Twenty Years of Revolution and Ten Years of War: Situating Knowledge Production in/about Ukraine

A public lecture by Jessica Zychowicz (IIE and Fulbright Ukraine) organised by the Trinity Centre for Resistance Studies. 

This talk draws upon twenty years of research and work experience between North America, Eastern Europe and Ukraine. Both challenges and opportunities have emerged for forming more resilient international research, new platforms for communication, and co-creative practices which open dialogue between interlocutors about common interests. The self-determination of individuals through artistic and creative communities becomes generative of emancipatory vocabularies and civic imagination. How have new platforms for artistic communication and co-creative practices shaped possibilities for a shared global ethics in concepts of "democracy" and "empathy," particularly through the 21st century revolutions and war in Ukraine?

Jessica Zychowicz, Ph.D. is currently Director of Institute of International Education (IIE) International Office Kyiv and Fulbright Ukraine. She is the author of many articles, chapters, and award-winning books, including Superfluous Women: Art, Feminism, and Revolution in Twenty-First Century Ukraine (U Toronto Press, 2020). She is also currently Associate Advisor to the Human Rights Program at the University of Arizona School of Global Studies. She holds a Doctorate from the University of Michigan in Slavic Languages and Literatures and a BA in English Literature from the University of California Berkeley. For more information: www.jes-zychowicz.com.

Please let us know if you have any access requirements, such as ISL/English interpreting, so that we can facilitate you in attending this event. Contact: aporb@tcd.ie