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Read more at: What will happen in Ukraine? Op-ed from Dr Rory Finnin
Night-time skyline of Kyiv, capital and financial centre of Ukraine

What will happen in Ukraine? Op-ed from Dr Rory Finnin

Dr Rory Finnin is University Associate Professor of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge and launched the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies programme here at MMLL. He has written an opinion piece which has been published by Politico. Read How the West Gets Ukraine Wrong - and Helps Putin As a Result . Find out more...

Read more at: Imagining Marko Vovchok

Imagining Marko Vovchok

In the weeks before Taras Shevchenko's death in 1861, Marko Vovchok (Maria Vilinskaia, 1833-1907) wrote Shevchenko from Rome. In this vignette, published in How Languages Changed My Life (Archway 2019), Rory Finnin imagines this pivotal juncture in her life from her first-person perspective.

Read more at: Celebrating 'Freedom on Screen': The 2021 Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film

Celebrating 'Freedom on Screen': The 2021 Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film

From 22 November to 6 December, Cambridge Ukrainian Studies and the Ukrainian Institute London welcome audiences to the 2021 Ukrainian Film Festival, Freedom on Screen . Showcasing a dynamic and diverse selection of documentary and feature films, the event marks 30 years of Ukraine’s independent statehood by celebrating a spirit of creative freedom in contemporary Ukrainian cinema.

Read more at: Cambridge Ukrainian Studies presents: A conversation with Alyona Alyona Ukraine’s foremost rap sensation!
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Cambridge Ukrainian Studies presents: A conversation with Alyona Alyona Ukraine’s foremost rap sensation!

Cambridge Ukrainian Studies presents: A conversation with Alyona Alyona Ukraine’s foremost rap sensation! 10 May 2021 - 17:00 (BST) |The online event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register in advance for this event at: http://bit.ly/alyona_alyona_mmll About Alyona Alyona : Alyona Alyona (née...

Read more at: CUS presents: Dr Talia Zajac on 'The Patronage of the Rus’-born Duchess Gremislava (Grzymisława) of Kraków and Sandomierz (d. 1258): A Re-Evaluation?'
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CUS presents: Dr Talia Zajac on 'The Patronage of the Rus’-born Duchess Gremislava (Grzymisława) of Kraków and Sandomierz (d. 1258): A Re-Evaluation?'

Cambridge Ukrainian Studies is pleased to announce a talk by Dr Talia Zajac on 'The Patronage of the Rus’-born Duchess Gremislava (Grzymisława) of Kraków and Sandomierz (d. 1258): A Re-Evaluation?'. The talk will be given as part of the Cambridge Byzantine Worlds Seminar on 17 March, from 7.00-8.30 (London). All are...

Read more at: Cambridge Ukrainian Studies presents - Anton Lapov - East-Ukrainian Complex: Donbas Media Art, 1990-2020
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Cambridge Ukrainian Studies presents - Anton Lapov - East-Ukrainian Complex: Donbas Media Art, 1990-2020

Please join us! On 09th February 2021 at 18:00 (GMT) Cambridge Ukrainian Studies launches the 2021 Lent Term Webinar Series with guest speaker Anton Lapov, an artist musician, independent curator and museologist from Luhansk/Kyiv, Ukraine, who will speak about his own oeuvre and about media art produced in Eastern Ukraine...

Read more at: Imagine: Taras Shevchenko, the Serf Who Inspired a Nation
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Imagine: Taras Shevchenko, the Serf Who Inspired a Nation

Dr Rory Finnin of the Slavonic Studies Section invites us to engage in a thought experiment.

Read more at: The CUS Conversation Series: Conversation with Nina Jankowicz
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The CUS Conversation Series: Conversation with Nina Jankowicz

Join Cambridge Ukrainian Studies for an online conversation with Nina Jankowicz, who tackles Russian disinformation in her new book ‘How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict (2020). Please join the conversation on 24th November 2020 at 18:00 (GMT) Register in advance at: https://zoom...

Read more at: The Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film 2020
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The Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film 2020

Cambridge Ukrainian Studies and the Ukrainian Institute London invite you to escape the woes of the second lockdown and immerse yourself in experiences beyond your borders - from a mystical thriller about life in the Chornobyl Zone, to a powerful documentary that follows a young footballer who fights for her dreams against...

Read more at: The CUS Conversation series: Conversation with Yurii Andrukhovych
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The CUS Conversation series: Conversation with Yurii Andrukhovych

The CUS Conversation-webinar series: Conversation with Yurii Andrukhovych, Ukraine's leading postmodern prose writer, poet & essayist. Yurii will discuss the creative process of being an author in the context of the constant endings and endless beginnings that mark contemporary life in Ukraine, Europe and the world. He...

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The Slavonic Studies Section presents the 'Translation Speaker Series' 2024-25

16 October 2024

We warmly invite you to attend the Slavonic Studies/CamCCEEES joint 2024-25 Speaker Series, which is dedicated to the subject of Translation In conceptualising this lecture series, we conceived of 'translation' in the broadest of terms. That is, not just as the translation of words or texts from one language into another...

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Nations and Cultures Academic Taster Day: Polish, Russian & Ukrainian Calling all Slavonic-curious linguists, literary critics, cultural historians and political scientists! Applications are open until 9 June , for the Cambridge University Slavonic Studies Taster Day on Wednesday 3 July. This event is followed by the...

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