What: The Stories of Ukrainian Resistance, is an informed discussion about the civic response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hosted by a panel of esteemed speakers.
Where: Birkbeck University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London, WC1H OPD
When: Tue, 26 Apr 2022, 19:00 BST
Tickets: Free – although this event wished to raise funds to donate to humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. Therefore a donation amount of your choosing is welcomed at the registration.
More About the Event
The Kremlin anticipated Ukraine to be defeated in a matter of two days. Western pundits largely agreed. However, Ukrainians surprised both the outsiders and themselves by successfully fighting against Russia’s full-scale invasion for two months. This experience has helped to transform the prevalent cultural narrative of Ukrainian victimhood into that of defiance.
Drawing on Ukrainian literary history and her recent experience within the volunteer movement in Lviv, Dr. Sasha Dovzhyk will discuss the civic response to Russia’s war in Ukraine and Ukrainian resistance strategies.
Dr. Dovzhyk will be joined by Anna Dovgopol who will focus on the changing image of gender roles in the context of war.
More About the Speakers
Sasha Dovzhyk
Sasha has a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Birkbeck, University of London. Her research has been published in the Oxford Handbook of Decadence. She has also written for public media outlets, including Los Angeles Review of Books, The Guardian, and The Ecologist.
Anna Dovgopol
Anna Dovgopol is a Gender Democracy Program Coordinator at Heinrich Boell Foundation, Kyiv Office, and co-Editor of Gender in Detail website. Dovgopol has an MA degree in Gender Studies from Central European University. Moreover, she has over 15 years of experience working with gender issues in various non-profit local and international organizations.
Olesya Khromeychuk
The Director of the Ukrainian Institute London, a historian and writer.
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