Selected Presentations & Appearances
I had the pleasure of participating in the 33rd Annual Berkeley Interdisciplinary German Studies Graduate Conference, where I presented on Maryan’s experimental Holocaust testimony film "Ecce Homo" (1975). It was a fantastic opportunity to engage with fellow graduate students and their interdisciplinary research. Many thanks to the organizers, my co-panelists, and Deniz Göktürk (UC Berkeley) for her insightful commentary. I’m also grateful to the German Studies faculty at Duke and UNC Chapel Hill, as well as Duke’s Center for Jewish Studies, whose Perilman Fellowship made this trip possible!
Matti Geschonneck's documentary drama "Die Wannseekonferenz" (2022) commemorates the 80th anniversary of the historic event. Though the film has received wide acclaim and international recognition, I examined how it balances documentary accuracy with fictional elements, raising questions about its influence on collective memory.
The presentation examines Hedda Zinner's drama in the context of antifascism, socialist ideology, and Jewish identity in her "Ravensbrücker Ballade" (1961). The analysis sheds light on the tensions and challenges faced by Jewish intellectuals and dramatists in the German Democratic Republic, thereby contributing to an understanding of the historical and cultural contexts that shaped socialist drama in the postwar period.