Mishkenot Sha'ananim presents "Insanity": a series of six lectures on the blurry area between the normal and the pathological from various points of view: clinical psychology, art, cinema, opera, Hebrew literature, religion, science, and different cultures.
January 2, 2011: On the Relativity in Sanity
Dr. Dafna Katznelson Banek – senior clinical psychologist at the Academic
Center Ono and at Haifa
University. Banek will
share personal experiences from a forced hospitalization twenty years ago, as
well as professional views how the definition of insanity is in the eye of the
beholder.
January 16, 2011: Insanity in Modern Painting
Yigal Vardi – artist, psychologist, and author. The unique insanity which characterizes
distinguished artists of the modern era such as: Dali, Picasso, Soutine, Van Gogh,
Cezanne, Monaque, and others.
January 30, 2011: This is How a Crazy Opera Singer is Entertained
Michael Eisenstat – artistic director of the Israeli Opera. Most opera heroes
fall in love when the curtain rises and die when the curtain falls. In the
process, many go crazy. The lectures will be accompanied by photographs of
scenes from operas.
February 13, 2011: A Journey to the Depths of Insanity in Film
Rachel Esterkin – film critic. Content, language, historical development, and
social critique accompanied by excerpts from films.
February 27, 2011: Insanity in the Beginnings of Hebrew Literature
Dr. Dafna Katznelson Banek – clinical psychologist and literary critic. How did
Hebrew writers view insanity in an era when psychoanalysis was just being
created? Banek will discuss how writers related to the mentally ill and bring
examples from the writings of Gershon Shufman, Y.H. Brenner, Devorah Barron, S.
Ben Zion and others.
March 13, 2011: Insanity and Culture – Social Structuring of Emotional Distress
Professor Yoram Bilu – Hebrew
University. Bilu will
discuss the social and historical characterization of insanity and the ways in
which social, political, and economic factors play a role in the shaping,
definition, and understanding of emotional distress.
*Space is limited *Mishkenot Sha'ananim reserves the right to make changes to the schedule
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