Ukraine has often been called a laboratory for global challenges in the spheres of environment, information, and security. The site of the worst nuclear catastrophe in history, the primary target of the Kremlin’s disinformation campaigns as well as the country to spark the collapse of the Soviet Union and to stand up to its neo-imperialist successor: Ukraine has been the first to face and, at times, to set in motion processes with worldwide consequences. After Russia’s full-scale invasion compromised the global system of security, the value of Ukrainian knowledge and experience can no longer be dismissed. The urgency to learn with and from Ukraine is now existential for the rest of the world. This unique collection presents essays, in English and Ukrainian translations, by emerging authors from Ukraine and the UK who employ cross-cultural dialog and the art of storytelling to open up Ukrainian perspectives on the challenges facing humanity worldwide. The volume’s contributors are Olesya Khromeychuk, Sofia Cheliak, Kateryna Iakovlenko, Olena Kozar, Kris Michalowicz, Phoebe Page, Jonathon Turnbull, and Mstyslav Chernov. “If you want to understand the impact of Russiaʼs invasion of Ukraine from the inside, read this vivid, moving, urgent collection of essays.” —Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian “Moving, heartfelt and often deeply personal, these essays off er a compelling portrait of life in Ukraine under the shadow of war. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the reality of Russiaʼs invasion and its terrible human consequences.” —Luke Harding, The Guardian The editor: Sasha Dovzhyk completed her PhD in Comparative Literature at Birkbeck, University of London. In 2022–2023, she was Associate Lecturer in Ukrainian Literature at the School of Slavonic and East-European Studies, UCL. Since 2021, she is Special Projects Curator at the Ukrainian Institute in London. Her previous books include Decadent Writings of Aubrey Beardsley (ed. with Simon Wilson, MHRA 2022) and Ukrainian Cassandra: New Translations of Works by Lesia Ukrainka (Live Canon 2023). Her articles have been published in, among other outlets, Modernist Cultures, British Art Studies, the Oxford Handbook of Decadence, CNN, The Guardian, New Lines Mag, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Ecologist. The foreword author: Dr Rory Finnin is Professor of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge.
Sasha Dr. Dovzhyk
Dr Sasha Dovzhyk completed her PhD in Comparative Literature at Birkbeck, University of London. Since 2021, she is the Special Projects Curator at the Ukrainian Institute London. In 2022–2023, she has also been appointed an Associate Lecturer in Ukrainian Literature at the School of Slavonic and East-European Studies, UCL. Her previous books include Decadent Writings of Aubrey Beardsley (edited with Simon Wilson, MHRA, 2022) and Ukrainian Cassandra: New Translations of Works by Lesia Ukrainka (Live Canon, 2023). Her articles and chapters have been published in, among other outlets, Modernist Cultures, British Art Studies, and Oxford Handbook of Decadence. She has also written for CNN Opinion, The Guardian, New Lines Mag, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Ecologist.
Sofia Cheliak
Sofia Cheliak is a TV host, cultural manager, translator from Czech, and a member of PEN Ukraine. Since 2016, she has been a Program Director of Lviv BookForum. In 2022, she started work at the Ukrainian Book Institute, as the curator of Ukraineʼs national stands at International Book Fairs. Since 2020, she has been working for Ukraine Public Broadcasting Company. Cheliak is the author of three collections of poetry in translation: Václav Hrabieʼs, Jana Orlovaʼs, and Petr Chikhonʼs.
Mstyslav Chernov
Mstyslav Chernov is a Ukrainian videographer, photographer, filmmaker, war correspondent, and novelist known for his coverage of the Revolution of Dignity, War in Donbas, including the downing of flight MH17, Syrian civil war, Battle of Mosul in Iraq, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the Siege of Mariupol. His video materials from Mariupol became the basis of the film »20 days in Mariupol«, which was included in the competition program of the Sundance festival in 2023. Chernov is an Associated Press journalist and the President of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPF). Chernovʼs materials have been published and aired by multiple news outlets worldwide, including CNN, BBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and others. He has both won and been a finalist for prestigious awards, including the Livingston Award, Rory Peck Award, Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Prize,[6] and various Royal Television Society awards. Chernov has been wounded several times while working in war. He has been a member of PEN Ukraine since July 2022.
Kateryna Iakovlenko
Kateryna Iakovlenko is a Ukrainian visual culture researcher, writer, and curator focusing on art and culture during sociopolitical transformation and war. Currently, she is Cultural Editor-in-Chief of Suspilne.media (Kyiv) and a visiting scholar at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (2022–2023). Among her publications is the book Why There Are Great Women Artists in Ukrainian Art (2019) and Euphoria and Fatigue: Ukrainian Art and Society after 2014 (special issue of Obieg magazine, co-edited with Tatiana Kochubinska, 2019).
Olesya Khromeychuk
Dr Olesya Khromeychuk is a historian and writer. She received her PhD in History from University College London. She has taught the history of East-Central Europe at the University of Cambridge, University College London, the University of East Anglia, and King’s College London. She is author of ‘Undetermined’ Ukrainians. Post-War Narratives of the Waffen SS ‘Galicia’ Division (Peter Lang, 2013).
Olena Kozar
Olena Kozar is a Kyiv-based journalist. Her articles have been published in Bird in Flight, It's Nice That, Kunsht, Post Impreza, and Telegraf.Design.
Kris Michalowicz
Kris Michalowicz won the Creative Future Bronze Prize for Fiction in 2019. In 2022, he was a writing resident with the Ukrainian Institute London. His work has been published in Ukrainskyi Tyzhden and the Mechanics' Institute Review.
Phoebe Page
Phoebe Page studied Ukrainian literature and culture at the University of Cambridge as part of her BA in Modern Languages. She recently participated in the Ukrainian Institute London’s writing residency Ukraine Lab, which tackled global themes through the prism of Ukraine. Phoebe is currently a Masterʼs student in Political Sociology at UCL’s School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, focusing on Ukraine. She is interested in security and the role of culture and soft power in the context not only of malign influence but also as counter offensive and resistance to hybrid aggression.
Jonathon Turnbull
Jonathon Turnbull completed his BA and MSc degrees in geography at the University of Oxford. Since 2018, he has been a PhD candidate in geography at the University of Cambridge funded by the ESRC. Previously, he held visiting researcher positions at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv and at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Turnbull is a founding member of the Digital Ecologies research group and the Ukrainian Environmental Humanities Network. He is co-editor of Digital Ecologies: Mediating More-Than-Human Worlds which is forthcoming with Manchester University Press. His articles have been published in scholarly journals and other outlets including Progress in Human Geography, Progress in Environmental Geography, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Dialogues in Human Geography, The Geographical Journal, cultural geographies, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology Today, ACME, The Ecologist, and more.
Rory Dr Finnin
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| Edited by | Sasha Dr. Dovzhyk |
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| Contributions by | Sofia Cheliak, Mstyslav Chernov, Kateryna Iakovlenko, Olesya Khromeychuk, Olena Kozar, Kris Michalowicz, Phoebe Page, Jonathon Turnbull |
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| Foreword by | Rory Dr Finnin |
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176
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Ukrainian Voices
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02.10.2023
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English
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978-3-8382-1805-2
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“If you want to understand the impact of Russiaʼs invasion of Ukraine from the inside, read this vivid, moving, urgent collection of essays.” —Charlotte Higgins, Chief culture writer, The Guardian
What are the real reasons for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? What will it mean for our world? In this collection, six writers from Ukraine and the UK have been brought together to explore these questions with the sort of deep probing and insight great story tellers bring. From the idyllic pre-war Luhansk of 2010s to the battle for Kyiv in March 2022, from western art shows in support of Ukraine to a Lviv apartment-turned-volunteers’-hub, Ukraine Lab collects unique stories and cross-cultural perspectives to help us understand the brutal invasion which has changed the world. —Peter Pomerantsev, London School of Economics
"Moving, heartfelt and often deeply personal, these essays offer a compelling portrait of life in Ukraine under the shadow of war. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the reality of Russiaʼs invasion and its terrible human consequences." —Luke Harding, Author of "Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival
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