Daiwa Foundation Small Grants

Next deadline: 31 March

Website: www.dajf.org.uk

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation offers grants from £1,000- £5,000 to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan to promote and support interaction between the two countries. Grants can cover all fields of activity, including educational and grassroots exchanges, research travel, exhibitions, and other projects and events that fulfil this broad objective. There are two application deadlines each year, 31 March and 30 September.

Daiwa Foundation Small Grants

Deadline: 30 September
Website: www.dajf.org.uk

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation offers grants from £1,000- £5,000 to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan to promote and support interaction between the two countries. Grants can cover all fields of activity, including educational and grassroots exchanges, research travel, exhibitions, and other projects and events that fulfill this broad objective. There are two application deadlines each year, 31 March and 30 September.

Photography in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Book Launch
Tuesday 30 June 2009, 6.00pm-8.00pm
Daiwa Foundation Japan House
13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP

http://www.dajf.org.uk/event_page.asp?Section=Eventssec&ID=422

Luke Gartlan - Lecturer in the School of Art History, University of St Andrews.
Sebastian Dobson - Independent scholar of the history of Japanese photography.
Toshio Watanabe (Chair) - Professor of History of Art and Design at the University of the Arts London Chelsea

From the earliest accounts of its arrival in Japan the camera has played a key role in the visual culture of Japanese society. In this provocative collection of essays, six renowned scholars have highlighted the historical diversity and significance of photography as a medium par excellence of Japanese visual modernity. This is a Special Issue of History of Photography (Summer 2009, Taylor & Francis), guest edited by Luke Gartlan.

Book a place
http://www.dajf.org.uk/event_tickets.asp?Section=Eventssec