The event will include presentations by experts on aspects of Ukrainian literature and culture, live performances, a round table discussion, and contributions from the different languages in the faculty. I hope that as many of you as possible will participate for all or part of the event, to show our solidarity.

Booking is essential.

Programme

16:00 Welcome and short presentations on Ukrainian literature and culture by:

Jack Clover, playwright and journalist
Julie Curtis (Oxford)
Sasha Dugdale, (translator and poet)
Olena Palko (Birkbeck)
Poetry readings by Ruslan Pavlyshyn

17:00 Ukrainian music performed by Philip Bullock and Alex Lloyd

17:30 Round table on Ukrainian culture featuring Jack Clover, Julie Curtis, Sasha Dugdale, Olena Palko and Ruslan Pavlyshyn, chaired by Jan Fellerer

18:00 Ukraine in poems (contributions from across the faculty’s languages)