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29 April 2015

Call for applications for the University of Tokyo 2015 Summer Programme in Japanese Archaeology and Heritage

The Faculty of Letters of the University of Tokyo, in conjunction with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, invites applications from undergraduate students who are not of Japanese nationality and interested in Japanese archaeology and heritage to take part in a two-week Summer School program in Japan from 1st to 15th August 2015. Participants will spend the whole period with undergraduate students from the University of Tokyo and learn together about Japanese culture and history. Application deadline: 15 May 2015.

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18 November 2014

Toshiba Lectures in Japanese Art and Science on 20, 26 and 28 November 2014 in Norwich and London

The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures is holding its Toshiba Lectures in Japanese Art and Science on 20, 26 and 28 November 2014. The title of the series is Looking for the Roots of Modern Japanese Science and Technology in Edo-Period Japan 1615–1868 and the speaker is Kazuyoshi Suzuki (National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo).

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16 July 2014

Carmen Blacker Lecture - Tsushima: Japan viewed from the margins, 17 & 21 July 2014

The Carmen Blacker Lecture 2014, co-organised by the Japan Society with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts & Cultures, will be given by Peter Kornicki, Professor of Japanese Studies and Head of Department, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge and Deputy Warden, Robinson College.

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2 June 2014

Emerging Sociopolitical Art after 3/11 - talk by Yuko Hasegawa in Norwich on Thursday, 10 July 2014.

Emerging Sociopolitical Art after 3/11 – talk by Yuko Hasegawa in Norwich on Thursday, 10 July 2014.

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4 March 2014

Third Thursday Lecture Series, 20 March 2014 with Professor Joy Hendry

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures – Third Thursday Lecture Series, 20 March 2014 with Professor Joy Hendry.

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3 December 2012

Jōmon-inspired Music from Aomori at the British Museum on Friday 7 December, 6:30pm

Jōmon-inspired Music from Aomori Japan at the British Museum on Friday 7 December 2012 at 6.30pm in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre | £5 (members/concessions £3). Booking is essential. http://sainsbury-institute.org/news-events/special-event-at-the-british-museum The Jōmon, Japan’s oldest known culture, are the inspiration behind Yamagami Susumu’s ethereal music, which he performs on a shakuhachi (traditional Japanese flute) and a tsugaru shamisen

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