Topic of the webinar: “War at a distance: How do (pro)Ukrainian scholars abroad experience and talk about the Russian invasion?”
The panel brings together (pro)Ukrainian scholars based in EU and US institutions to invite them to self-reflection on their recent experiences connected to the Russian full-scale invasion in Ukraine, both personal and professional ones. While addressing a broader audience, they will share their traumatic experiences, ways they engage with local media and diaspora to deliver their expertise, and opportunities to incorporate Ukrainian perspectives and narratives into the global structures of knowledge production.
Participants:
- Vitaly Chernetsky – (literary scholar, U of Kansas, USA);
- Mykola Riabchuk (political analyst, writer, IAS, Paris, France / IPEND, Kyiv, Ukraine);
- Yuliya Yurchuk (historian, Umea U, Sweden);
- Kateryna Botanova (cultural critic, curator, CULTURESCAPES, Basel, Switzerland);
- Antonina Stebur (art critic, curator, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany);
- Radomyr Mokryk (historian, Charles U, Czech Republic);
- Bektour Iskender (journalist, civic entrepreneur, KLOOP, Kyrgyzstan).
Moderator:
- Valeria Korablyova (social theorist, Charles U, Czech Republic).
The webinar will be held in English and Ukrainian.
NB! The webinar will be held on May 2 at 18:00 – 19:30 (Kyiv time). To participate, please register via the link.