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SUMMARY:“The War in Ukraine: Competing Narratives” and “The Ukrainian Avant-Gard
e of the 1920s Rediscovered”
DESCRIPTION:\nMyroslav Shkandrij\, professor emeritus at the University
of Manitoba and current visiting professor at Columbia University\, will
present two 30-minute lectures:\n\n&ldquo\;The War in Ukraine: Competin
g Narratives&rdquo\; \;\n\nThe first talk will address how Russia ha
s attempted to justift its invasion of Ukraine as suppression of an inve
nted identity\, and how Ukraine has responded with is story of a history
of national resistance. Both narratives have deep roots in the past. Th
e Western response has now shufted from suspicion of Ukrainian &ldquo\;n
ationalism&rdquo\; to supporting the country&rsquo\;s struggle to mainta
in an independent and democratic state.\n\n&ldquo\;The Ukrainian Avant-G
arde of the 1920s Rediscovered&rdquo\;\n\nThe second \;talk will dis
cuss how many of the most prominent figures in the European avant-garde
of 1910&ndash\;30 had Ukrainian roots. It will explore why for many deca
des there was little awareness of this fact and how the history of this
avant-garde is being restored.\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Woskob
Endowment for Ukrainian Studies\, the Penn State Ukrainian Society\, the
Penn State Russian Club\, and the Department of Germanic and Slavic Lan
guages and Literatures.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/e
vent/gsll_myroslav-shkandrij/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Myroslav Shkand
rij, professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba and current visiti
ng professor at Columbia University, will present two 30-minute lectures
:
“The War in Ukraine: Competing Narratives” <
/b>
The first talk will address how Russia has attempted to justif
t its invasion of Ukraine as suppression of an invented identity, and ho
w Ukraine has responded with is story of a history of national resistanc
e. Both narratives have deep roots in the past. The Western response has
now shufted from suspicion of Ukrainian “nationalism” to su
pporting the country’s struggle to maintain an independent and dem
ocratic state.
“The Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1920s Re
discovered”
The second talk will discuss how many o
f the most prominent figures in the European avant-garde of 1910–3
0 had Ukrainian roots. It will explore why for many decades there was li
ttle awareness of this fact and how the history of this avant-garde is b
eing restored.
This event is sponsored by t
he Woskob Endowment for Ukrainian Studies, the Penn State Ukrainian Soci
ety, the Penn State Russian Club, and the Department of Germanic and Sla
vic Languages and Literatures.
For more details: https://events.la.
psu.edu/event/gsll_myroslav-shkandrij/
LOCATION:157 Burrowes Building
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