112th Annual Conference - Riverside Convention Center, California
Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2014
Baltic Studies
Session Chair:
Zivile Gimbutas, Independent Scholar
Time:
Session 5: Saturday 8:45-10:15am
Location:
RCC Meeting Room 2
Topic Area:
Presenters/Papers:
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Al Zolynas, Alliant International UniversityA reading of poems ranging in subject matter from Lithuanian heritage to scenes from WW II Lithuania, emigrant life in the U.S.A. and present-day Lithuania; a tribute to Czeslaw Milosz andmore.
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Asta Kraskouskas, Boston CollegeIn the late 1980's Vėlinės, the annual custom of commemorating the dead, created an alternative space allowing participants to cultivate their individual and communal identities with personal spiritual freedom from the surroounding Soviet reality. In some geographical locations and among certain groups of people, Vėlinės exceeded its scope of being a matter of kinship.
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Birute Putrius, Independent ScholarA reading of fiction expressive of Lithuanian beliefs and customs concerning death, dying, burial, and the afterlife. "Death Comes to Boleslovas," Chapter 1 and "Boleslovas' Death," Chapter 35 (excerpts from my novel The Book Smuggler).
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Daiva Markelis, Eastern Illinois UniversityThis paper explores how Wendell Mayo uses elements of magical realism in his recent fiction about contemporary Lithuanian life, the novel In Lithuanian Wood and the short story collection The Cucumber King of Kedainiai.
Session Cancelled:
No