Scholarly ZEIT GUEST: Ep.5 with Lilya Kaganovsky: The Shifting Field and the Moving Image

Scholarly ZEIT GUEST is a video podcast about new ideas and trends in Slavic Studies, co-hosted by Prof.Mark Lipovetsky and Dr.Tatiana Efremova at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. The fifth episode features a conversation with Lilya Kaganovsky, Professor of Slavic and Eastern European Languages and Cultures at UCLA. We talk about remodeling the field, explore the potential of the female gaze to shift our optics, and discuss the latest trends in documentary and feature film-making coming from the region.
The podcast is produced with the technical support of IMATS & Sloate Media Center at Barnard College. We are especially grateful to Rachel James, Eva-Quenby Johnson, and the production studio team @barnard.media.center
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0:00 Teaser
0:19 Intro
01:36 Decentering the imperial lens
04:41 Hybridizing the canon
06:52 Revision of courses and requirements
08:28 The model of a comparative program
10:27 Why is the Slavic field late in the game?
12:15 Teaching from a multicultural perspective
14:21 Decentering through the female optics
18:50 Remodeling the field
20:04 The documentary boom
22:44 Hyper-realism vs. experimental aesthetics
25:12 War films by women
25:40 Curating and film programming
28:14 Right now is the moment!
30:03 Lilya’s next project