SOAS (JRC) Japan Research Centre

Call for Papers for the Seventh Annual Conference of the Japan Economy Network The Japan Economy Network (JEN) and SOAS, University of London invite submissions of papers and extended abstracts for the Seventh Annual JEN Conference.

Be sure to attend the hybrid lecture on the renowned Japanese textile artist Serizawa Keisuke and his fascinating artistic journey within the Mingei movement, organised by Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures on 21 March 2024 at 6pm (GMT)!

[ ✨Third Thursday Lecture - ‘Ehon Don Kihōte’: The precursor of the Serizawa books 📖]

Join us for an enlightening talk by our current Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow, Dr. Rosanna Rios Perez, on the renowned Japanese textile artist Serizawa Keisuke and his fascinating artistic journey within the Mingei movement.

The focus will be on ‘Ehon Don Kihōte’, first commissioned by Carl Tilden Keller in 1935, and its later 1976 edition, ‘Shinpan Ehon Don Kihōte’. Dr. Rios Perez will explore the context of these books within the framework of Mingei ideals and Serizawa's personal artistic growth.

This will be a hybrid event, although in-person spaces are limited. If you would like to attend the lecture at the Sainsbury Institute in Norwich, please email [email protected] or call us on +44 (0)1603 597507 to book your place.

Those who wish to attend online, please register from the Zoom link.

📅Date: 21 March, 2024
⌚Time: 6pm GMT
📍Location: 64 The Close, Norwich NR1 4DH/Zoom –
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6216484764877/WN_o0pscHCEQaCxjOoCKaOlCA

Third Thursday Lecture series is supported by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, and Yakult UK.

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures is hosting an exciting online symposium on postwar Japanese and Korean photography on 25-26 March 2024. Check it out!

The 32nd Sir Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese took place at SOAS on 7th November 2023

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'How gender inequality is hindering Japan’s economic growth' - By Sarah Parsons

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SOAS senior lecturer Dr Helen Macnaughtan has been presented with the Ambassador’s Commendation by Mr Hayashi Hajime, Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom, in recognition of her 'distinguished service' in contributing to the "deepening of mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and the United Kingdom".

Ambassador's Commendation awarded to Dr Helen Macnaughtan Supported by the Toshiba International Foundation since 2017, this final event in the series was hosted by the Japan Research Centre in the Khalili Lecture Theatre.

'Kenzaburō Ōe: a writer of real humanity and the real Japan'

By Filippo Cervelli (Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature, SOAS)

Kenzaburō Ōe: a writer of real humanity and the real Japan An uncompromising writer who wrote about the dark and light of postwar Japan