan! The start of the programme has been delayed by two years in the case of the 2020 Scholars and by one year in the case of the 2021 Scholars. We wish them a great twelve months of language study (at Waseda),
Read on4 September 2022
Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and figurative painter Carl Randall was invited by the Japan Society London to give a talk on 4 July 2022. (Link to the video of the talk is below.) The talk took place at the Swedenborg Society in Bloomsbury, central London. In this illustrated lecture Carl gave an insight into his series
Read on25 November 2013
Port* Talk about the Shunga exhibition currently on at the British Museum, on Thursday, 28th November, 20.00-21.30.
Read on20 November 2013
On 6th December, Japanese violinist Midori Komachi will give a recital at Tokyo Opera City Hall, with a programme including works by British and Japanese composers – Elgar, Britten, Holst, Delius and Hosokawa. The London-based violinist has performed the works of British composers to critical acclaim, receiving the Delius Society Award in January 2013.
Read on19 November 2013
The workshop Sengū of the Ise Shrine: Rituals, Myths, and Politics is being hosted by the Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions (CSJR) at SOAS, on 21 and 22 November 2013. The event offers a platform for international scholars to exchange the findings of their latest research, and to disseminate knowledge to scholars and
Read on13 November 2013
On Sunday 17th November at 3pm, at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Oxford there will be a concert to raise money for the Japanese earthquake victims.
Read on8 November 2013
Tonight (Friday 8 November 2013) at 10:45pm on Radio 3, former Daiwa Scholar, Chris Harding’s talk on therapy versus prayer will be aired on BBC Radio 3 at 10:45 pm. Chris initially gave this talk on 26 October at the Free Thinking Festival 2013 at the Sage, Gateshead.
Read on5 November 2013
Rosa van Hensbergen, one of the 2012 Daiwa Scholars, is currently involved in a number of mixed-media dance performances taking place in Tokyo over the next two months (22 November, 30 November, 9 and 10 December). These are part of an ongoing collaborative project, INPUT PLACE, with ShaLeigh Comerford (American choreographer and director of ShaLeigh Dance Works) and Joe Snape (British electronic composer and researcher). All performances require advance reservation, and as seating is very limited, if you would like to come please book now to avoid disappointment. There is more information on events, times, and bookings below, and there will be regular project updates at the website inputplace.com, due to go live by 10 November 2013.
Read on5 November 2013
The Noh Training Project UK is delighted to announce that it has established a brand new Noh Group in association with Royal Holloway (University of London) to give people interested in Noh the opportunity to practise in the UK’s only dedicated Noh theatre, and to meet like-minded people.
Read on4 November 2013
The exhibition NATURAL FLUX is a unique exploration of nature as contemporary art, through the medium of bonsai and will be showing at Brick Lane Gallery Annexe (93-95 Sclater Street) 6th-11th November. NATURAL FLUX was initiated by professional bonsai specialist Peter Warren and is the continuation of an idea which dates back over 150 years in Japanese
Read on3 November 2013
Following the resounding success of last year’s event, the Experience Japan Exhibition is back for a third year. The event will introduce the various exciting opportunities to study and work in Japan. The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation will once again have a booth at this year’s Experience Japan, so please drop by to enquire about our Daiwa Scholarships, grants and events.
Read on1 November 2013
A tea ceremony demonstration and gallery talk will be held at the Embassy of Japan in London on Wednesday, 6 November at 3 p.m. The tea ceremony and gallery talk are being held to coincide with the Embassy of Japan’s current exhibition, Insight into Beauty: Chawan – Teabowls inspired by Japan, made in the UK.
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