It is our pleasure to invite you to the meeting with
Kornelia Slavova
(Department of English and American Studies, Sofia University)
Thursday, April 27, 2023
at 11:30 a.m.
The event will be moderated by Dr. Ludmiła Janion.
You can get 3 OZN points for participating.
Where?
Dobra 55, room 0.236
(the building features some mobility accommodations: ramp and lift)
What?
In her book “Why Women Have Better Sex under Socialism,” American anthropologist Kristen Ghodsee elaborates on differences in gender politics between capitalism and communism to argue that “unregulated capitalism is bad for women, and if we [Americans] adopt some ideas from socialism, women will have better lives. But did women have better sex – or better anything – under socialism? What do we [Eastern Europeans] think about how Ghodsee presents “our” history to Americans? Has the book succeeded in challenging clichéd assumptions that Americans have about Eastern Europe without historical inaccuracies or excessive simplifications?
Dr. Ludmiła Janion (Gender/Sexuality Research Group, ASC UW) will talk over these issues with Erasmus+ visiting scholar Prof. Kornelia Slavova (Department of English and American Studies, Sofia University).
The attendants are encouraged to read the introduction to the book and a chapter of their choice, share their impressions, and join our conversation. Please, contact Dr Janion if you have difficulty in accessing the text.
