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Literature TalkLiterature TalkSlavic Colloquium - Józefina Piątkowska-Brzezińska: Is a Poet in Russia More Than a Poet? Zhenya Berkovich and Art as Protest
At Encina Commons
Stanford
When poetry becomes an act of defiance: this talk explores how Russian director and poet Zhenya Berkovich transforms art into political resistance. University of Warsaw scholar Józefina Piątkowska-Brzezińska examines what it means to create under authoritarian pressure.
Academic lecture
Russian literature
Political art
Campus event
Tips
🎓speaker from University of Warsaw
🎭Berkovich is a director & playwright too
Slavic Colloquium - Józefina Piątkowska-Brzezińska: Is a Poet in Russia More Than a Poet? Zhenya Berkovich and Art as Protest
At Encina Commons
Stanford
Literature TalkLiterature TalkWhen poetry becomes an act of defiance: this talk explores how Russian director and poet Zhenya Berkovich transforms art into political resistance. University of Warsaw scholar Józefina Piątkowska-Brzezińska examines what it means to create under authoritarian pressure.
Academic lecture
Russian literature
Political art
Campus event
Tips
🎓speaker from University of Warsaw
🎭Berkovich is a director & playwright too
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