Daiwa Tohoku Scholarships 2012
Deadline: 15 June 2012
Applications are now being received for Daiwa Foundation Tohoku Scholarships in support of Japanese students whose lives and studies have been affected by the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the north east of Japan.
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2012 Seminar Series
The theme for the 2012 Seminar Series is “Leadership: People and Power in the UK and Japan”.
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Exhibition: 19 Apr 2012 – 25 May 2012
Trees, Small Fires and Japanese Joints by Edward Allington
‘Trees, Small Fires and Japanese Joints’ is an exhibition of drawings by Edward Allington, Head of Graduate Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art. Some of the drawings are based on the famous screen by Kano Eitoku, ‘Cypress Trees’, some from other Japanese prints, some from observation, and others from comic books and a children’s guide to Japanese carpentry.
Exhibition: 8 Jun 2012 – 19 Jul 2012
Daiwa Foundation Art Prize
The three artists short listed for the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize, introducing British artists to Japan, will exhibit their work at Daiwa Foundation Japan House Gallery in London from 8 June until 19 July 2012. The winner of the £5,000 prize and the opportunity for a solo exhibition at SCAI THE BATHHOUSE in Tokyo (16 November – 20 December), will be announced on 7 June.
Talk: 14 June 2012
Before and After Superflat: A Short History of Japanese Contemporary Art, 1990 - 2011
‘Before and After Superflat: A Short History of Japanese Contemporary Art, 1990 – 2011′ (Timezone 8, 2012) tells the true inside story of the Japanese art world since 1990, as Japan has stumbled through a series of economic, social and ecological crises since the collapse of its “Bubble” economy. In this talk, author Adrian Favell will discuss the Japanese contemporary art scene with Jonathan Watkins, Director of the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham.
Seminar: 21 June 2012
Russia, China and Global Governance
With the rise of non-Western nations in the new world order, the need for international cooperation and global governance on economic, financial and security issues has never been greater. Our three speakers, Charles Grant, Akira Imamura and Professor Urs Matthias Zachmann, will discuss Russia, China and global governance issues from their own varying perspectives in this seminar chaired by Gideon Rachman.