JEWISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE
ユダヤ文学と文化
(筑波大学 比較文化学類)
ユダヤ文学と文化
(筑波大学 比較文化学類)
The class "Jewish Literature and Culture" in the Undergraduate Program of "Comparative Culture" at Tsukuba University offers the unique opportunity to learn about the Jewish people and practice English at the same time.
It is contrived as a four-year cycle of independent classes focusing:
Rabbi Jonathan Magonet (click) from the Leo Baeck Institute London is visiting Japan on a regular basis. He frequently teaches at universities in the greater Tokyo area. He is an avid writer and teacher who has dedicated his life to Jewish-German reconciliation. Learn more about Judaism, Jewish-German contacts and the art of individual mutual understanding after the horrors of World War II.
My Academic Background in Jewish Literature and Culture:
Academic Education:
Research and Teaching:
Favorite Authors:
S.I. Agnon, Leah Goldberg, Yehuda Amichai, Yoram Kaniuk, Joshua Sobol, Amos Gitai, I.B. Singer, Heinrich Heine, Franz Kafka, Paul Celan, Else Lasker-Schüler, Nelly Sachs, István Örkény, Elias Canetti, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Emanuel Lévinas, Jacques Derrida, Judith Butler and ... and ... and RASHI and the Pessach Haggadah.
It is contrived as a four-year cycle of independent classes focusing:
- Introduction to Jewish Literature and Culture
- Representations of the Holocaust in Film
- Transnational Jewish Literature and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Introduction to Jewish Philosophy
Rabbi Jonathan Magonet (click) from the Leo Baeck Institute London is visiting Japan on a regular basis. He frequently teaches at universities in the greater Tokyo area. He is an avid writer and teacher who has dedicated his life to Jewish-German reconciliation. Learn more about Judaism, Jewish-German contacts and the art of individual mutual understanding after the horrors of World War II.
My Academic Background in Jewish Literature and Culture:
Academic Education:
- Ivrith (Modern Hebrew) at Carleton College (USA) and at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Israel)
- Yiddish, Jewish Culture and Folklore at Freiburg University (Germany)
- Jewish Philosophy with Prof. Bernhard Casper (Franz Rosenzweig, Emanuel Lévinas) at Freiburg University (Germany)
- Jewish Literature with Prof. Tuvia Shlonsky and Prof. Stéphane Mosès and Jewish History with Prof. Moshe Zimmermann at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Israel)
Research and Teaching:
- Teaching Jewish Literature in the Department of Comparative Literature at Tübingen University (Germany)
- Organizing a tri-national Joint Research Project on "Representations of the City of Jerusalem in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism" together with Prof. Ahmed Harb (Birzeit University, Palestine), Prof. Ziva Ben-Porat (Tel Aviv University, Israel) and Prof. Jürgen Wertheimer (Tübingen University, Germany)
- Research visits to both universities in Israel and Palestine
- Teaching Jewish Literature and Culture at Tsukuba University (Japan)
Favorite Authors:
S.I. Agnon, Leah Goldberg, Yehuda Amichai, Yoram Kaniuk, Joshua Sobol, Amos Gitai, I.B. Singer, Heinrich Heine, Franz Kafka, Paul Celan, Else Lasker-Schüler, Nelly Sachs, István Örkény, Elias Canetti, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Emanuel Lévinas, Jacques Derrida, Judith Butler and ... and ... and RASHI and the Pessach Haggadah.