Winter 2007/08
Winter 2007/08
Winter 2007/08
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TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY REVIEW<br />
<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2007</strong>/<strong>08</strong><br />
Chagall Lithographs Showcased<br />
Lithographs illustrating the bible and<br />
Shakespeare by Marc Chagall were<br />
on display at the Michel Kikoïne Foundation<br />
wing of TAU’s Genia Schreiber<br />
University Art Gallery. The exhibition<br />
featured 24 color lithographs illustrating<br />
The Story of Exodus and 41 black<br />
and white works illustrating Shakespeare’s<br />
The Tempest. “Chagall’s<br />
love of the bible and affinity with the<br />
theater are rooted in his soul,” writes<br />
gallery curator Prof. Mordechai Omer<br />
in the exhibition catalogue. “It seems<br />
that in both, Chagall found eternal<br />
values, beyond time and place, which<br />
he strove to introduce into his art.”<br />
The Exodus lithographs were<br />
donated by President of the French<br />
Friends of TAU Hugo Ramniceanu,<br />
and the illustrations for The Tempest<br />
by Dorothy Lee and David Levinson<br />
of the United States.<br />
Beckett<br />
and the Jews<br />
The inauguration of the Annual<br />
Samuel Beckett Lecture Series at<br />
TAU’s Department of Theater Studies<br />
was marked with the attendance<br />
of Irish Ambassador to Israel Michael<br />
Forbes. The series kicked off with a<br />
lecture on “Samuel Beckett and the<br />
Holocaust” given by Jackie Blackman<br />
of Trinity College, Dublin. It was based<br />
on Blackman’s research on Beckett’s<br />
close contact with Jews in Ireland,<br />
Germany and France before and after<br />
World War II, and the impact of these<br />
experiences on his post-war writings.<br />
Sponsors of the event were the Embassy<br />
of Ireland in Israel; the Cultural<br />
Division, Irish Department of Foreign<br />
Affairs; and the Samuel Beckett Society<br />
of Israel. The event was organized<br />
by Prof. Linda Ben-Zvi of TAU’s<br />
Department of Theater Studies.<br />
The Katz Faculty of Arts has<br />
recently published a translation into<br />
Hebrew of the collected dramatic<br />
works of Beckett, prepared by Prof.<br />
Shimon Levy of the Department of<br />
Theater Studies.<br />
New Teaching Programs<br />
Humanities and arts join forces<br />
A joint degree in cultural studies for<br />
outstanding students is being offered<br />
by the Entin Faculty of Humanities<br />
and the Katz Faculty of Arts. The program<br />
includes courses from the multidisciplinary<br />
curricula of both faculties,<br />
as well as enrichment courses in<br />
creative writing and debating, among<br />
others. Dean of Humanities Shlomo<br />
Biderman and Dean of Arts Hana<br />
Naveh said the program’s purpose<br />
was “to promote a more culturally<br />
enlightened society.”<br />
Focus on ancient material culture<br />
A new multidisciplinary course in<br />
technology and material culture is<br />
enabling students of archeology and<br />
engineering to investigate the first<br />
complex technologies developed<br />
by humankind. The course, which is<br />
headed by Prof. Yuval Goren of TAU’s<br />
Sonia and Marco Adler Institute of<br />
Archeology, focuses on the study of<br />
cultural artifacts from the 8 th to 4 th centuries<br />
BCE including ceramics, plaster<br />
objects and the first use of metals.<br />
Strengthening civil society<br />
A master’s degree program for<br />
training activists for social change<br />
organizations is being offered by the<br />
Department of Sociology and Anthropology<br />
at the Gordon Faculty of<br />
Social Sciences. The first of its kind<br />
in Israel, the program is run with the<br />
assistance of Shatil, the New Israel<br />
Fund’s training center for non-profits<br />
in Israel. The program provides theoretical<br />
and methodological knowledge<br />
on social issues, as well as courses<br />
on relevant subjects such as gender,<br />
social and ethnic inequality, the labor<br />
market, immigration, environmental<br />
protection, welfare policy, and more.<br />
Entrance criteria for students include<br />
proven social involvement.<br />
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