Behind the Pink Curtain Poetry Book Presentation
This manuscript explores Lithuanian ancestral history, intergenerational trauma, and diasporic identity through poetry and visual work. Written alongside my Bloomsbury research in ethics, psychosocial studies, and trauma studies, it addresses the ongoing erasure of Baltic histories and the ethical importance of remembering suppressed cultural narratives.
Memory and Trauma International Conference
I will be presenting my paper "The Erasure of Cultural Memory and Suppressed Grief: Healing a Lithuanian Identity" at the International Memory and Trauma Conference, organized by the London Center for Interdisciplinary Research, to be held at Birkbeck, University of London.
Image: Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury campus. Credit: Tubslubeamorepersempre, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).
The 25th Anniversary WOGAP Conference
I will be presenting my latest work on the intersection of Lithuanian cultural identity, philosophy of race, trauma, and resilience at the 25th Anniversary WOGAP Conference at MIT. I am very grateful to the program host, Dr. Sally Haslanger, Ford Professor and Philosopher, who has provided some travel funds, and for University Canada West, which has given me a Knowledge Mobilization [Travel] Grant.
Image: Pilis (Castle) (1909) by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, a famous Lithuanian artist and composer.
Support Ukraine Poetry Anthology Reading
I will be reading a poem in support of Ukraine at this online event hosted by Moonstone Arts Center which will be launching a collection of American poetry on this theme to raise money for Ukraine. Attendance is free.