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Sainsbury Institute Studentship in Japanese Art History

"We are pleased to announce the inaugural Sainsbury Institute Studentship in Japanese Art History, to be awarded to an outstanding student in the MA course in Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia, specializing in Japanese art history. The Studentship caries a value of full domestic fees for the course.

The MA in Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies was launched in 2020, and is a collaboration between the Sainsbury Institute and the University of East Anglia, https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/postgraduate/ma-interdisciplinary-japanese-studies.

This innovative one-year course covers a range of disciplinary approaches in Japanese Studies, with Japanese visual culture and art history shaping the core of its curriculum. The course also benefits from close collaborations with the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts with its collection of Japanese arts, as well as partners of the Sainsbury Institute, which include the British Museum, SOAS, Ritsumeikan University, and more.

To apply, please submit your application to the MA Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies. After you application has been received by the University’s Admissions, please send your CV and a 2-page cover letter as a single PDF file to sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org. Cover letter shall contain information about your training, field of interest, and future career plans. To be considered for the studentship, please send your application before June 30, 2022.

Selection results will be announced by the end of July.


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