The Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies presents:
Voices of Freedom
Contemporary Writing from Ukraine
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St NW Washington, DC 20052
Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412
Also online - hybrid event
Voices of Freedom: Contemporary Writing From Ukraine is a collection of Ukrainian writing that aims to introduce the English-speaking world to some of the most iconic living writers whose work is shaping contemporary Ukraine. These are leading intellectuals and moral authorities for the Ukrainian people, whose voices and opinions have helped synchronize the internal compasses of Ukrainian society in the struggle for the freedom of their country. Through poetry, short stories, and essays, this collection demonstrates that the desire for freedom and the struggle to achieve it is a theme that cuts across generations of Ukrainian writers, and is a central preoccupation of Ukrainian society.

Join the Petrach Program on Ukraine for a presentation of this collection, which will include a screening of authors' readings in Ukrainian alongside English translation, and for a discussion with editor Kateryna Kazimirova.

Limited copies will be available.
Presenter
Kateryna Kazimirova is an editor and media manager. She holds Master’s degrees in Philology (Ukrainian Language and Literature) and History of Art and a Postgraduate degree in Literary Theory from Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University. Her Ph.D. program in Literary Theory was disrupted when Russian forces occupied the city in 2014. Kateryna was forced to become an internally displaced person, relocating to Kyiv, where she spent the last 8 years developing regional and national media. In December 2020, she launched an independent cultural project dedicated to publishing in-depth interviews with the most prominent creative Ukrainians to reveal to the world the leading voices of modern, free Ukraine - Craft Magazine.
Moderator
Dr. Peter Rollberg is Professor of Slavic Languages, Film Studies, and International Affairs at the George Washington University, and former Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research Initiatives at the Elliott School of International Affairs. He has also served as Director of the GWU Honors Program, of the Film Studies Program, and of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. His publications include the Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema (2008/2016) and The Cinema of Soviet Kazakhstan 1925-1991: An Uneasy Legacy (2021). He holds a Ph.D. in Slavic Literatures from the University of Leipzig.
Voices of Freedom: Contemporary Writing from Ukraine is edited by Kateryna Kazimirova and Daryna Anastasieva. Learn more here.
This event is on record and open to the media.
The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES)
Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
1957 E Street, NW / Suite 412 / Washington, DC 20052
Tel (202) 994-6340 / Fax (202) 994-5436 / Email ieresgwu@gwu.edu