Ukrainian Talks

In the months following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Durham University has taken the lead in several activities that put it on the map as one of the centres of Ukrainian studies. The Ukrainian Talk Series is a series of public-facing, hybrid events, which address Ukraine’s complex history, and the many ways in which the ongoing war has changed and will continue to change the lives of Ukrainians and others. The series has attracted hundreds of people both locally and internationally. Inspired and hosted by Professor Markian Prokopovych, the talks are part of a series of collaborative projects and continued work with Ukrainian experts as well as those working on Ukraine globally. The talks often involve colleagues from Zaporizhzhia National University, Durham and the international community of experts: debates include such globally relevant topics as the moral costs of war, sexual violence, medieval and contemporary European history and historical manipulations, international and human rights law, refugees and displacement, and geo-security dimensions of the war in Ukraine. This initiative was recognised by Durham University’s Global International Partnership Award (2023).

Find out more:

• Talking Ukraine with Markian Prokopovych (23 February 2023)
• Understanding Ukraine: Entanglements and Conflict in the History of East European Bloodlands, public lecture by Markian Prokopovych (3 May 2022, The Gala Theatre, Durham)
• The Moral Costs of the War in Ukraine (24 November 2022, The Gala Theatre, Durham)
• War and sexual violence: Challenges, Policy Responses and Future Directions (2 December 2022, Durham Town Hall)
• Geo-security dimensions of the war in Ukraine  (9 June 2023, The Gala Theatre, Durham)