Toshiba Lectures in Japanese Art: Japanese Porcelan-a four hundred year history
The Toshiba Lectures in Japanese Art provide a seriese of three lectures to a broad public audience. This year’s lecturers will be given by Dr. Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere who will uncovers the history of Japanese porcelain from its complicated birth through its strong export period to its powerful contemporary presence.
About Speaker: Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere is Professor of Japanese Art and Culture at the University of East Anglia and Research Director at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures.She is currently seconded to the British Museum as a curator in the Department of Asia working on its extensive ceramic collection. Her research interests include medieval to contemporary ceramic history in East Asian trade networks, the history of Japanese archaeology, the collecting of Japanese artefacts and art objects in Asia and Europe, contemporary Japanese craft expression and manga.
Lecture 1: Vessels of influence, China and the birth of porcelain in early modern Japan
- Date: Thursday 1 Nov 2012, 6.15 pm
- Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum
- Cost: Free but booking is essential
Lecture 2: White gold, Japanese export porcelain and international trade networks
- Date: Thursday 8 Nov 2012, 6.15 pm
- Venue: Brunei Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London, WC1H 0XG
Lecture 3: Japanese porcelain today, future directions and past references
- Date: Thursday 15 Nov 2012, 6 pm
- Venue: Norwich Cathedral Hostry, Weston Room, Norwich NR1 4EH