Event

After Václav Havel: From Theater to Social Activism in Eastern Europe and Russia

Date & Time

Thursday

Jun. 6, 2024

3:00pm – 4:00pm ET

Location

6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
and Online

Event Sponsor

Kennan Institute

Overview

New Drama (Новая драма), an artistic movement that uses theater to speak about social problems, first gained traction in Russia’s regional centers in the early 1990s before storming Moscow’s theater scene. In this lecture, Title VIII Early Career Scholar Susanna Weygandt will discuss some of the findings from her forthcoming book, From Metaphor to Direct Speech: Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory (University of Wisconsin Press). She will also present an early version of her digital archive project which showcases activist Russian documentary drama within the broader context of theater for social change in Belarus and Ukraine. Preview the digital archive here: https://transnationaldocumentarydrama.com/

Speaker

Susanna Weygandt

Title VIII Early Career Scholar;
Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, Sewanee: The University of the South

Moderator

Jennifer S. Wistrand

Deputy Director, Kennan Institute

Hosted By

Kennan Institute

The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more

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