Five years after Maidan: what’s next for Ukraine? Talk with Yaroslav Hrytsak
Date and time:
Monday 28 January, 2019
19:00 - 20:30
Location:
Ukrainian Institute London
79 Holland Park
London
W11 3SW
What is the outlook for Ukraine on the eve of its presidential elections in March 2019? Are reforms running out of steam and is Ukraine witnessing a slow return of old bad ways? Does the case of Kateryna Handzyuk mean Ukraine’s battle with corruption is lost? What are the main achievements and main failures of the last five years? What are the key outcomes in the transformation of Ukrainians’ identity?
A talk with Yaroslav Hrytsak, Professor at Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, moderated by Marina Pesenti, Director of Ukrainian Institute London.
This event will be held in Ukrainian.
£10 standard
Speaker
Yaroslav Hrytsak
Yaroslav Hrytsak is a Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Ukraine at the Ukrainian Catholic University, visiting professor of the Central European University, and an honorary professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. He is Editor-in-chief of the annual journal “Modern Ukraine”, member of the editorial board of Ab Imperio, Critique, Slavic Review, member of the supervisory board of the Harvard Ukrainian Studies Magazine. Member of the Selection Committee to nominate candidates for the post of Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. His research interests include the history of Eastern Europe 19th-20th century intellectual history, the history and theory of nationalism.
