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Russia’s War on Ukraine. Part V: Poetry

October 14, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Free

Russia’s War on Ukraine
A special series of online events co-hosted by:

  • Melbourne Eurasianist Seminar Series at the University of Melbourne;
  • Ukrainian Studies Foundation in Australia;
  • Ukrainian Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand

Part V. Poetry

Friday 14 October, 5:00 p.m. AEDT
This session will feature:
  • Associate Professor Uilleam Blacker (University College London)
  • Yuliya Musakovska, poet and translator
  • Lesyk Panasiuk, writer, translator, designer and artist
  • Dr Iryna Shuvalova, poet and scholar
This event will take place online via Zoom. All are welcome. You can register for this event via this link.
Registration is free, but attendees who wish to support Ukraine may do so by making a donation to one of the appeals endorsed by the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations.
For more information, please email felicity.hodgson@unimelb.edu.au
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Uilleam Blacker, ‘Writing around War: A Selective and Subjective Overview of Recent Ukrainian War Literature’

Yuliya Musakovska, ‘How the Relationship with Language Has Changed During the War’

Lesyk Panasiuk, ‘Poetry in Times of War: The Need for Dialogue and a New Language’

Iryna Shuvalova, ‘Saying the Unspeakable: War Writing, Memory, and Trauma in the Context of the Russo-Ukrainian War’

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Recordings of previous sessions can be accessed online:

Part I: Resistance

Part II: History

Part III: Propaganda

Part VI: ‘Rebuilding’ will take place on Friday 11 November at 5 pm AEST.