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Posts tagged as “War”

Stories of Maidan

It’s been 5 years… Join us for “Stories of Maidan” RAZOM and the Ukrainian Institute of America are organizing a night to mark the 5th years since the beginning of Maidan revolution in Ukraine. We invite you to listen and share “Stories of Maidan” on Friday, December 7th, at 6:30 pm at the Ukrainian Institute of America. Join us for…

Moral Combat

Women, Gender, and War in Italian Renaissance Literature Moral Combat Women, Gender, and War in Italian Renaissance Literature (2018, University of Toronto Press) by Gerry Milligan The author in conversation with Virginia Cox (NYU), Clare Carroll (CUNY) and Jane Tylus (Yale). The Italian sixteenth century offers the first sustained discussion of women’s militarism since antiquity. Across a variety of genres,…

Komuna Warszawa’s “CEZARY GOES TO WAR”

The play “Cezary Goes to War”, conceived and directed by Cezary Tomaszewski, deconstructs military ethos and pride to make the audience aware of their toxic dimensions and oppressiveness. The play draws on the author’s personal experience of having to appear before an army conscription committee. This memory serves as the vehicle for a funny, witty, and well-aimedcritique of nationalist war…