International Seminar: Architecture Design and Research 2026

For researchers and postgraduate students, organized by Prof. Maria
Rita Pais, Prof. Ana Neiva, Prof. Carlos Guimarães, Prof. Dana Arnold, Prof. Tadeja Zupancic, and Prof. Spela Hudnik.

A collaborative initiative between the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (University of East Anglia), Universidade Lusófona, and the University of Ljubljana.

Full programme:

20 February
Body/Bodies
Giovanni Corbelini

27 February
Comparing Through Scales: Reading Utopia as a Critical Method
Jana Culek

6 March
Lost in Africa (and Finding My Way Back Again). Research Strategies, Pitfalls, and Self-Critique in Editing a Seven-Volume Architectural Guide
Philipp Meuser

13 March
Kiosk K67: Methamorphoses of a system
Maja Vardjan

20 March
Architecture and Fire: A Multi-Disciplinary Investigation
Stamatis Zografos

17 April
Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan – questions of interpreting and preserving heritage sites
Simon Kaner

24 April
Early modern Japanese artisans: the interface between architectural history, restoration, conservation and reconstruction
Satoshi Unno

22 May
The Foodscapes of Lisbon
Mariana Sanchez Salvador