Beth Holmgren, Professor of Polish and Russian Studies and Professor of Theater Studies

Contact Info:

Office Location:	316 Languages Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-3140
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://duke.academia.edu/BethHolmgren

Teaching (Fall 2021):

• Ses 270.01, Screening cold war espionage Synopsis

  Reuben-coo 126, M 07:00 PM-09:30 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	Harvard University	1987
B.A.	Grinnell College	1975

Specialties:

Russian
Women's Studies
International Comparative Studies

Research Interests: performing arts studies, women's studies, culture and the market, cross-cultural representations

Areas of Interest:

Russian literature and culture
Polish literature and culture
Slavic culture in the diaspora
Russian and Polish theater
Russian and Polish film

Duties:

Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies,

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Holmgren, B; Sadowska, M. "The Art of Loving: The Story of Michalina Wislocka." Slavic Review 79.1 (January, 2020): 183-184.
2. Holmgren, B. "Cabaret Nation: The Jewish Foundations of Kabaret Literacki, 1920-1929.." Poland and Hungary Jewish Realities Compared (February, 2019): 273-288.  [abs]
3. Holmgren, B. A Whole World of Mythology. ed. Baumgartner, J. Women'S Review of Books 36.1 (February, 2019): 12-13.  [abs]
4. Holmgren, B. "Holocaust history and jewish heritage preservation: Scholars and stewards working in pis-ruled Poland." Shofar: an Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 37.1 (January, 2019): 96-107. [doi]  [abs]
5. Holmgren, B. "The Cabaret Song: Its Multi-Ethnic Pedigree and Transnational Adventures, 1919-1968." Being Poland A New History of Polish Literature and Culture since 1918 (October, 2018).  [abs]