Fwd: Japan Culture Week at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

[Aaron Gerow]

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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 17:59:11 +0200
From: Lionel Babicz <babicz at h2.hum.huji.ac.il>
Subject: Japan Culture Week at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem


You will find below the program of the "Japan Culture Week" organized
by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with the cooperation of the
Embassy of Japan in Israel - to commemorate the 50th anniversary of
the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Lionel Babicz
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dept. of East Asian Studies
E-mail: babicz at huji.ac.il

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The School of History    The Institute of Asian and African Studies
 The Department of East Asian Studies
With the cooperation of the Embassy of Japan in Israel

Japan Culture Week
at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Maiersdorf Faculty Club & Hillel House
Mt. Scopus Campus


Sunday 8/12/2002

10:00   Film - "Principles and practices of zen" (Hillel House).
12:00   Creative workshop for origami -
            Demonstration and lecture by Mr. Paul Jackson (Hillel
House).
13:30   "The development of the art of origami" -
            Lecture by Mrs. Miri Golan (Hillel House).
14:30   "Writing haiku in Hebrew" -
            Lecture by Prof. Galit Hazan Rokem (The Hebrew
University) (Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).
16:00  "Albert Einstein's visit to Japan" -
           Lecture by Prof. Hanoch Gutfreund (The Hebrew University)
(Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).
18:00   "Another glimpse on history - Princess Mononoke"
            Lecture and Film - Ms. Shalmit Bejarano (The Hebrew
University) (Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).

Monday 9/12/2002

10:00    Film - "Shinju ten no Amijima, Double Suicide at Amijima"
(Hillel House).
12:00    "Japanese Traditional Woodblock Prints" -
             Lecture by Dr. Ilana Singer (Haifa Museum of Art)
(Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).
14:00   "Dogen's zen poetry" -
            Lecture by Prof. Jacob Raz (Tel-Aviv University)
(Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).
15:00    "Shodo - Art and philosophy in Japan" -
             Lecture by Mrs. Tirtza Paytan (Hillel House, 407).
16:30   "The experience of translating the novel 'Norwegian Wood'
from Japanese into Hebrew"-
            Lecture by Mr. Doron B. Cohen (The Hebrew University)
(Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).
18:00   Opening Ceremony of the Japan Culture Week Commemorating the
50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between
Japan and Israel (Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501)

            Chair: Prof. Yosef Kaplan , Head of the School of
History, the Hebrew University

            Greetings: Vice President of the Hebrew University,
Ambassador Moshe Arad
            Prof. Gabriel Motzkin, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities
            Prof. Reuven Amitai, Head of the Institute of Asian and
African Studies
            Dr. Lihi Yariv-Laor, Head of the Department of East Asian
Studies
            H.E. Mr. Tadashi Imai, Ambassador of Japan.

           Concert:  Japanese Songs of the 20th Century.
                           Cilla Grossmeyer - soprano
                           Zvi Semel - pianist.

          Lecture by Prof. Ben-Ami Shillony: "Small is beautiful in
Japanese art" (The Hebrew University).

Tuesday 10/12/2002

10:00  Film - "Seven Samurai" (Hillel House).
12:00 "Washi - traditional Japanese art of paper making and paper
craft" - Demonstration by an Arab-Jewish joint workshop  from the
Galillee involving people with special needs - directed by Mrs.
Tirtza Paytan (Hillel House, 407).
14:00   "Movement and word in Japanese theater" -
            Lecture and demonstration by Dr. Kineret Noy (The Hebrew
University) (Hillel House).
16:00   "Japan and the problem of international terror" -
            Lecture by Prof. Ehud Harari (The Hebrew University)
(Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).
18:00  "How did soccer become so popular in Japan?" -
            Lecture by Dr. Lionel A. Babicz  (The Hebrew University)
(Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).

Wednesday 11/12/2002

10:00   Film - "Rashomon" (Hillel House).
12:00   "Japanese Self Defence Forces today" -
            Lecture by Prof. Eyal Ben-Ari (The Hebrew University)
(Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).
14:00   "The Jewish State and the Rising Sun" -
             Lecture by Dr. Miron Medzini (Hebrew University)
(Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).
16:00   "Japan's economy from a model of imitation to a continuous
crisis" -
            Lecture by Dr. Ishay Yaffe (The Hebrew University)
(Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).
18:00  Tea ceremony -
            Mrs. Mariko Tsujita and Mrs. Masako Babicz (The Hebrew
University) (Maiersdorf Faculty Club, 501).


Thursday 12/12/2002

10:00   Film - "Tanpopo" (Hillel House).
12:00   Workshop in Japanese calligraphy
             by Mr. Kazuo Ishii (Hillel House, 407)
14:00    "Matsuri - Festivals of Japan" -
             Lecture by Dr. Irit Averbuch (Tel-Aviv University)
(Hillel House).
16:00    "The way in Japanese architecture from the 8th  century to
the 20th century" -
             Lecture by architect Mr. Arie Kotz (Hillel House).
18:00    Concert: Selection of Japanese compositions.
             Pianists duo:  Mrs. Tami Kanazawa and  Mr. Yuval Admoni
(the Faculty of Humanities Building, 2715).

During the whole week Hillel House will present workshops in Japanese
martial arts and shiatsu.
An exhibition of Japanese traditional woodblock prints (ukiyoe) will
be held at the National Library, Givat Ram Campus of the Hebrew
University.

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