"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...

[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...

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...

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...

[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...

📢 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...

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...

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...

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...

[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...

[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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

NARA TO NORWICH✏️: Preparing for the Walsingham Way For this week's blog, Susan Whitfield brings the first in a series of posts about the Walsingham Way in the lead up to our planned walk of the route 09-12 June 2026. Read more here: naratonorwich.org/pr...

Third Thursday Lecture - Samurai, Knights, and Nationalisms: The Middle Ages in Modern Japan Thu 15 Jan 2026 with @olegb.bsky.social (@york.ac.uk) 6:00pm GMT, In-person in Norwich (venue TBC) & online via Zoom 🎟 Free and open to all – booking essential us06web.zoom.us/webi...

Season's Greetings from all at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures!

NARA TO NORWICH ✏️ BLOG POST: Sacred Paths, Protected Lands: Pilgrimage, Ecology and Conservation in the Anthropocene explores the symbiotic relationship between pilgrimage sites and protected natural environments. naratonorwich.org/sa...

Thank you to everyone who joined our final Third Thursday Lecture of 2025 in-person at UEA and online. Illuminating talks on Building Eternity were followed by a lively Q&A and a festive drinks reception.

This month's bumper edition e-bulletin is out now! Sign up to our mailing list to her from us directly to your inbox! Photo: The Cortazzis visiting the Sainsbury Institute sainsbury-institute....

[Call for applications – Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2026-27] For PhD holders/Early Career Researchers of Japanese visual and material cultures. Starting Sep 2026. Based in Norwich UK. Further information -> www.sainsbury-instit...

[Third Thursday Lecture - Building Eternity: Japanese Perspectives on Sustainability and the Sacred] Thurs 18 Dec, 5-7pm at UEA Lecture Theatre 1, and Zoom. Email us for in-person attendance. Online registration here - us06web.zoom.us/webi...

📢 Join us for Japan and Colonialism: A Transregional Approach 🗓 Thu 4 Dec | 🕙 10:00–12:00 GMT 📍 Earlham Hall EH 0.12, UEA Open to all, no registration needed! Talks + panel on Japan’s colonial history.

NARA TO NORWICH ✏️ BLOG: Sacred Routes and Hydrological Worlds: Water and waterscapes in pilgrimage Olivia Butler explores the central role that water and waterscapes play within routes linking sacred spaces and at sites of pilgrimage themselves. naratonorwich.org/sa... 1/2

NARA TO NORWICH ✏️ BLOG POST: Exploring Pilgrimage across Britain and Japan For this week's post, project member Olivia Butler introduces the first in a series comparing pilgrimage sites across Britain and Japan. naratonorwich.org/ex...

Meet Dr Clara Momoko Geber-Mérida, a Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow 2025-26. To find out more about the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships, including eligibility and application process for the 2026–27 openings, visit: www.sainsbury-instit...

Meet Dr Eve Loh-Kazuhara, a Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow 2025-26. To find out more about the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships, including eligibility and application process for the 2026–27 openings, visit: www.sainsbury-instit...

[ONLINE THIRD THURSDAY LECTURE - Networks of Violence and Trade: Premodern Piracy in Japanese Waters] Date: Thursday 20 November, 2025 Time: 6:00pm GMT - 7:00pm GMT Speaker: Dr Michelle Damian (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webi...

[In-person talk - Okinawan Craft: History and the Present] 📅 Mon 3 Nov | 🕔 5–7 PM GMT 📍 Duke St Lecture Theatre, NUA, Norwich Speaker: Prof Junko Kobayashi Free for all, booking essential. More info: www.sainsbury-instit...