Subtitle:
Activity Type:
Colloquium
Presenter:
Emma Squire
Date:
Friday, February 26, 2021 - 13:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
Zoom
Streaming Link:
Contact Person:
Trevor Hardwick
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:
trevor.hardwick@pitt.edu
Event Web Site:
Cost:
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.
UCIS Unit:
European Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors:
Center for Russian and East European Studies
Is Event Already in University Calendar?:
No