News & Events
Collaboration between Palace Museum Beijing
and Heidelberg University
Histories of Japanese Art and their Global Contexts: New Directions
Impressions
Cooperation Project with the Porcelain Department,
Dresden State Art Collections (SKD)
Research Project:
The Ethnographic Eye – Art during the Sino-Japanese War
15.10.2025 | Welcome winter semester 2025/26
Dear students, welcome to the Institute of East Asian Art History (IKO)! We look forward to welcoming you again in the winter semester 2025/26. At the semester introduction on October 15, 2025, you were able to get to know the IKO team and find out more about our courses, special lectures, other events and scholarships. The event will take place in Room 120.01.10 and starts at 11:45. We'll provide some snacks and drinks and look forward to see you!
Ishibashi Foundation Visiting Professor: Matsuba Ryōko
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Matsuba Ryōko as the 34th Ishibashi Foundation Visiting Professor this winter semester. Matsuba Ryōko is a specialist on Edo period printed culture. She is currently Lecturer in Japanese Digital Arts and Humanities at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of East Anglia. She received her PhD from Ritsumeikan University (2008). She was a curator of the Citi Exhibition Manga at the British Museum and co-author of the exhibition catalogue. Recently, she has led the Institute’s ‘Digital Japan’ project, which focuses on the digitization of museum collections such as tsuba and urushi lacquerware. This project involves collaboration with several institutions, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the British Museum, and Chiddingstone Castle. The project also receives technical support from the Art Research Centre (ARC) at Ritsumeikan University. Her research also focuses on the recording of traditional craft techniques in Japan. Students can look forward to her classes on ‘Japanese Popular Prints: Traditions, Transformations, and their Impact on Visual Culture’ and ‘Authenticity in the Arts of Japan’.
