Departmental Events
Fall 2009
"How it Cracked & Crumbled: The Fall of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe: Twenty Years Later" Adam Michnik and Piotr Somer
October 13, 4:00 PM, Luce Hall, Room 203
The panel with Adam Michnik and Piotr Somer will focus on the deomcratic transformations in pre- and post- 1989 Poland. Presented by the European Studies Council with Slavic Languages Department.
The Poetics of “Going against the Tide”: 45 Years of Theatre of the Eighth Day
Monday, November 2, 5:30–7PM
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, Room 208
Lecture by Kathleen Cioffi, Princeton University Press
Response by Krystyna Illakowicz, Sr. Lector, Slavic Languages & Literatures, Yale University
The lecture will trace the history of Theatre of the Eighth Day from its origins in the student theatre movement through the days when it became legendary as a “dissident theatre” and the productions that critically examine the world that we all live in today. Co-sponsored by Yale Theater Studies Program and the
Whitney Humanities Center.
Theatre of the Eighth Day Workshop
Tuesday, November 3, 6–8PM
Theater Studies Ballroom, 220 York Street, Room 101
Theatre of the Eighth Day company members discuss their history and development process and present performance footage from their repertoire. Co-sponsored by Yale Theater Studies Program.
Theater of the Eighth Day (Poznań), "WORMWOOD"
November 5-7, 8:00 PM, Frederick Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel Street
Alternative theater group Theatre of the Eighth Day (Teatr Ósmego Dnia) will perform in Polish with English supertitles. A talk back with the artists will follow the performance.
(Sponsor(s): World Performance Project/Polish Cultural Institute in New York/Yale Repertory Theatre)
A Literary Evening with Liudmila Petrushevskaya
November 11, 4:00 - 6:00 PM, HGS 211
Renowned Russian novelist and playwright Liudmila Petrushevskaya will be visiting campus. Ms. Petrushevskaya will do a reading in Russian followed by a question & answer session. Sponsored by the Charles Gallaudet Trumbull Lecture Series.
Futurismo-Futurizm: The Futurist Avant-Garde in Italy and Russia
November 13-14, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Registration required by October 30, 2009. More information at:
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/futurism/registration.shtml
Slavic Student Colloquium
Events are scheduled on Thursdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in WLH 113 unless otherwise indicated.
October 22 , 2009
Russian Literature in China: An evening with visiting scholar Wenfei LiuOctober 29, 2009
Pavel Nerler of the Russian Academy of SciencesNovember 19, 2009
Interdisciplinary Panel on the Classics & Russian Literature: Tom Beasley, Zakhar Ishov, Nathan Klausner, Kerry PhilbenDecember 3, 2009
Why Translation? Nick Kupensky, John MacKay, Wenfei Liu
Slavic Film Colloquium
Events are scheduled on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. in LC 211 (63 High Street) unless otherwise indicated.
October 7, 2009
REVUE, Sergei Dvortsevoy, Russia 2008October 14, 2009
MORPHIA, Alexei Balabanov, Russia 2009October 21, 2009
DO WIDZENIA, DO JUTRA, Janusz Morgenstern, Poland 1960October 28, 2009
ZIFT, Javor Gardev, Bulgaria 2008
Presented in collaboration with the Balkan Film Series
Spring 2009
"We, from Jedwabne", by Anna Bikont
March 24, 5:00 PM, HGS 401
Anna Bikont is a journalist and co–founder of Poland’s leading newspaper, "Gazeta Wyborcza," as well as the author of several books, including "My z Jedwabnego" (We from Jedwabne), forthcoming in English translation from Yale Univeristy Press.Readings below:
Trumbull Lecture Series
"Translating Russian Literary Classics: A Conversation with Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky"
March 27, 1–3 PM, HGS 217AReading below:
