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Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Exhibitions

Cambridge Ukrainian Studies regularly organises prominent exhibitions of art and artifacts from and about Ukraine as well as performances of Ukrainian cultural material.

Exhibition highlights include The 1932-33 Diaries of Gareth Jones, which garnered wide international recognition, as well as Verse in Vision: The Art of Taras Shevchenko and The Art of Feodosii Humeniuk

Since 2016, Cambridge Ukrainian Studies has also been a moving force behind Night Train Theatre Company's Maklena project, which has resurrected Mykola Kulish's banned play Maklena Grasa (1933) and adapted it for English-language audiences. Praised as 'captivating, heart-wrenching and genuinely funny', the production has received five-star reviews. In this interview, Rory Finnin (Director of CUS) explains the origins of the project:

These wonderful animated short videos from the Night Train Theatre Company (in English and Ukrainian, respectively) explain the extraordinary political controversies surrounding the play:

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Lecture by Professor Michael Moser: Revisiting the History of the Ukrainian Language

9 February 2023

The lecture is a part of the Slavonic Section Series 'Rethinking Slavonic Studies.' Prof Moser will examine the history of the Ukrainian language, looking deep into its medieval roots. Although the Ukrainian language received its name comparatively late it is as deeply rooted in the past as any other Slavonic language...

New Books in Cambridge Slavonic Studies

30 September 2022

A presentation of five new books by Cambridge researchers in Slavonic and East European Studies.