{"id":100,"date":"2021-07-20T15:27:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/slavicmaternitystudies\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2025-01-28T12:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:15:39","slug":"reading-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/slavicmaternitystudies\/reading-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"406\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/slavicmaternitystudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/587\/2021\/07\/Altered-Makovsky.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/slavicmaternitystudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/587\/2021\/07\/Altered-Makovsky.jpg 406w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/slavicmaternitystudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/587\/2021\/07\/Altered-Makovsky-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>One of the major goals of the Slavic and East European Maternal Studies Network is to get people talking about maternal experience and sensitive aspects of parenthood &#8211; and to increase public awareness of what parenting and motherhood feels like in different cultures. To kick-start these conversations, we are hosting an online reading group\/book club dedicated to exploring&nbsp;maternal topics. In keeping with our remit, we will primarily choose books translated from other languages, mostly but not exclusively from Slavic and East European languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book club will be run jointly by Dr B.J. Epstein (University of East Anglia), Dr Egle Kackute (University of Vilnius) and Professor Muireann Maguire (University of Exeter). A link for participants will be posted below in autumn 2021. Everyone who enjoys reading about parenting experience is welcome to get involved &#8211; this book group is NOT just for academics or linguists. ALL books will be read in English translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To participate, please sign up for our first session on June 21st, 2022 at 12pm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/motherhood-in-translation-book-group-tickets-362881617687\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>See below for some fiction titles we recommend, with a link to the publisher in each case (not all publishers retail in the UK and Europe):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noirpress.co.uk\/breathing-into-marble\"><em>Breathing into Marble <\/em><\/a>by Laura \u010cerniauskait\u0117, translated by\u00a0Marija Marcinkute<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slavica.indiana.edu\/bookListings\/Three_String_Books\/Look_at_Him\"><em>Look At Him<\/em><\/a> by Anna Starobinets, translated by Katherine E. Young<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peirenepress.com\/shop\/books\/soviet-milk\/\"><em>Soviet Milk<\/em><\/a> by Nora Ikstena, translated by Margita Gailitis<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/646492\/dog-park-by-sofi-oksanen\/\">Dog Park<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Sofi Oksanen, translated by Owen Frederick Witesman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the major goals of the Slavic and East European Maternal Studies Network is to get people talking about maternal experience and sensitive aspects of parenthood &#8211; and to increase public awareness of what parenting and motherhood feels like in different cultures. 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