Freya Terryn, PhD
I am a postdoctoral researcher in Japanese art history at the Institute for the Study of Civilisations, Arts and Lettres (INCAL) of UCLouvain. I have held visiting research appointments at the International Research Institute for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken), Kokugakuin University, National Museum of Asian Art (Smithsonian Institution), and Kobe University. I earned my PhD in Japanese Studies from KU Leuven in 2021.
​At UCLouvain, I also hold the appointment of scientific curator of the Japanese Donation (almost 14 000 volumes dating from the 12th century to the 1920s), that is part of the Rare Books Reserve of UCLouvain Libraries.​
About me
Experience
​I am the recipient of several research fellowships including an Ishibashi Foundation / The Japan Foundation Fellowship for Research on Japanese Art (January-February 2024), an Anne van Biema Fellowship at the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution (August-November 2023), a research fellowship of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation at the Berlin State Library (2022), and a PhD Fellowship of the Research Foundation Flanders (2017-2021), as well as of visiting scholarships at Nichibunken (2025), Kokugakuin University (2024), and Kobe University (2023).
