Timeline

Learn about our research activities under the Nara to Norwich project.

The arrival of belief: religion and archaeology at the extremities of the silk roads, AD 500–900

CJS Research seminar

01 November 2017

Perceptions of the arrival of Buddhism in Japan

Lecture

18 January 2018

The Arrival of Belief at the Extremities of the Silk Roads: Recent work on the archaeology of the interface between incoming and local religions in Eurasia 400 – 1000 AD

Conference

22 November 2018

Research trip to Japan and Korea

Travelling workshop

01 June 2019

Silk Roads: Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes

Publication

03 October 2019

“Nara to Norwich: the Arrival of Belief, religion and archaeology at the extremities of the Silk Roads AD 500–1000”

Publication

12 December 2019

Nara to Norwich: art and belief at the ends of the Silk Roads

Seminar

19 December 2019

Okinoshima in world perspective: Weaving narratives of ritual, politics and exchange

Lecture

25 January 2020

Transformation Act: Early Eighth-Century Relic Devotion and the Emerging “Prince Shōtoku Cult” at Hōryūji

Lecture

17 June 2021

Faces of Faith: Early Japanese Religious Statuary at the Sainsbury Centre

Exhibition

18 June 2021

Leiko Ikemura: Usagi in Wonderland

Exhibition

18 July 2021

Nara to Norwich Online Exhibition launched

Exhibition

8 June 2022

International Association for the Study of Silk Road Textiles (IASSRT)

Conference

15 October 2023

Research trip to Japan and Korea 

Travelling Workshop 

01 April 2024

Special issue of The Historian on the Silk Roads 

Publication

11 May 2024

Nara to Norwich Exhibition in the Forum, Norwich 

Exhibition

20 May 2024

Nara to Norwich: An Afternoon of Discussions and Presentations 

Symposium

25 May 2024

Nara to Norwich Online Exhibition completed and fully available

04 November 2024

Research trip to Japan including Oki Islands and Tsushima Islands

Research Activity

19 May 2025

Norwich to Walsingham pilgrimage route walk by the project team

Research Activity

09 June 2025

Signifying the Sacred: Art and Architecture in the landscape from the Swat Valley to East Anglia

Lecture

18 June 2025

Website relaunch and launch of virtual reality (VR) exhibition

VR exhibition

12 September 2025

Hasedera to Ise pilgrimage route walk by the project team

20 October 2025