Topic: Where but into the sea? : Stories of Jewish refugees in wartime Japan and Shanghai
Date: 5 September 2024 (Thur)
Time: 16:30 - 19:00 (Film screening, Presentation of the Project, Q&A, Discussion)
Venue: R602, PolyU Campus
Speaker: Prof. Kenji Kanno, professor of French language and Intercultural studies at the Tokyo University of Science
Short Summary: The program aims to highlight under-reported facts about the asylum process for Jewish people in wartime Japan and Shanghai, through the history of two former refugees of Polish Jewish origin, resettled in Australia after World War II. It consists of screening of the documentary film work: ‘Where but into the sea?’ (72 min. with English subtitles), presentation of Marylka Project, Q&A and discussion with the participants.
Speaker's Biography: Kenji Kanno is a professor of French language and Intercultural studies at the Tokyo University of Science. He received his doctorate in French literature from the University of Paris X Nanterre. His principal publications include: Science in the Dreyfus affair (2002, Japanese), History of Jews in France (2016, Japanese, 2 vols), Fictional discourse around the Visas for Life (2021, Japanese). He is the translator in Japanese of Léon Poliakov, Histoire de l’antisémitisme (5 vols), Arnold Zable, Cafe Scheherazade.
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