As a part of Shakespeare collaboration, Waseda University welcomes Professor Russell Jackson, Professor Emeritus of the University of Birmingham, UK, to give a lecture on the evening of Sunday 22. Professor Jackson is recognized as one of the leading academics on Shakespearean cinema in the world. He has had a long and distinguished career in academia, teaching and research at the Shakespeare Institute and the Department of English and Drama at Birmingham since 1978.
The films Professor Jackson will discuss in his lecture are: Akira Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well ( 悪い奴ほどよく眠る, 1960), Grigori Kozintsev’s Hamlet (1964), and Helmut Kautner’s Der Rest ist Schweigen (The Rest is Silence, Germany, 1960).
Event information
- Date & Time：Sunday 22 January 2017, 16.15-17.45
- Venue：Ono Auditorium in Building 27, Waseda University
- Language：English（No Japanese interpretation）
- Free admission
- Registration: https://www.wnp.waseda.jp/portal/services/Application/module/Application.php?mode=preview&enq_id=4dd52fe1329cf33094618d9b *to the first 200 people
■International Conference: Shakespeare. Film. East. West.
The conference will feature presentations by professors from both universities and by young researchers on the theme of Shakespeare films. There will be two keynote lectures by Professor Russell Jackson and Professor Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto of Waseda University. In addition, there will be a number of presentation sessions on Shakespearean film including papers on Akira Kurosawa and Kenneth Branagh among others.
- Dates: Saturday 21 January 2017, 10.00-18.30
- Sunday 22 January 2017, 10.00-18.00
- Venue: Room 819&903, Building 11, Waseda Campus
*Change of Venue: Building 33→Building 11 - Language: English
- Keynote Lectures : Professor Russell Jackson and Professor Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
- Screening of “Sado Tempest” and Q & A session with the director, John Williams *SADO TENPEST http://www.100meterfilms.com/sadotempest/
- Free Admission
- Registration https://www.wnp.waseda.jp/portal/services/Application/module/Application.php?mode=preview&enq_id=4dd52fe1329cf33094618d9b *to the first 60 people
Conference Dinner: Saturday 21 January 2017, 18.40-20.40 at Restaurant
MORINOKAZE in Okuma Memorial Tower (Building 26,15F)
Participation fee, approximately ￥4,000, will be collected at the reception on the day.
Registration https://www.wnp.waseda.jp/portal/services/Application/module/Application.php?mode=preview&enq_id=4dd52fe1329cf33094618d9b
Program:
Saturday 21 January
10.00 – 10.30 = Introduction to conference Building 11: 9F 903
10.30 – 11.30 = keynote lecture by Prof. Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
11.30 – 12.30 = lunch
12.30 – 14.30 = Screen “Sado Tempest”, Q and A by the Director, John Williams
14.30 – 14.45 = break
14.45 – 16.15 = Session 1 “Shakespeare Film and Japan” Building 11: 8F 819
16.15 – 16.30 = break
16.30 – 18.30 = Session 2 Waseda and Birmingham
18.40 – 20.40 = buffet dinner at MoriNoKaze Building 26, 15F Morinokaze
Sunday 22 January
10.00 – 11.30 = Session 3 “21st Century Shakespeare” Building 11: 9F 903
11.30 – 12.30 = lunch
12.30 – 14.00 = Session 4 “Shakespeare Film in the Classroom”
14.00 – 14.15 = break
14.15 – 15.45 = Session 5 Kurosawa
15.45 – 16.15 = break
16.15 – 17.45 = Prof. Jackson lecture Building 27, Ono auditorium
17.45 – 18.00 = closing address
Contact：[email protected]
Facebook: Waseda Birmingham Shakespeare Project
Sponsored by The Faculty of Arts, Letters and Sciences and the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University
Cosponsored by The Shakespeare Institute of the University of Birmingham
■Co-located Event：Theatrical company CHITEN’ s Romeo and Juliette
Dates：Friday 20 January and Saturday 21 January (Both performances begin at 19.00)
Venue：Okuma Memorial Hall, Waseda University
Further Details： http://chiten.org/next/archives/46
Access:
https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/access/waseda-campus
http://www.waseda.jp/top/assets/uploads/2014/10/waseda-campus-map.pdf
