Performing Japanese Traditions: Temporal and Spatial Reconsideration of Dramatics, Poetics, and Ritual Practices

Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation

Performing Japanese Traditions:

Temporal and Spatial Reconsideration of Dramatics, Poetics, and Ritual Practices

June 15-17, 2014

Tel Aviv University, Gilman Building, Hall 496

Organizers:

Prof. Zvika Serper and Dr. Irit Averbuch, Tel Aviv University

Sponsors:

Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

The Japan Foundation

Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Tel Aviv University

Our research workshop investigates the performative aspects of Japanese traditions through several prisms.

It focuses mainly on two general fields -- the performing arts and religious ritual practice -- in both their temporal and spatial dimensions, and touches upon further performative aspects of politics, gender, and the arts.

The gathering of a diverse group of scholars from Japan, Europe, USA, Canada and Israel enables a unique exchange of viewpoints and analytical approaches.

The workshop is intended to add an essential layer to the field of performance studies in Japan, and to lay the groundwork for a conceptual redefinition of the performative aspect of Japanese culture.