HOLOCAUST EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING ANNE FRANK AND CHIUNE SUGIHARA TO BE SHOWN IN TOKYO FROM OCT 2015

Soka University — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:00:34 +0900

February 9,2015
SOKA University
MAJOR HOLOCAUST EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING ANNE FRANK AND CHIUNE SUGIHARA TO BE SHOWN IN TOKYO FROM OCTOBER 2015.
TOKYO: To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Soka University will premiere a new exhibition specially created for Japanese audiences: The Courage To Remember: The Holocaust 1939-1945.The Bravery of Anne Frank and Chiune Sugihara, to be shown from October 8-13, 2015, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater in Ikebukuro.

The exhibition is based on "The Courage to Remember," the Simon Wiesenthal Center's powerful educational exhibit about the Holocaust, with a focus on the life of Anne Frank and an additional section on Chiune Sugihara. It provides a compelling historical account of the Nazis' murderous campaign in which 6 million Jews and other victims of the Nazis were targeted and killed between 1939 and 1945.

Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986) was a Japanese diplomat who served as vice-consul in Lithuania during the early years of World War II. In 1940, he helped Jewish refugees desperately trying to flee persecution by the Nazis by issuing as many as 6,000 transit visas so that they could travel to Japan though most had entry visas for no third country.

Soka University, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Exhibition Steering Committee are coordinating the October presentation of this exhibition, with support from key embassies in Tokyo, the UN Information Centre and the NPO Chiune Sugihara Visas For Life. Following the initial showing in Tokyo, it is hoped that it will be shown in further locations throughout Japan from 2016.

At a February 3 meeting in Tokyo to launch preparation for the exhibition, Soka University President Yoshihisa Baba stated that the exhibition provides an important opportunity for human rights education, saying, "I feel today's youth can learn crucial lessons from the tragic history of the Nazi Holocaust. Now is the time to promote tolerance education in Japan and throughout the Asia Pacific region."

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, thanked embassy representatives for their support and emphasized that the recent 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz has brought the need to remember the horrors of the Holocaust back to public attention.

A previous version of the exhibition focusing on The Holocaust and the life of Anne Frank was shown from 1994 to 2007 throughout Japan and seen by more than two million people.

Jointly organized by: Soka University, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Exhibition Steering Committee
Supported by: The Embassy of France, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Embassy of Israel, the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, the Delegation of the European Union, UN Information Centre, and NPO Chiune Sugihara Visas For Life
In cooperation with: The Soka Gakkai Peace Committee

CONTACT: The Courage To Remember Exhibition Steering Committee on
Tel: +81-42-691-9442
Fax:+81-42-691-9300
E-mail:publicrelation@soka.ac.jp

創価大、2014年に国際教養学部を開設

創価大学 — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 10:21:32 +0900

2013年7月3日
創価大学
創価大、2014年に国際教養学部を開設
　創価大学（東京都八王子市：馬場善久学長）では、21世紀において求められる幅広いキャリアスキルを磨き、平和社会に貢献する、世界基準の人材育成を目指して、2014年4月に国際教養学部を開設します。

　同学部は17名中11名が外国人教員で構成され、多様性のある教育環境を提供します。また学生は1年次後期から1年間の海外留学を必修とし、英国のロンドン大学ゴールドスミスや、豪州のグリフィス大学、米国のジョージ・メイソン大学、南カリフォルニア大学で実践的英語力とアカデミックスキルなどを修得します。帰国後は全ての専門科目の講義を英語で実施。留学生との寮生活を含め、日常的に国際感覚を養います。さらに、殆どの授業が20人以下のクラスで編制され、参加型のグループワーク中心の授業を展開します。

　3年次からは、「歴史・文化」、「政治・国際関係」、「経済・経営」の各分野で、論理的思考力や問題解決力などを磨きます。卒業時には英語によるリサーチ・ペーパーが課され、幅広い教養と専門性を身に付けることができます。
　なお、国際教養学部長にはマリア・グアハルド氏（ハーバード大卒。臨床心理学博士。デンバー大学理事、コロラド州、デンバー市、NPO団体等で教育・研究・行政職を歴任。※写真別添）の就任を予定しています。

【入学定員】80名(男女共学)
【取得学位】学士(国際教養学)
【入試方法】開設初年度の入試（本年実施）から公募推薦入試、一般入試、センター試験利用入試を実施します。詳細はホームページ「学部入試情報」まで。
【初年度納付金】約140万円(予定)　※1年間の留学費用を含む　※2年次以降は約113万円(予定)

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HOLOCAUST EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING ANNE FRANK AND CHIUNE SUGIHARA TO BE SHOWN IN TOKYO FROM OCT 2015

創価大、2014年に国際教養学部を開設