Sponsored by the Ithaca College Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, Office of Multicultural Affairs, and Office of the Provost, in collaboration with the Cinema on the Edge Series
Religions,
Ethnicities, Identities
Lecture & Discussion Series, 2002-2003, Fall Events
Lectures
Thursday, September
26, 7:00 p.m., Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall
The Cost of National Unity: Lessons for Now from Japanese History
Jane Marie Law, Associate Professor of Japanese Religions and Ritual Studies,
H. Stanley Krusen Professor of World Religions, and Director of the Religious
Studies Program, Cornell University. Author of Puppets of Nostalgia:
The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Japanese Awaji ningy - o Tradition.
Office of Multicultural Affairs Unity Speaker
Wednesday, October
9, 7:00 p.m., Klingenstein Lounge, Egbert Hall
Religion and Nationalism
Henry Munson Jr., Chair and Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine.
Author of Islam and Revolution in the Middle East.
Thursday, November
7, 7:00 p.m., Klingenstein Lounge, Egbert Hall
Civilizational Thinking and Modernity: Crisis of Cultural Narratives in
Islamic Societies
Ali Mirsepassi, Professor and Associate Dean, Gallatin School of Individualized
Study, New York University. Author of Intellectual Discourse and the
Politics of Modernization: Negotiating Modernity in Iran.
Film and Video Screenings
All screenings will be in Park Hall Auditorium and will be followed by panel discussions moderated by Gina Marchetti.
Tuesday, September
24, 5:30 p.m.
Sansho Dayu (1954)
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
In this exquisitely
crafted masterwork set in feudal Japan, a provincial governor is exiled,
his wife forced into prostitution, and his children sold into slavery.
The film’s aesthetic treatment of time and space comments on the qualities
of mercy, forgiveness, compassion, and fortitude from a Buddhist perspective.
Monday, September
30, 7:00 p.m.
Two Screenings cosponsored
by Hillel and the Jewish studies program
Mah-Jongg: The Tiles That Bind (1998)
Produced and directed by Bari Pearlman and Phyllis Heller
This light-hearted yet deeply moving documentary portrays the Asian American and Jewish American women who play the centuries-old Chinese tile game. Exploring the shared experiences of the players and their families, it reveals how the game connects seemingly unlike individuals, spanning generations, continents, and cultures.The Jew in the Lotus (1998)
Produced and directed by Laurel Chiten
In 1990 eight Jewish delegates traveled to Dharamsala, India, to meet with the exiled Dalai Lama and share the secret of Jewish spiritual survival in exile. Writer Rodger Kamenetz, invited along to chronicle the event, unexpectedly began an intense personal journey that led him back to his Jewish roots. Chiten’s documentary focuses on Kamenetz’s odyssey of suffering and the role of spirituality as a universal theme.
Tuesday, November
5, 5:30 p.m.
Landscape in the Mist (1988)
Directed by Theo Angelopolous
Preoccupied
by the biblical story of creation, two children long to know their own
origins, so they set off on a quest for their missing father. A parable
about the search for God, this film presents a distinctly Greek iconic
vision, filled with symbolism and mystery, that interrogates the meaning
of faith, hope, and redemption in the modern age.
Cosponsored by the Office of International Programs, Phi Beta Delta, and
the International Club
