Ukrainian Historical Encounters Series Special Event
Russian-Ukrainian Memory Wars in Western Academia and Media
Date
September 16th 2023
Event
Ukrainian Historical Encounters Series Special Event: Ukrainian Historical Encounters Series Event Russian-Ukrainian Memory Wars in Western Academia and Media was held (in live format with webinar features) on September 16th 2023 at the Ukrainian Institute of America.
The gathering include three highlight focus sessions and two panel discussions geared to take a fresh, critical look at the manner in which Russian history and Ukrainian history have been treated/depicted in two key Western informational arenas – academia and media – as well as examine the interplay between the two ‘narratives’ in the said settings.
SPEAKERS
- Olya Bertelsen
- Michael Bociurkiw
- Yevhen Fedchenko
- Diane Francis
- Lubomyr Hajda
- Irene Jarosewich
- Lada Kolomiyets
- Peter Kormylo
- Ostap Kryvdyk
- Lubomyr Luciuk
- Anna Procyk
- Bohdan Nahaylo
- Kathy Nalywajko
- Myroslav Shkandrij
- Kateryna Shynkaruk
- Mark Thomas
SPONSORS
- Center for US-Ukrainian Relations
- Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
- Ukrainian Free Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Ukrainian Institute of America
Patrons
- Heritage Foundation at 1st Security Federal Savings Bank
- Jurkiw Family Fund
- Nawrocky-Torielli Family Foundation
- Self Reliance NY Federal Credit Union
- SUMA Yonkers FCU
- Irena & Artur Hryhorowych
STEERING COMMITTEE
- Christine Balko
- Andrij Dobriansky
- Tamara Gallo-Olexy
- Mykola Hryckowian
- Roman Myhal
- Lesya Orach
- Walter Zaryckyj
PRESENTATIONS/PROCEEDINGS
- Dr. Lada Kolomiyets: Deconstruction Of Russia’s Newspeak In Ukrainian Humorous Translation And Digital Folklore
- Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk’s perspective on “the RU-UA Memory Wars”. View the presentation here.
PRESS
Dartmouth Visiting Professor Lada Kolomiyets delivers keynote at “Russian-Ukrainian Memory Wars”
PROGRAM
SPEAKER BIOS
Short biographies of the participants are available are available here