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.
Seminar: 22 May 2012
Women and Leadership
The fourth seminar in our 2012 series Leadership: People and Power in the UK and Japan looks at Women and Leadership. Dr Wakako Hironaka will join Suzi Digby OBE for what promises to be an interesting discussion, chaired by Joanna Pitman.
Special event: 23 May 2012
International Symposium: Climate Change and Energy Policy in a Post-Fukushima World - What does the future hold?
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation in association with the University of Sheffield present an International Symposium on climate change and energy policy in a post-Fukushima world. Attendance by ticket only.
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.