The Sainsbury Institute for Art (SIfA) is based in the

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at the

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in the

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Organization

The Sainsbury Institute for Art is an

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that brings together the activities and expertise of the

, the School of World Art Studies and Museology (WAM), the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) and the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (SRU).

"The Institute works to develop an integrated approach to art as a global phenomenon through a combination of disciplinary approaches, exhibitions and programming".

SIfA was officially opened on 16 November 2011.

Neil MacGregor Robert Neil MacGregor (born 16 June 1946) is a British art historian and former museum director. He was editor of the ''The Burlington Magazine, Burlington Magazine'' from 1981 to 1987, then Director of the National Gallery, London, from 1987 ...

, Director of the British Museum, gave the inaugural lecture. The institute's study area was designed by

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Centre for Archaeology and Heritage

The Sainsbury Institute has among other divisions the Centre for Archaeology and Heritage which was established in 2011. The Centre focuses on research projects in the field of archaeology in Japan as well as the cultural heritage, working as a hub of researchers and students interested in the prehistoric to historic background of Japanese culture.

The Lisa Sainsbury Library

In 2003, the facilities of the Lisa Sainsbury Library was inaugurated by Orita Masaki, the Ambassador of Japan on the Norwich headquarters of the Sainsbury Institute. Researchers of Japanese studies can make appointment to use the library for reference books and digitized materials.

Management Board

Ex-officio Members David Richardson, Vice-Chancellor, University of East Anglia (Chair)

Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, (born 13 March 1954) is a British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to ...

Peter Hesketh

Elizabeth Esteve-Coll Dame Elizabeth Anne Loosemore Esteve-Coll (née Kingdon; born 14 October 1938) is a British academic and former museum director and librarian. Career The daughter of a Darlington bank clerk, she was educated at Darlington High School, Trini ...

Masatomo Kawai Non-ex-officio Members

Tim Lankester Sir Timothy Patrick Lankester, KCB (born 15 April 1942), is a former President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, England, and the first economic private secretary to Margaret Thatcher. Lankester is the son of Preb. Robin Prior Archibald Lanke ...

KCB Stephen McEnally

David Warren (diplomat) Sir David Alexander Warren, KCMG (born 11 August 1952) is a British diplomat, serving as HM Ambassador to Japan in the period 2008–2012. He retired from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in January 2013, and served as chairman of The Japan ...

Ex-officio Participating Observer

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Philip Gilmartin Simon Kaner

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Japan based non-ex-officio Participating Observer Tadashi Kobayashi

Publications

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * : an exhibition catalogue at Embassy of Japan in London, between 24 June and 18 July 2013 Sainsbury Institute for Art Mezzanine

References

External links

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The School of World Art Studies & Museology, UEASainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEASainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the Americas, UEASainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and CulturesNeil MacGregor's SIfA Inaugural Lecture
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