Transgressing national (hi)stories through cross-border and feminist dramaturgies: Ukrainian-Polish Theatres, 2012-2025
Departing from the complex history between Ukraine and Poland, the lecture will concentrate on collaborations between Ukrainian and Polish women theatre artists who interfere with narratives about the past, present, and future, enabling and reimagining alternative ways of relating within and between Polish and Ukrainian societies. We will discuss performances for adults, as well as those for and with children.
Event details of
Transgressing national (hi)stories through cross-border and feminist dramaturgies: Ukrainian-Polish Theatres, 2012-2025
- Date
- 3 December 2025
- Time
- 16:00
- Location
- Bushuis/Oost-Indisch Huis
- Room
- Humanities Labs, F0.01
A lecture in three voices:
- Professor Yana Partola (Kharkiv Academic Ukrainian Drama Theatre named after Taras Shevchenko)
- Dr Kasia Lech (University of Amsterdam)
- Professor Ewa Bal (Jagiellonian University in Krakow)
During the lecture, we will also present the book Feminist Imagining in Polish and Ukrainian Theatres (Cambridge University Press, 2025), co-authored by Ewa Bal and Kasia Lech.
A public discussion will follow the lecture.
The event is organised with the support of the Amsterdam School of Historical Studies and the National Science Centre, Poland.
