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🇺🇦 Our suggestions for how to support Ukraine now - where to donate, how to stay informed & how to make your voices heard:
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A message from Emma Thompson 💙💛
Last week one of our team members, Olha, ran into acclaimed British actor Emma Thompson. Olha, who manages our English school for displaced Ukrainians, asked Emma to record a short message of support for Ukraine and Ukrainians.
Here it is.
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90 years ago, the Stalinist regime attempted to starve Ukrainians into subjugation through a man-made famine, the Holodomor.
Today, the Kremlin once again uses hunger as a weapon in its full-scale war against Ukraine.
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Today, on 1 January 2024, Victoria Amelina would have turned 38. She was killed in the Russian missile strike in June 2023. Read her work and tributes to her memory in our
@ukrlondonreview
and continue Victoria’s legacy.
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“Ukraine is fighting against empire. And the history of Russian oppression of Ukraine goes back centuries. Ukraine’s victory needs to mean end of Russian impunity, the end of the Russian empire.”
@olgatokariuk
in conversation with
@OKhromeychuk
at
@EPinUK
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“There can be no sustainable peace without justice. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 & then missiles from Crimea reached Syria and Ukraine. Ceding more territory will only encourage more aggression. We must break the circle of impunity”
@avalaina
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“Whilst reporting on the war I have met Greeks, Romas, Jews, Azerbaijanis, Armenians, Bulgarians, Georgians. All of them tell me ‘this is my country’ and speak some words of Ukrainian to me in solidarity. Even I did not previously realise how multicultural Ukraine.”
@ngumenyuk
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Victoria Amelina has been among the most powerful voices telling international audiences about Ukraine's literature and Russia's war crimes. A huge loss for Ukraine and the world. As we mourn her death, our thoughts are with Victoria's family and friends.
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Join us to remember Victoria Amelina, a Ukrainian writer and war crimes investigator killed by a Russian attack.
Friends, colleagues, & translators of
@vamelina
's powerful writing will gather in the
@britishlibrary
to share and celebrate her life’s work.
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On Ukraine’s Independence Day, we bring you a special issue of
@ukrlondonreview
, dedicated to Victoria Amelina.
We urge you to read exclusive pieces and tributes and remember
@vamelina
, who fought for justice and Ukraine’s future.
We inherit her fight.
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Ukraine can and must win this war.
Thank you to our patron
@anneapplebaum
and
@edwardlucas
for an insightful & inspiring discussion today at Swedenborg Hall.
📺Full recording will soon be on our YouTube channel - subscribe here:
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“Kharkiv is known as Ukraine’s cleanest city & people are proud of this. Now when shelling is extremely serious, rubbish collectors continue to clean up 90% of city. This means so much to Kharkivites that people go out to help. I’m so struck by how Ukrainians keep going”
@IKoshiw
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Our friends on the ground say that Ukrainian journalists, editors & photographers urgently need protective equipment as they continue their courageous reporting on the devastation wreaked by Putin's troops. Help
@zaborona_media
to provide them with it ⬇️
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We’re thrilled to partner on the screening of this classic film!
One of the most important films of Ukrainian cinema, Parajanov's Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964) will be shown
@TheGardenCinema
on 🗓️4 September. 🎟️Book tickets before they sell out:
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Outstanding modernist writer Olha Kobylianska was born OTD in 1863.
✒️ The letters between Kobylianksa and Lesia Ukrainka, another pioneering feminist writer, reveal a search for a new model of female solidarity. Read Daisy Gibbons' translation here:
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Yesterday we launched a special issue of the London Ukrainian Review, dedicated to Victoria Amelina.
Follow our new Instagram account (
@londonukrainianreview
) for extracts from previously unpublished writing by
@vamelina
.
On Ukraine’s Independence Day, we bring you a special issue of
@ukrlondonreview
, dedicated to Victoria Amelina.
We urge you to read exclusive pieces and tributes and remember
@vamelina
, who fought for justice and Ukraine’s future.
We inherit her fight.
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Friends who do not speak Ukrainian- you can follow this twitter account for the latest updates on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Our colleagues are translating updates from Ukrainian telegram and government channels into English.
@jarabarbieri
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To celebrate Lesia Ukrainka's birthday, what better way than by reading her work! Our
@ukrlondonreview
features eleven original and never previously published translations of Lesia Ukrainka’s work. Read them here!
Happy birthday, Lesia! 💙💛
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‘Arrest warrants need to be issued not only for Putin and top govt figures but also mayors, heads of children’s homes & other individuals involved in the abduction of 🇺🇦 children & their forcible transfer to Russia’.
@MykolaKuleba
speaking to
@yuliaioffe
at
@Ukr_Institute
’s event.
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Were you brought up speaking Ukrainian? Do you speak Ukrainian vdoma (at home) to your mama i tato or maybe baba i dido? Do you understand Ukrainian but don’t always understand how the language functions?
Our new course, specially designed for heritage speakers, starts next week!
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‘Everyone who commits war crimes must be held accountable. If thousands commit war crimes, then thousands must be held accountable. We have to break this culture of impunity.’
Nobel Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk speaks w/ Edward Carr
@Ukr_Institute
@theRSAorg
@TheEconomist
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“The scale of Russian war crimes in Ukraine means there’s a huge accountability gap. ICC investigates only selected no. of cases & national system overloaded. International community needs new legal instrument to investigate war crimes & hold perpetrators accountable”
@avalaina
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Ukraine’s pioneering feminist writer Lesia
#Ukrainka
died on 1 August 1913. OTD we look back at her tale ‘By The Sea’, first published in 1901 🖋️
Raising questions of imperialist chauvinism, national identity, & political solidarity, the work remains powerfully relevant today.
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The legendary
@GogolBordello
are performing in London tonight and calling on us to stand with Ukraine! Earlier today our director
@OKhromeychuk
caught up with their frontman, Eugene Hutz. Stay tuned to catch their conversation! Tickets for the gig: 🎸💙💛
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🇺🇦Video from protest in London today to
#StandWithUkraine
❕Join again tomorrow from 2pm onwards outside 10 Downing Street.
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Honouring Vasyl Stus, born OTD in 1938. He would have turned 86 if he hadn't been killed by the Soviet regime. Watch our short film exploring Stus' resilience and extraordinary talent. Made in partnership with
@UA_Institute
, featuring Bohdan Tokarsky.
🎞️
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Fancy trying something new? Learn Ukrainian!🇺🇦
📅 Our new group for Beginners will run online on Thursday evenings, starting 17 May.
📩 Email learnukrainian
@ukrainianinstitute
.org.uk to enrol, or visit our website to learn more ➡️
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Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was killed in a ru missile strike before she could finish her latest book, ‘Looking at Women Looking at War’. Tonight journalist
@christinalamb
read an extract at a moving tribute to Victoria’s life and extraordinary work at
@britishlibrary
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The UK has played an important role so far providing Ukraine with military support & imposing sanctions on the Russian economy. But much more can be done.
Join us to hear from 🇺🇦 civil society leaders who will be in London 26 Jan.
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🌾Today, Ukrainians remember millions who died in
#Holodomor
(famine of 1932–33)
🎞️Watch
@Ukr_Institute
patron
@anneapplebaum
presenting her book, '
#RedFamine
: Stalin's War on
#Ukraine
', in which she details the horrors of this state-engineered famine
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For centuries Ukrainian writers have played a crucial role in Ukraine’s struggle for national identity ⚡️
🇺🇦 Why not delve into Ukrainian literature and discover its richness for yourself? There are still spaces left on our online
#Literatura
course!
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World renowned Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko was born OTD 115 years ago.
In 2022 Russians destroyed a museum which had been home to dozens of her works. Now, Prymachenko has once again become a symbol of survival in the midst of Russia’s war. Image: ‘Threat of War’ (1986)
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OTD, in 1871, the iconic Ukrainian feminist and anticolonial writer Lesia Ukrainka was born. She revolutionised Ukrainian literature. Today, we are thrilled to present new translations of her works, edited by Sasha Dovzhyk and published by
@LiveCanon
. 🔗
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"Ukraine’s victory needs to mean the end of Russian impunity.”💬
@olgatokariuk
spoke to
@OKhromeychuk
about Russian colonialism, wartime reporting, and overcoming "Ukraine fatigue".
🎥Watch the event recording here:
Co-organised with
@EPinUK
🇺🇦🇪🇺
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“We are fighting for our kids, not only to protect their lives, but for the future. And the future is education.”
It’s our honour to host legendary Ukrainian writer
@serhiy_zhadan
tonight in London
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🇺🇦 Ukrainian Film Festival in the heart of London!
🎞️Ukraine Defiant showcases contemporary Ukrainian cinema - daring, challenging & unafraid of showing the reality of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.
💙Four powerful films
💛Q&As with filmmakers
🎟️🧵
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'I am honoured but I will probably be the first director on this stage to say that I wish I had never made this film.' 💬 Congratulations to
@mstyslavchernov
, whose film
@20DaysMariupol
has won the best documentary Oscar.
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'For us, freedom is not something to be taken for granted. It’s something that has to be fought for and, once gained, protected.'💬
UIL Director
@OKhromeychuk
delivered a timely TED Talk about what the world can learn from Ukraine’s fight for democracy:
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💬 ‘In 2024, we can’t afford to have our choices made for us. We must exercise our agency.’
@OKhromeychuk
wrote for the
@guardian
about why none of us can afford to take our democratic rights for granted. Read the full piece:
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"The difficult path to lasting peace is Ukraine’s de-occupation of Crimea and an unmistakable defeat of Russian aggression."💬
Rory Finnin charts the peninsula's history & geography to explain why peace is only possible if 🇺🇦 keeps Crimea.
@CamUkrainistyka
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Rest in peace, your Majesty!
For one of her last professional engagements back in May, the Queen wore blue & yellow in solidarity with Ukraine. HRH also made a rare private donation for aid to Ukraine.
We grieve an extraordinary, dignified and compassionate head of state.
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🇺🇦We have an unprecedented number of enquiries from students wishing to learn Ukrainian! To meet this demand, we're seeking additional Ukrainian language teachers to lead classes both in person and online.
❗Deadline to apply 27 April
⬇️More details:
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Join us for a march in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, coordinated by British-Ukrainian organisations in the UK, as we come together to mark 2 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
🗓️ Sat 24 Feb, 13:30📍 Speakers’ Corner, Hyde Park
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Today is Ukrainian Unity Day 🇺🇦 This holiday marks the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Unity on 22 January 1919, when the Ukrainian People’s Republic (UNR) and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic (ZUNR) were united in a single state.
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Tomorrow! We'll be hearing from leading journalists
@AseyevStanislav
,
@ngumenyuk
,
@IKoshiw
&
@olgatokariuk
, all currently on the ground in Ukraine.
Moderated by
@OKhromeychuk
Tickets available to join in-person at
@frontlineclub
or online
🎟️
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‘Unless Russia is decisively defeated & abandons this imperial project, the war is likely to spread into the rest of Europe.’
@OKhromeychuk
spoke at
@hayfestival
alongside
@DrHenryMarsh
,
@doctor_oxford
&
@_EmmaGH
about the need to stand in solidarity against Russian aggression⤵️
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'Keep fighting – and you will prevail', these words by Taras Shevchenko have inspired generations of Ukrainians and have never been more meaningful than today. Watch our short film with Rory Finnin and discover Shevchenko, born OTD in 1814:
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An urgent response to Russia’s criminal, man-made catastrophe in Ukraine📢
Join us to discuss Russia’s
#Ecocide
with experts & activists
@ackerm_ann
,
@Olia_Hercules
,
@DaryaTsymbalyuk
&
@jonnyjjt
Free to register➡️
Co-organised
@Ukr_Institute
@UCLSSEES
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TOMORROW! Join us to discuss what more the UK can do to support Ukraine defend against Russia's brutal invasion.
A unique chance to meet delegation of Ukrainian civil society leaders currently in London.
🎟️Free registration:
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📢Serhiy Zhadan – Ukrainian writer and ska punk legend – is bringing his poetry and his music, raw energy and defiant spirit to London!
📚On 5 June
@serhiy_zhadan
will discuss his literary work at Swedenborg House
🎸On 7 June Zhadan i Sobaky will play at
@battersea_arts
!
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“Ukraine’s Maidan generation has been fighting in Europe’s forgotten war for past 8 yrs. When the world was busy appeasing Putin, Ukrainians were busy defending their country against his army. Unlike West that sleep-walked into disaster, 🇺🇦 is prepared to resist”
@sasha_weirdsley
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What are the historical roots of Russia's war against Ukraine?
It was our honour to host Serhii Plokhy, the world's foremost historian of Ukraine, for a landmark talk at the Imperial War Museum
@I_W_M
📺 Now available to watch on our YouTube channel:
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‘Ukraine will win. And when they win, with such extraordinarily motivated people I believe they can become an extraordinary country not only for themselves but for what they can offer to the world.’ 💬
Dame
@MelSimmonsFCDO
at tonight’s
@Ukr_Institute
@JW3London
event
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The Embassy of Ukraine in the UK set up a special fund to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine's civilian population.
Please donate to help Ukrainians. They desperately need you.
@UkrEmbLondon
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'A brave, visceral, merciless masterpiece.’
@guardian
The multi-award-winning
@20DaysMariupol
follows a group of Ukrainian journalists as they attempt to continue their work in the besieged city of Mariupol.
Showing
@BerthaDocHouse
from 6 Oct.
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Intrigued to learn more? Join us for our next online course 'Literatura' with world class scholars of 🇺🇦 culture:
🔹 Every Mon eve, 13 Jun - 1 Aug
🔹 Small class size
🔹 Course handbook & materials, inc EN translations of set texts
Register:
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"Crimean Tatars have long helped Ukraine shape its sense of self as a multiethnic, multiconfessional, multilingual place—as a homeland of homelands"
Our trustee Rory Finnin
@CamUkrainistyka
for
@TheAtlantic
:
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The Ukrainian documentary '20 Days in Mariupol' by
@mstyslav9
has been shortlisted for the Oscars in the Best Documentary and Best Foreign Language Film categories! Watch the Q&A with the director we held during our 2023 film festival:
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This week is a poignant and emotional time for us all. At the
@Ukr_Institute
, we echo Emma in expressing our solidarity & support with you all. We stand with Ukraine, and we encourage others to show their support. Not just today, or tomorrow, but every day.
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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Join us on Friday to watch this powerful short film about Russia's crime of ecocide & the fight for justice. We'll screen 3 films by
@TRPUkraine
and hear from
@ngumenyuk
about her team's on the ground reporting since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Book 🎟️:
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“We all had to grow up so fast since Russia’s full scale invasion in Feb 2022. Our sense of safety has been taken away, we cannot make any long term plans with an easy soul. But we will draw strength from this experience and make more conscious decisions in the future.”
@babkina
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The house-museum of extraordinary Ukrainian artist Polina Raiko is under water as a result of Russia's destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant.
Yet another example of Ukrainian culture & heritage being destroyed by Russia's war against Ukraine.
The house-museum of 🇺🇦 naive artist Polina Raiko in the city of Oleshki, in the Kherson region, may be under threat of destruction due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP that russia did today. The worst technogenic catastrophes since Chornobyl.
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Join us next Tue for ‘Dispatches from Ukraine’ at the
@frontlineclub
Hear from leading Ukrainian journalists, all currently on the ground in Ukraine & will join us live via Zoom
@AseyevStanislav
,
@ngumenyuk
and
@IKoshiw
. Moderated by
@OKhromeychuk
.
🎟️
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Sergey Parajanov, an 'Armenian born in Georgia, imprisoned in Russia for Ukrainian nationalism', was born 100 years ago OTD. Discover his extraordinary life in the 🧵below, & watch
@Ukr_Institute
's short film, which explores his groundbreaking 'Shadows':
Sergey Parajanov, a visionary Armenian filmmaker who used not only his voice but also his art to champion the rights of ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union and fought against Russian colonialism. Today he would've turned 100 years old. A thread.
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We’re delighted to announce the winner of this year’s Ukrainian Literature in Translation Prize, Daisy Gibbons, for her translation of extracts from Artem Chekh’s wartime diaries and Olha Matsiupa’s play Pilates Time. A great way to celebrate
#WomenInTranslation
!
#WITMonth
🧵1/3
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On Ukrainian Statehood Day 🇺🇦, we look back at
@OKhromeychuk
‘s piece for
@nytimes
on the struggle that has shaped Ukraine into the nation it is today – ‘opposed to imperialism, united in the face of the enemy & determined to protect its freedom.’
@nytimes
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‘Ukraine is not just a place, not just a victim. It refuses to become a victim. That is the meaning I wanted to draw out in the title.’ 💬
@SPlokhy
discussing his book, The Russo-Ukrainian War, in conversation with
@Olia_Hercules
at tonight’s
@ukr_institute
/
@howtoacademy
event.
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Today marks 9 years since the Maidan revolution began. 9 years later, Ukrainians are still fighting for freedom.
To learn more about the long history of protest engagement in Ukraine, watch Olga Onuch's short video 'Why do Ukrainians take to the streets?'
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Oleksandr Dovzhenko’s classic film ZEMLIA (Earth) screens in London this month!
The most well known 🇺🇦 film, ZEMLIA is a masterpiece of world cinema. Screens 16 Nov
@TheGardenCinema
, with a musical score written & performed by the band
@DakhaBrakha
.
🎟️
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📢 Decolonising Western Coverage of Ukraine
Join us to hear journalist
@terrelljstarr
discuss how we can reimagine Western reporting on Ukraine, in conversation with
@sasha_weirdsley
.
📅 31 Oct
📍 UCL SSEES
🎟️ Free to register:
Co-hosted by
@UCLSSEES
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#StandWithUkraine
✊🏼 🇺🇦 protest tomorrow
Friday 25 Feb @ 5 pm in front of No 10 Downing Street
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📢We’re delighted to announce 4 short-term, part-time fellowships for displaced Ukrainians!
🔹2 fellowships (Events + Film Festival) will begin in summer 23
🔸Through these fellowships, we aim to support our fellows to build their capacity & professional skills in the UK context
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How does ‘Ukraine fatigue’ affect support for Ukraine globally? How it can be overcome?
Join us to hear leading journalist
@olgatokariuk
discuss these questions with
@OKhromeychuk
.
🗓️Tue 15 Nov
📍Europe House, London
🎟️FREE: 🇪🇺🇺🇦In partnership with
@EPinUK
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Lesia Ukrainka (1879–1913) is one of the most important figures of Ukrainian literature.
🖋️In this blog, special projects curator
@sasha_weirdsley
sheds light on her work and why it continues to be so important for European literature today.
🔗
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'We cannot stand by.'
@DariaMattingly1
is an expert on the
#Holodomor
: a man-made famine that killed millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33.
She joins our 📍ONLINE panel on Tue 28 to discuss the weaponisation of hunger in 🇺🇦 and globally. Free registration:
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Southampton University have launched Ukraine Sanctuary Scholarships - a full tuition fee waiver for displaced Ukrainian students for undergrad or postgrad study. Deadline to apply 22 May:
@unisouthampton
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Last Sat we held an illuminating discussion with
@AKurkov
, best-selling author & patron of
@Ukr_Institute
, who arrived direct from Kyiv. He spoke about Ukraine's rich history & culture, and helped us make sense of Russia's atrocious war.
Watch on YouTube:
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‘The cultural figures killed during the full-scale war made up the fabric of Ukrainian culture. They were all killed by Russia.’ 💬
‘People of Culture Taken Away by the War’ is an important online project from
@PenUkraine
&
@the_ukrainians
. Learn more:
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‘There can be no stability without the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity.’
Rory Finnin on why the borders of independent sovereign Ukraine must be restored, including Crimea. Watch the full talk on YouTube:
@CamUkrainistyka
@_jamesmeek
@EPinUK
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The Association of Ukrainians in GB are running a fundraiser for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
They are working with accredited & registered Ukrainian charities to provide medicines, food and critical services to those most in need.
Link to donate:
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'This is Not a Crime Novel' ✍️
@OKhromeychuk
wrote for
@the_ukrainians
about our perception of wars, the difference between visibility and understanding, and how to bridge the gap between them.
🔗 Read here:
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💬 “As a black journalist who covers racism and white suprematism in the US, I see similar rhetoric used by Putin in his views of Ukraine.”
@terrelljstarr
in conversation with
@sasha_weirdsley
at “Decolonising Western Coverage of Ukraine” organised by
@Ukr_Institute
&
@UCLSSEES
!
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🇺🇦Want to learn Ukrainian? We’re running two one-off Ukrainian language classes as fundraisers for Ukraine.
🗓️30 March: Ukrainian for complete beginners
🗓️4 April: Intermediate Ukrainian
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⚡️NEW EVENT
Join us to hear Volodymyr Kulyk discuss myths & misconceptions about languages in Ukraine.
How has the language situation changed? Which beliefs are simplistic? Distorted? Or outright false?
🎟️Register for free:
Co-organised with
@UCLSSEES
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🎥Ukrainian Film Festival ONLINE!🎥
Together with
@CamUkrainistyka
we are thrilled to present four gripping contemporary Ukrainian films, all with English subs!
17 Nov - 1 Dec
Free online screenings
Q&As with films' directors
More info: 👉
#FilmFestival
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📢We’re delighted to announce
#Literatura
2023!
From Romantic poetry to war prose, the
@Ukr_Institute
's unique online course in Ukrainian literature & culture, with world-class scholars 🇺🇦
1 June - 20 July. Enrol today 👉
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🇬🇧🇺🇦 we've put together a new site collating useful links and information for
- UK hosts looking to support Ukrainians
- Ukrainians arriving in the UK
covering visa guidance, travel, studying & more.
We'll keep this updated with more info as we have it:
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"Like a human body, the body of a land can hurt. And for its agony, justice must be served."💬
A powerful piece by
@sasha_weirdsley
on ecocide in Ukraine, witnessed during her recent trip with
@PenUkraine
to the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions.
@CNNOpinion
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"I am a historian. I realize that we are living through a moment that will be on every syllabus of European history. Now is the time to decide what place each one of us wants to have in that history.
#StandWithUkraine
."
– our director, Dr
@OKhromeychuk
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"Ukrainian national identity is not an accident, nor was it invented by the West. But for centuries, Ukrainians have struggled to fend off attempts to erase their culture."
@BlackerUilleam
for
@TheAtlantic
:
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“With the scale of horror in Mariupol, atrocities across rest of country are not covered. People globally do not understand how large Ukraine is & there are Russian attacks all over. I fear people will tire of hearing about the atrocities & the war will get normalised.”
@ngumenyuk
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“If Germans are addicted to Russian gas - we in UK are addicted to Russian money & our crime is greater. Up until recently it was possible for Russians to buy UK passport, hire UK accountant to hide dirty money. We’ve been much in error & must acknowledge that”
@lukeharding1968
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According to
@VolodymyrKulyk4
recent research, even Russian-speaking Ukrainians increasingly see Ukrainian as the language of the future. Russian speakers are also similar to Ukrainian speakers supporting policies about the promotion of Ukrainian in all domains.
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Our new term of Ukrainian Language classes starts on 22 Jan!
🇺🇦 We offer group courses at all levels as well as 1:1 tuition tailored to your needs. Learn more about course levels, timetables & how to enrol: …
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Our trustee Rory Finnin has won the Laura Shannon Prize for 'Blood of Others', a hugely important work on Crimean cultural history and the poetics of solidarity in Ukraine and the Black Sea region. Congratulations
@CamUkrainistyka
, very well-deserved! 👏
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Banksy's CND Soldiers is being auctioned by
@myartbroker
this week to raise funds for Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital, Kyiv. Find out more about
#ABanksy4Ukraine
🇺🇦 here:
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Announcing
@Ukr_Institute
's 2024 Ukrainian Literature in Translation Prize!
This year's
#ULTP
emphasises the gravity of choice in the modern world. Ukraine regained its independence in 1991: a key moment in Ukraine's history, and something Russia has tried to undo many times ⤵️
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Join us to hear from renowned barrister
@philippesands
about the pursuit of justice in Ukraine.
Sands has been a key driving force in lobbying for a special tribunal for the Russian crime of aggression. He will be conversation with
@olgatokariuk
. Book 🎟️:
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