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Friday, February 26

'It's a Yiddish Theatre, You Know?' The Jewish Amateur Art Collectives of Soviet & Post-Soviet Lithuania, 1956-1995
Time:
1:00 pm
Presenter:
Emma Squire
Location:
Zoom
Sponsored by:
European Studies Center along with Center for Russian and East European Studies
Contact:
Trevor Hardwick
Contact Email:
trevor.hardwick@pitt.edu

Jewish Studies Work in Progress Colloquium:
Emma Squire is a doctoral candidate in the Theatre Arts Department. She is currently working on her pioneering dissertation on the Yiddish Theatre in Soviet and Post-Soviet Lithuania. Through archival research in Vilnius, and interviews with spectators and theater artists, her project explores the repertoire, challenges, and cultural impact of the Jewish Folk Theatre in communist times.