19 September 2013
Asian Performing Arts UK presents Tadashi Endo lecture, demonstration and workshop in London from 4 October 2013
Asian Performing Arts UK are delighted to welcome the acclaimed Butoh artist Tadashi Endo to London.
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9 May 2013
International Japanese Modern Art History Symposium (JAMAHS)
New Boundaries in Modern Japanese Art History: Extending Geographical, Temporal and Generic Paradigms. From 19 to 20 June 2013 at SOAS, University of London (Russell Sq campus). SOAS will hold an international symposium on Japanese Modern Art and its History, with the aim of giving insights into the changing boundaries and concepts of Japanese and wider East
Read on12 March 2013
Abeya- Japanese Folk Musicians Visit UK Supported by the Daiwa Foundation
Japanese folk music group Abeya will be visiting the UK in March, supported by a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant, awarded in the September 2012 round. They will play two concerts, one at Durham University as part of the University’s Musicon Festival of East Asian Music on Wednesday 13 March at 7:30pm at the University Music
Read on1 November 2012
'TSUNAMI, 611 Days Later' Film event and panel discussion at SOAS on Sunday 11 November 2012
This special event is dedicated to looking at how lives are being rebuilt for those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami which happened on 11 March 2012. The day will include a screening of the documentary film ‘The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom’ (38min) / 2012 Academy Award-nominated documentary (Short Subject), directed
Read on13 October 2012
Joy Hendry's Japan Research Centre (JRC, Soas) Meiji Jingu Autumn Lecture (3 October 2012) - 'Anthropology turning History? Advantages and surprises of long-term fieldwork in Japan'
The widely-known, hugely respected and much-loved anthropologist Joy Hendry has been doing research in Japan for 40 years. In this Meiji Jingu Autum Lecture at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London the audience was privileged to hear Hendry’s personal account of her life as an anthropologist. Hendry modestly began by apologising in
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Okinawan and mainland Japan folk song (min'yo) & dance on Saturday 20 October at SOAS World Music Stage, part of the Bloomsbury Festival
A one-hour performance of Okinawan and mainland Japan folk song (min’yo) and dance will take place in Russell Square, as part of the Bloomsbury Festival. This will be held on the SOAS World Music Stage, from 5-6pm on Saturday October 20th. The first half-hour features two wonderful UK-based professional Japanese musicians: Yoshie Asano-Campbell (singer and
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