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Ukrainian prison literature, history and activism
9.30-10am – Coffee (Besse building lobby)
10am-12pm
Introduction to the workshop: Pany Xenophontos and Polly Jones (Oxford)
Prisons in Ukraine and Syria
A conversation between writer Stanislav Aseyev and Ammar Azzouz (Oxford).
Moderator: Pany Xenophontos
12pm-1pm – Lunch
1-3pm
Ukrainian Gulag history and literature
Oksana Kis (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), ‘Creativity as Resistance in Ukrainian Women’s Experiences of Imprisonment in the Gulag’
Bohdan Tokarskyi (Harvard): paper title TBC
Moderator: Polly Jones
3-3.30pm – Coffee
3.30-5.30pm
Imprisonment and Testimony
Panel discussion with film-maker Roman Bondarchuk and journalist and activist Maksym Butkevych. This session will also include a screening of one of Roman’s short films, Lost Paradise. Viktor Maruniak.
Moderator: Pany Xenophontos
Date:
26 September 2025, 9:30
Venue:
St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organising department:
Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
Organisers:
Professor Polly Jones (University College),
Dr Panayiotis Xenophontos,
Dr Zbigniew Wojnowski (St Antony's College)
Organiser contact email address:
oxford_ukraine_hub@area.ox.ac.uk
Hosts:
Professor Polly Jones (University College),
Dr Panayiotis Xenophontos
Part of:
Oxford Ukraine Hub workshop series
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://forms.office.com/e/hY7Rup9jJC
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Charlotte Guillain
