Literatura: Ukrainian avant-garde
Date and time:
Thursday 1 July, 2021
18:30 - 20:00
Location:
Mykola Kulish: The Avant-Garde in Context
In this seminar, we will explore the life and work of leading Ukrainian playwright Mykola Kulish (1892-1937). We will discuss two of his most provocative plays, 1927’s The People’s Malakhy and 1930’s Sonata Pathétique. We will also, however, situate his work in the complicated nexus of arts and politics in the Soviet borderlands and trace the unexpected journeys, far beyond Ukraine, of these plays and their productions. Our goal will be to understand creativity in context and to explore the world of artists, audiences, and state officials in Soviet Ukraine’s explosive avant-garde.
You can either sign up to this seminar as a one-off via eventbrite, or enrol in the full Literatura course - full info here.
If you are a friend or benefactor of the Institute, you are entitled to a discount for the course. Please email us on info@ukrainianinstitute.org.uk to claim your discount and pay directly.
Included in the cost of the seminar:
- course handbook and materials, including English translations of texts studied as part of the seminar.
- access to video recording of the presentation by Prof Fowler.
Lecturer
Dr Mayhill Fowler
Mayhill Fowler, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of History and is director of SPREES, Stetson University's Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Fowler focuses in particular on how different kinds of state systems shape creativity, and how diversity leads to innovation. She is a former actress, trained in history at Princeton, and has taught at the University of Toronto, the Ukrainian Catholic University, and at various summer schools across Ukraine.
