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Happy Halloween! This week we’ll be exploring objects with (somewhat) spooky provenances. If you know of any objects with creepy contexts, then feel free to share them with us (bonus points if they relate to the Silk Roads)!

Autumn is here!

Æthelthryth (Ethelreada) (c.636–679) founded a double monastery—nuns and monks—and was Abbess until her death. The historian Bede tells that, 16 years after her death in an ordinary graver, her sister exhumed her body in order to rebury it in the new church at Ely. [1/4]

[💻ONLINE THIRD THURSDAY LECTURE 17 NOV 6PM GMT📅] Topic: Dealing with Disasters through Art: Japanese Artists and Their Strategies Speaker: Professor Hans Bjarne Thomsen (Section for East Asian Art, University of Zurich) More info & free registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

On 19 Nov Simon Kaner appreared on a Japanese TV programme 世界ふしぎ発見！ (EP titled Stonehenge x Jomon: The wonderful lives of ancient people unravelled by Arata Iura). Read the programme synopsis here (in Japanese): tbs.co.jp/f-hakken/onair…

Day two of Dogu at Stonehenge. What would your Dogu say about you? What would you want to communicate? Today we have had people making Valentine's Dogu, Flying Dogu, Happy Dogu and Thoughtful Dogu. Stonehenge Graham Taylor

Jōmon, is the name that we give to the Neolithic culture of Japan, that created the wonderful "Flame Pots. It's a name that actually comes from the pots themselves, and means "cord marked",

Announcing our #Japanese Writer in Residence Kaori Fujino, joining Workshop Leader Hitomi Yoshio at the BCLT National Centre for Writing Summer School! 12 FULL residential #bursaries are available, supported by The Yanai Initiative. #xl8 Find out more & apply here: buff.ly/3t6dqPE

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CJS Research Webinar – Book talk: Green with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled America’s Tea Cups japaninnorwich.org/2023/02/24/cjs…

Nara to Norwich is an international, collaborative research project that aims to re-define the Silk Roads beyond its usual limits of the Chinese and post-Roman worlds. This week, we’ll be providing links to online resources relating to the Silk Roads. Stay tuned!

Our March Third Thursay Lecture is happening this week. Register your online place from the link ⤵️

Let's explore the key sites discussed in the Nara to Norwich exhibition, starting with Japan. In a recent blog post, Nara to Norwich curator Simon Kaner describes his trip to Asuka, Japan, and how this site inspired new directions for the exhibition: naratonorwich.org/a-visit-to-asu…

Happy #SpringEquinox! Japan is one of very few countries where the spring and autumn equinoxes are national holidays. Celebrate with a 3D model of Oyu stone sundial, created by Corey Noxon!

The architectural masterpiece of Stonehenge and the astonishingly elaborate Jomon flame pot are both icons of prehistory. Don't miss your chance to see both in our new exhibition: Circles of Stone. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/Circles-of-Sto…

WATCH: UEA's Dr Ra Mason has spoken to Polish news outlet TVP, discussing Japan's relationship with Russia after it sent spy planes over Japan. Watch the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=C_qFYl… UEA Politics & International Relations Department Telewizja Polska #russia #japan

Built thousands of years ago. Thousands of miles apart. There was no contact between Japan and Britain in prehistory, yet stone circles were built in both places at the same time. Discover more in our #CirclesOfStone exhibition, closing on 3 September: bit.ly/Circles-of-Sto…

Very pleased to say that Simon Kaner Simon Kaner and my paper: The Role of Religion in Urban Form During the 7th and 8th Centuries AD at the Extremities of the Silk Roads, is out now in the marvellous Imperial Horizons of the Silk Roads volume archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/P…