Memories of Holocaust and Attitudes to Israel

Schedule & Venue

Date: April 18 (Sun) 13:30 - 17:30
Venue: Liberty Hall, Liberty Tower 1F of Meiji University's Surugadai Campus

Admission: free
Address: 1-1 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Map: http://www.meiji.ac.jp/koho/campus_guide/suruga/access.html

Part 1 (13:30 - 15:30)
Symposium
Panelists（Affiliation; Specialty）
-Prof. SHIBA, Kensuke (Tokyo Women's University; Nazism and History of Jewish Question)
-Dr. YAMAGUCHI, Satoko [Center for Feminist Theology and Ministry in Japan, co-director; Biblical Studies]
-Prof. OKA, Mari (Kyoto University; Modern Arabic Literature and Palestine Question)
-Prof. SUH, Kyungsik (writer, Tokyo Keizai University; Human Rights and Minorities)
Moderator
-Prof. UKAI, Satoshi (Hitotsubashi University; French Literature and Modern Thoughts)

Discussion

Part 2 (16:00-17:30)
Lecture
-Dr. Yakov Rabkin (Montreal University)
“Message from the Author” (English/ translation into Japanese)

Question & Answer

Notice
*Party for celebrating publication, following the Symposium
Time: 18:00-19:30/ Place: in the Liberty Tower/ Fee will be needed. (Tickets available at the Entrance of the Liberty Hall.)

*Autograph Session During the interval of Symposium, and after the end of Symposium, copies of the book will be sold atthe special price in the lobby. The author will autograph the book after being purchased.

Scope

Many Japanese are likely to recall Holocaust when asked about Israel. The Diary of Anne Frank has been widely read for many years to this day.

Israel is seen as a compensation for the tragedy European Jews suffered during World War II, the ultimate expression of racial anti-Semitism.

This tragedy is also invoked in justification of Israel's military activities, including the 2009-10 attack on Gaza resulting in 1,400 Palestinian casualties.
International reaction to the attack has also been affected by memories of the Holocaust: some compare Israeli troops to the Nazis while others restrain their indignation excusing Israel as the legatee of the Holocaust.

Either way, the memory of the Holocaust muddles rational debate about Israel and its actions.

This symposium aims at encouraging open discussion of the politics of memory and their effects on public perceptions of the conflict in Israel/Palestine, of connections between anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and public attitudes to Israel and its raison d'etat.

Professor Yakov Rabkin of l'Universit・ de Montr・al will visit Japan on the occasion of the publication of his work in Japanese by Heibonsha under the title “In The Name Of Torah: The History Of Jewish Opposition To Zionism (“Torah No Nanioite: Sionizumu Ni Taisuru Yudayakyo No Teiko No Rekishi”) translated from French to Japanese by Prof. Kanno Kenji.

The price of the book is 5,670 yen incl. tax.

Supporters

ARAI, Eiko (Associate Professor, Keisen University) ARAI, Sasagu ( Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo) ICHIKAWA, Hiroshi (Professor, University of Tokyo) OKANOUCHI, Tadashi (Professor, Hosei University) OKUYAMA, Machi (Professor, Tokiwa University) KATAOKA, Sachihiko (Representattive , GN21) KATSUMATA, Makoto (Professor, Meiji Gakuin University) KIMURA, Shuzo (Professor Emeritus, Kobe University) KURITA, Yoshiko (Professor, Chiba University) KUROKI, Hidemitsu (Professor,Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) KURODA, Yasumasa (Professor Emeritus, Hawaii University) KODAMA, Noboru (Professor Emeritus, Ryukoku University) SAKAI, Keiko (Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) SATOH, Migaku (Professor, St Paul University) SHIMOMURA, Yuichi (Professor Emeritus, Chiba University) SUGASE, Akiko (Senior Researcher, Graduate University for Advanced Studies) TAKAHASHI, Kazuo (Professor, Open University of Japan) TATEYAMA, Ryoji (Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan) TANAMI, Aoe (Committee Member, “Midan”) NAGANUMA, Muneaki (Professor, Nihon University) MINAMIZUKA, Shingo (Professor, Housei University) NARAMOTO, Eisuke (Professor, Housei University) HAYAO, Takanori (UTCP, University of Tokyo) HARYU, Ichiro (Critic of Literature and Arts) BANDOH, Hiroshi (Professor Emeritus, Meiji University) HIRAYAMA, Kentaro (Editorial Member, Quarterly “Arab”) HIROKAWA, Ryuichi (Editor, “Days Japan”) FUJITA, Susumu (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) MAEDA, Keiho (Professor Emeritus, Kanazawa University) FUKUDA, Kunio (Professor, Meiji University) MORI, Ei (writer) MORI, Mariko (Associate Professor, University of Tokyo) MORIMOTO, Akifumi (researcher, Institute of Disarmament and Peace, Meiji University) YAMAGATA, Takao (Professor Emeritus, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University) YUASA, Masae (Professor, Hiroshima City University) WAKABAYASHI, Chiyo (Professor, Okinawa University)

Constitutors

Organizer: Committee for Organizing Symposium & Gunshuku-Heiwa Kenkyujo (Institute of Disarmament and Peace, Meiji University), represented by the followings:
Prof. ITAGAKI, Yuzo (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo), Prof. USUKI, Akira (Nihon Women's University), Prof. NAGASAWA, Eiji (University of Tokyo), Ms. NAGASAWA, Misako, as coordinator

Cooperators: Quebec Delegation to Japan & Heibonsha Limited, Publishers

For information and more details,contact
Shalomsalaam2010@hotmail.co.jp
or phone: 03-3296-2292 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 03-3296-2292 end_of_the_skype_highlighting (Institute of Disarmament and Peace, Meiji University)