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The (Bad) Factory Toy in Fin de Siecle Russia by Liliya Dashevski

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Jesse L. Rosenberger Work-in-Progress Seminar Series: The (Bad) Factory Toy in Fin de Siecle Russia by Liliya Dashevski Liliya Dashevski is a PhD candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University. Her dissertation research focuses on the play culture of Russian childhood in the long nineteenth century.

She examines how toys, games, and books contribute to the imagination and construction of childhood, particularly in relation to concepts of nation and identity. Liliya has presented her research at many international conferences. Alongside her scholarly work, she has developed a strong interest in museum and curatorial practices.

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She has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, studying paper dolls in the Department of Drawings and Prints, served as a Curatorial Assistant for the exhibition “Dollatry: Playing with Likeness,” and designed and led an oral history project at the Yale Center for British Art.

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