Beth Holmgren (born September 8, 1955) is an American literary critic and a cultural historian in Polish and Russian studies. She is Professor and Chair of the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Duke University. Recognised for her scholarship in Russian women's studies and Polish cultural history (with a special emphasis on theater), she is as of July 2018[update] working on a multicultural history of fin-de-siecle Warsaw. Before coming to Duke, she taught at the University of California-San Diego (1987-1993) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1993-2007). She earned her B.A at Grinnell College, and two master's degrees (Soviet Studies) and (Slavic Languages and Literatures) and her doctoral doctorate at Harvard University (Ph.D. completed in 1987).[1]
Beth Holmgren | |
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| Born | September 8, 1955 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Grinnell College |
| Occupation(s) | Professor and Chair of the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Duke University |
| Years active | 1987-present |
Holmgren served as the president of ASEEES (2008), the largest North American organization in Slavic Studies, and president of the AWSS (2003-2005), the Association for Women in Slavic Studies. During her tenure at ASEEES, she wrote and produced, in collaboration with director Igor' Sopronenko, the film Modern Russian Feminism: Twenty Years Forward, which was first screened at the convention and then issued as a DVD. In addition to publishing extensively in major Russian and Slavic journals, she has published in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Theatre Journal, Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, Journal of Jewish Identities, the Russian-language journal Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, and the Polish-language journals Teksty drugie, Pamiętnik teatralny, and Pamiętnik literacki.[1]
Awards and honors
edit- 1984-5: Fulbright-IREX dissertation fellowship
- 1986: JCEE/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship
- 1994: Association for Women in Slavic Studies best article
- 1995: JCEE/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 1998: Waclaw Lednicki Humanities Prize, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences
- 2000: Alumni Award, Grinnell College
- 2007: AATSEEL Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession
- 2009: Senior Scholar Award, Southern Conference on Slavic Studies
- 2012: Association of Theatre Research Society Barnard Hewitt Award for Theatre History, Honorable Mention
- 2012: Association for Women in Slavic Studies best book
- 2013: Oscar Halecki Award, Polish American Historical Association
- 2014: ASEEES Kulczycki Award
- 2017: Wacław Jędrzejewicz Award in Polish History, Piłsudski Institute
Selected bibliography
editBooks
edit- Warsaw Is My Country: The Story of Krystyna Bierzyńska. Academic Studies Press, February 2018. ISBN 978-1618117595[2]
- Starring Madame Modjeska: On Tour in Poland and America Indiana University Press, November 2011. ISBN 978-0253356642[3]
- Rewriting Capitalism: Literature and the Market in the Late Tsarist Empire and the Kingdom of Poland. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0822956792[4]
- Women's Works In Stalin's Time: On Lidiia Chukovskaia and Nadezhda Mandrelstam. Indiana University Press, 1993. ISBN 978-0253208293[5]
Edited books
edit- Transgressive Women in Modern Russian and Eastern European Cultures: From the Bad to the Blasphemous, Co-edited with Yana Hashamova and Mark Lipovetsky. Routledge, 2016. ISBN 978-1138955578[6]
- Americans Experience Russia: Encountering the Enigma, 1917-Present. Co-edited with Choi Chatterjee. Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-0415893411[7]
- Poles Apart: Women in Modern Polish Culture. Co-edited with Helena Goscilo, Slavica Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0893573355[8]
- The Russian Memoir: History and Literature. Edited by Beth Holmgren. Northwestern University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0810124288[9]
- Russia.*Women*Culture. Co-edited with Helena Goscilo. Indiana University Press. 1996. ISBN 978-0253210449[10]
Translation
edit- Keys to Happiness by Anastasya Verbitskaya. Edited, abridged, translated and introduced by Beth Holmgren and Helena Goscilo. Indiana University Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0253212993[11]
DVD
edit- Modern Russian Feminism: Twenty Years Forward[12]. Written and produced by Beth Holmgren. Directed by Igor’ Sopronenko. Indiana University Press, 2009. Format: Multiple Formats, Dolby, NTSC.
References
edit- ^ a b "Beth Holmgren | Duke Slavic & Eurasian Studies". slaviceurasian.duke.edu. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Holmgren, Beth (2018). Warsaw is my country: the story of Krystyna Bierzyńska, 1928-1945. Boston: Academic Studies Press. ISBN 9781618117588. OCLC 1028992715.
- ^ Holmgren, Beth (2012). Starring Madame Modjeska: on tour in Poland and America. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253005199. OCLC 769192108.
- ^ Holmgren, Beth (1998). Rewriting capitalism: literature and the market in late Tsarist Russia and the Kingdom of Poland. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0585044023. OCLC 42854820.
- ^ Holmgren, Beth (1993). Women's works in Stalin's time: on Lidiia Chukovskaia and Nadezhda Mandelstam. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0585000824. OCLC 42328420.
- ^ Transgressive women in modern Russian and East European cultures: from the bad to the blasphemous. Hashamova, Yana,, Holmgren, Beth, 1955-, Lipovet︠s︡kiĭ, M. N. (Mark Naumovich). New York. 2017. ISBN 9781138955578. OCLC 953525416.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Americans experience Russia: encountering the enigma, 1917 to the present. Chatterjee, Choi., Holmgren, Beth, 1955-. New York: Routledge. 2012. ISBN 9780415893411. OCLC 712124155.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Poles apart: women in modern Polish culture. Goscilo, Helena, 1945-, Holmgren, Beth, 1955-. Bloomington, Ind.: Slavica Publishers. 2006. ISBN 0893573353. OCLC 76073616.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ The Russian memoir: history and literature. Holmgren, Beth, 1955-. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press. 2003. ISBN 978081012177-5. OCLC 607061225.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Russia--women--culture. Goscilo, Helena, 1945-, Holmgren, Beth, 1955-. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1996. ISBN 058500093X. OCLC 42328430.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Verbit︠s︡kai︠a︡, A.; Holmgren, Beth; Goscilo, Helena (1999). Keys to happiness: a novel. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253335388. OCLC 40159130.
- ^ Russian feminism: twenty years forward, Holmgren, Beth, 1955-, Sopronenko, Igor., Ruder, Cynthia Ann, 1956-, Duke University., Signature Media Production (Firm), Indiana University. Press., Duke University, 2009, ISBN 978-0253354310, OCLC 430145474
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