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Book Talk | Ukraine is Not Dead Yet
When her grandmother Anna died in Cleveland in 2013, Megan Buskey was compelled in her grief to uncover and document her grandmother’s life as a native of Ukraine. A Ukrainian American, Buskey returned to her family’s homeland and encountered the essential and sometimes difficult aspects of recent Ukrainian history. In this book talk, Megan Buskey discussed her book, Ukraine Is Not Dead Yet, and her process researching Ukraine’s difficult twentieth century through the prism of her family's past.
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The Implications of Russia's War on Ukraine: Identity, Politics, Governance
In this conversation, Volodymyr Dubovyk considered the immediate implications of Russia's invasion on Ukrainian national identity and democratic governance.

Ukrainian Attitudes of War and Peace: Complex Dilemmas of Wartime
Professors Karina Korostelina and Gerard Toal explained their quantitative analysis of recent survey data from a sample of Ukrainians that includes locals and internally displaced people across three towns close to the regions where active fighting is taking place.
Generational Divides in Wartime Ukraine

Heroic Arts: The Remarkable Story of Ukrainian Artists Confronting Russia
In his series "The Arts of War," Distinguished Fellow Blair A. Ruble presents stories that highlight the ways in which Ukrainians have long explored the meaning of their country and culture through the arts; and the manner in which the arts and their creators have empowered Ukrainians to confront the Russian invaders. These developments also offer intriguing clues about the culture, society, and politics of a post-war Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Wartime Art: A Decolonial Perspective
Artistic documentation of war and anti-colonial resistance reflects Ukraine's tectonic change in response to Russia's ongoing invasion of the country. In this lecture, George F. Kennan Fellow Svitlana Biedarieva will examine Ukrainian wartime art from 2014-2023 to demonstrate how a generation of Ukrainian artists has produced new cultural narratives and critically dismantled prior conceptions of Ukrainian identity as a postcolonial state entangled with Russian cultural influences.
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Ukrainian Fashion Takes Flight in Zurich

Opera Houses Take Center Stage

Touching the Souls of All Who Listen

A Dance Tour with a Difference

Uniting Ukraine’s Ballet Dancers

Stoned Jesus and Not Feeling Powerless

Returning Home: The Odesa Philharmonic Celebrates a New Year in its Old Hall

Coming to Terms with Putin Requires a “Process,” Not Just a “Trial”

Ukrainian Women Artists Set Their Own Paths at a Time of War

Kyiv’s Puppet Company Provided Kyiv with Holiday Cheer

A Musical Homage to Izium’s Ancient Stone Figurines and Recent Lost Souls

Ukraine’s Whac-A-Mole Culture

Amplifying Opera at a Time of War

A Portrait of Artistic Defiance in Kherson

The Lviv National Opera’s Remarkable Wartime Season, Exhibiting Life “Full-Faced”

Hong Kong Celebrates Wartime Ukrainian Theater

Artist Soldiers

The Sound of Resilience

Pulling Strings to Lift Spirits

The 100th Heroic Season of the Mykolaiv Theater

Battle-Worn Ballerina

Turning to the Street (Art) for Meaning

Ukrainian Odyssey

Folk Art

“What’s Up with Ukrainian Rap?”

Maestro Earle and Ukrainian music at the Berliner Musikfest

Ukrainian and Polish Dancers Respond to the Pain of War

Providing Humanitarian and Creative Sanctuary for Artists in Ivano-Frankivsk

Jazzy Nights in Kyiv

The Artists of Kyiv

Taking Out the Trash in a Time of War

The Power of a Girl with a Violin

Ukraine’s Cultural Response to War | A Collaboration with PBS’s Culture Quest
In response to Russia's war in Ukraine, Ukrainian artists from across the country have used their work to protest the conflict and to show the world the beauty of their nation's threatened culture. The Kennan Institute welcomed Ian Grant, the host of PBS's Culture Quest, for a screening of clips from his recent special episode on Ukraine's artists at war followed by a discussion with Wilson Center Distinguished Fellow Blair Ruble.
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