The Embassy of Japan’s cultural lecture series is back for another season. The first talk, “19th-Century Japanese Science Fiction,” will be given by Prof. Michal Daliot-Bul, a Japanologist and culture researcher at the University of Haifa. It takes place Friday, 10 July 2026, at 11:00, at JICC — the Japan Information and Culture Center, inside the Embassy of Japan, Berkovich St 4, 19th floor, Tel Aviv. Entry is free, but advance registration is required.
About the lecture#
Prof. Daliot-Bul researches the roots of Japanese science fiction going back to the 19th century — a period when Japan’s rapid modernization during the Meiji era collided with older folklore about mechanical dolls (karakuri ningyo) and imported Western ideas about technology and the future. The talk traces how these threads combined into an early, distinctly Japanese science-fiction tradition, decades before the genre’s postwar boom.
Prof. Daliot-Bul is a familiar name to Israel’s Japan-studies community: she also chairs the Israeli Association of Japanese Studies and is one of the listed contacts for JLPT registration in Israel.
Practical information#
- What: “19th-Century Japanese Science Fiction” — lecture by Prof. Michal Daliot-Bul
- When: Friday, 10 July 2026, 11:00
- Where: JICC, Embassy of Japan in Israel, Berkovich St 4, 19th floor, Tel Aviv
- Cost: Free entry, advance registration required
- Host: Embassy of Japan in Israel — JICC
Source: Japan Studies Center (Merkaz Le’Limudei Yapanit) WhatsApp announcement, forwarding the Embassy of Japan’s own lecture-series notice.
