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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Yuki Russell - Conservation Practices in Japan
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by The Courtauld Institute of Art. For details\, please see this page. \nThis event is part of the Japanese Studies series organised in collaboration with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) and The Courtauld Institute of Art.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-yuki-russell-conservation-practices-in-japan/
LOCATION:The Courtauld\, Vernon Square\, Penton Rise\, London\, WC1X 9EW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260219T180000
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Susan Whitfield - Pilgrimage from Nara to Norwich
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. For more information\, please visit this page: https://www.sainsbury-institute.org/events/pilgrimage-from-nara-to-norwich/ 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-susan-whitfield-nara-on-the-silk-road/
LOCATION:SISJAC (Online)\, The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures\, Norwich\, NR1 4DH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260212T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260212T200000
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Joy Hendry - Doing Field Research in Japan: A Long View
DESCRIPTION:Joy Hendry last year clocked up 50 years since she first travelled to Japan for a year’s field research in her subject of social anthropology. The methods and practice have changed a lot since that time\, but essentially the aims are the same\, namely to understand and explain Japanese ways of thinking and behaving in a variety of contexts. Joy’s talk will lay out these aims in more detail and explain their importance for anyone with an interest in Japan\, illustrating the explanations with examples of her own long-term research over the period in rural Kyushu and seaside Chiba prefecture\, and shorter observations elsewhere. She will also take a glance at the future of the subject\, now very popular in Japan\, both with international scholars and local ones. \n  \nJoy Hendry is professor emerita of Oxford Brookes University\, where she taught for 30 years.She has published 11 books and many articles\, founded the Europe Japan Research Centre and the Japan Anthropology Workshop\, and was awarded an Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese Emperor in 2017. The 6th edition of her textbook Understanding Japanese Society has just come out\, co-authored with Emma Cook who teaches in Japan.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-joy-hendry-tbc-doing-field-research-in-japan-a-long-view/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260203T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260203T203000
DTSTAMP:20260316T115916
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Halle O'Neal - The Weight of Ephemeral Things: Paper\, Memory\, and Women Makers in Medieval Japan
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-halle-oneal-the-weight-of-ephemeral-things-paper-memory-and-women-makers-in-medieval-japan/
LOCATION:The Courtauld\, Vernon Square\, Penton Rise\, London\, WC1X 9EW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260108T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260108T200000
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Dr Christopher Harding - Barbarians: The First Century of Encounter Between Japan and Europe
DESCRIPTION:In this lecture\, historian and broadcaster Christopher Harding explores the first 100 years of encounter between Japan and Europe\, beginning in the mid-1500s. What led each side to regard the other as ‘barbarians’ – and how did the relationship evolve from there? \nChristopher Harding is Senior Lecturer in Asian History at the University of Edinburgh. His books include Japan Story: In Search of a Nation\, 1850 to the Present. You can also find him on Substack and Instagram: ‘History with Chris Harding’. \n\nFree and open to all at 14 Stephenson Way\, NW1 2HD. To join us online email: mb@royalasiaticsociety.org
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-dr-christopher-harding-barbarians-the-first-century-of-encounter-between-japan-and-europe/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251211T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251211T203000
DTSTAMP:20260316T115916
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Prof Kikuko Hirafuji - Japanese Mythology Across Cultures:  Gods\, Encounters\, and Global Views
DESCRIPTION:This lecture introduces the myths and gods of Japan in a cross-cultural perspective. It will explore how Japanese mythology has been compared with traditions from other regions\, how it was first presented in Britain\, and how Japanese deities have been represented and reinterpreted over time. Finally\, the talk will consider how these gods are understood in the contemporary world\, showing the continuing significance of Japanese mythology in a global context. \n  \n \n  \nKikuko Hirafuji is Professor of Shinto Studies at Kokugakuin University in Tokyo and a Visiting Scholar at SOAS\, University of London. She specializes in Japanese mythology and religious culture\, exploring how myths have been reinterpreted across history\, art\, and contemporary popular culture.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/prof-kikuko-hirafuji/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Dr Michelle Damian – Networks of Violence and Trade: Premodern Piracy in Japanese Waters
DESCRIPTION:Third Thursday lecture – Sainsbury Institute\n\n\nThursday 20 November\, 2025\n6:00pm GMT – 7:00pm GMT\nOnline lecture via Zoom.\n50 min lecture followed by Q&A.\nFree and open to all\, booking essential.\nTo check your time zone conversion if you are joining from outside the UK\, click here. \nIf you have limited access to the internet but would still like to view the lecture\, please email sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org or call us on +44 (0) 1603 597507 to book to attend our livestream from 64 The Close.  \nSpeaker\nDr Michelle Damian (Associate Professor of History\, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) \nAbout the Talk\nPiracy was a constant\, looming threat in premodern Japan. Yet the role of the “pirates” themselves shifted depending upon who was being impacted by their actions. For some\, they were threatening figures\, intimidating travelers and disrupting trade. To others\, they functioned more as “sea lords\,” mimicking terrestrial daimyō (samurai lords) in their control of sea lanes instead of land routes.  In nearly every case\, however\, piratical activities demanded some kind of response from central authorities. Through these actions and reactions we can see the development of different types of networks in premodern Japan. The threat of piracy resulted in forces being mobilized against them\, or in strategies to actively work with them\, or sometimes simply complying with them in order to avoid rousing their ire. From the tenth-century royal court’s mobilization of forces to combat the “first pirate\,” Fujiwara no Sumitomo\, to the fifteenth-century Murakami pirate group’s impact on domestic trade patterns\, this presentation will consider written and archaeological evidence to explore those networks of violence and trade. \nAbout the Speaker\nMichelle Damian is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She specializes in Japanese maritime history and archaeology\, and has authored chapters in the volumes Land\, Power and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan (University of Hawaii Press) and Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Early Modern Colonialism in Asia-Pacific (University of Florida Press)\, among other publications. Michelle has worked and studied in Japan for over nine years. Her current research focuses on 14th– to 16th– century Japanese maritime-based trade networks\, tracing the movements of both people and commodities in the Seto Inland Sea region. \nImage: The swirling currents offshore Taizaki Island\, Ehime Prefecture\, part of the stronghold of the Nōshima Murakami pirates. Photo by Michelle Damian\, 2013. \nRegister here
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-dr-michelle-damian-networks-of-violence-and-trade-premodern-piracy-in-japanese-waters-online-lecture/
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251107T203000
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Bashar Tabbah - Shiro 城: A Photographic Exploration of Japanese Castles
DESCRIPTION:Bashar Tabbah is a Levantine-English photographer and author based out of Amman\, Jordan. His work primarily focuses on cultural and religious heritage\, particularly within the Islamic and Mediterranean worlds.  With over 600 sites documented globally\, as well as several books published on Jordan and Palestine\, Bashar continues his work while also sharing his experiences and photography through talks\, exhibitions and publications. \nOver the past two years Bashar has been actively documenting Japan’s incredible feudal era strongholds with the intent to publish a book on the subject in the near future\, in this lecture he takes us on a visual tour of these castles. \n  \nFree and open to all at 14 Stephenson Way\, NW1 2HD \nTo join us online email: mb@royalasiaticsociety.org
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/bashar-tabbah-shiro-%e5%9f%8e-a-photographic-exploration-of-japanese-castles/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251021T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251021T200000
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Rosina Buckland and Alexander Owen - TBC: Conservation and installation project of a Japanese bodhisattva
DESCRIPTION:Further details TBC \n  \nSainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) \n64 The Close \nNorwich NR1 4DH \nsisjac@sainsbury-institute.org \n  \nThe Courtauld Institute of Art \nVernon Square \nPenton Rise \nLondon WC1X 9EW \nSujatha.Meegama@courtauld.ac.uk
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/rosina-buckland-and-alexander-owen-tbc-conservation-and-installation-project-of-a-japanese-bodhisattva/
LOCATION:The Courtauld\, Vernon Square\, Penton Rise\, London\, WC1X 9EW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T190000
DTSTAMP:20260316T115916
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere - The Art of Manga
DESCRIPTION:Register here \nOnline lecture via Zoom.\n50 min lecture followed by Q&A.\nFree and open to all\, booking essential.\nTo check your time zone conversion if you are joining from outside the UK\, click here. \nIf you have limited access to the internet but would still like to view the lecture\, please email sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org or call us on +44 (0) 1603 597507 to book to attend our livestream from 64 The Close.  \nThis lecture forms part of the Japan Studies: Past\, Present and Future series in collaborations with the Royal Asiatic Society\, and the Courtauld Institute of Art. \nSpeaker\nProfessor Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere (Research Director\, Sainsbury Institute) \nAbout the Talk\nInternational enthusiasm for manga and anime is at an all-time high. Manga has finally established itself as part of the mainstream culture in the United States\, with sales of print manga titles in the U.S. increasing 27 times faster than those in the conventional book industry in the USA. In Europe\, manga has long been recognised as a powerful form of visual graphic expression. Britain\, however\, has traditionally been a bit slower in its embrace of manga. Bucking this trend in 2019\, the British Museum held one of the most ambitious exhibitions on manga\, focusing on its history\, range\, and impact. Featuring over 50 artists from past to present\, the Citi Manga exhibition attempted to contextualise and as well as capture the power of manga. Happily\, the exhibition was a confirmed success with record visitor numbers\, attracting new diverse audiences to the museum. \nSix years later\, the de Young Museum\, part of the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco in the United States is currently hosting a very different manga exhibition featuring the art of manga drawings (genga) highlighting 10 manga artists (mangaka). With a total of 689 individual works on display\, this exhibition is one of the most ambitious one to showcase this important art form. Working with the artists\, multiple Japanese publishers\, and various stakeholders to create this exhibition was instructive. This lecture will introduce the Art of Manga and explore the lessons learned and possibilities for the future. \nAbout the Speaker\nNicole Coolidge Rousmaniere\, Ph.D.\, is the founding Director and currently the Research Director of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures and Professor of Japanese Art and Culture at the University of East Anglia\, Norwich UK. She wrote Vessels of Influence: China and the Birth of Porcelain in Medieval and Modern Japan with Bloomsbury Academic in 2012 and translated Professor Tsuji Nobuo’s A History of Art in Japan with Tokyo University Press in 2018\, re-issued by Columbia University Press in 2020\, among numerous other publications. She was the lead curator for the Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan exhibition in 2007 featuring Moriguchi Kunihiko and his father’s yuzen kimono\, and the Citi Exhibition Manga マンガ in 2019\, both held at the British Museum where she was curator from 2008-2019. She is currently curator of a large art of manga exhibition\, The Art of Manga\, on display at the de Young Museum\, San Francisco\, from 27 September 2025 to 25 January 2026. She was made the Tottori Prefecture furusato ambassador in 2021. \n  \nImage: ©︎ Rumiko Takahashi/Shogakukan; ©︎ PAPIER/Jirō Taniguchi\, Masayuki Qusumi\, FUSOSHA; ©︎ Mari Yamazaki\, Tori Miki/Shinchosha; ©︎ Hirohiko Araki & LUCKY LAND  COMMUNICATIONS/Shueisha; ©︎ Kazumi Yamashita/KODANSHA LTD.; ©︎ Fujio Akatsuka; ©︎ Gengoroh Tagame/Futabasha Publishers Ltd.; ©︎ Fumi Yoshinaga/HAKUSENSHA\, Inc.; “Hinemosu notari nikki” ©︎ Tetsuya Chiba/Big Comic (Shogakukan); ©︎ Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/sisjac-nicole-coolidge-rousmaniere-the-art-of-manga/
LOCATION:SISJAC (Online)\, The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures\, Norwich\, NR1 4DH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:RAS Lectures & Events
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Benedetta Lomi - The Lives and Afterlives of Buddhist Icons: Deactivation and Reactivation Rituals in Medieval Japan
DESCRIPTION:Further information not yet available. Check soon for updates!
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-benedetta-lomi-the-lives-and-afterlives-of-buddhist-icons-deactivation-and-reactivation-rituals-in-medieval-japan/
LOCATION:The Courtauld\, Vernon Square\, Penton Rise\, London\, WC1X 9EW\, United Kingdom
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