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Zeit: Di., 02.10.2018, 18.30 Uhr
Ort: IWK, Berggasse 17, 1090 Wien

• Doris Ingrisch im Gespräch mit der frauenbewegten Literaturwissenschafterin und Frauenforscherin Evelyn Torton Beck (Veranstaltung auf Deutsch)

Evelyn Torton Beck was born 1933 in Vienna. She is Professor Emerita of Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland and holds doctorates in Comparative Literature (1969) and Clinical Psychology (2004). Torton Beck is a founder of the discipline of Women’s Studies, its national organization and caucuses (Jewish and Lesbian).
Among her ground breaking writings are Kafka and the Yiddish Theater: Its Impact on his Work (1972) and Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology (1982/1987) which was the first volume to challenge homophobia among Jews and antisemitism among lesbians. Her work includes translations with Isaac Bashevis Singer, a comparative study of Franz Kafka and Frida Kahlo.
Evelyn Torton Beck pioneered courses in Women in the Holocaust and is included in the book Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors (2005), and the films Lesbiana: A Parallel Revolution (2012), and Triangles: Witnesses of the Holocaust (2014). In retirement, she focuses on the healing power of art, especially poetry and sacred circle dance, which she teaches internationally.
Doris Ingrisch ist Professorin für Gender Studies am Institut für Kulturmanagement und Kulturwissenschaft an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte bewegen sich in den Bereichen Gender und Cultural Studies, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Exil-/Emigrationsforschung sowie Qualitative Methoden.