The word «Ukraine» unites many of us, but there are also many people in the world who can ask: «Where is it?»
Was it always so? What did «Ukraine» mean at different times? With what (whom) it was associated? Why did it happen that once known in Europe «land of Cossacks» was lost between worlds and empires? How to ensure the sound of the word «Ukraine» in the rough and not always friendly to us the world?
Political analyst Evgen Magda and historian Tatiana Vodotyka will try to answer these questions during the Discussion Club «Open World» organized by the Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation.
Lecturers will tell how the perception of Ukraine changed in different historical periods, explain through the prism of what stereotypes Ukrainians are perceived, and why they need to be changed. And, the most important, what image of Ukraine can replace the established imaginations about our country that now exist in the world.
The meeting will take place on Thursday, November 10th, at 19:00 in INVERIA creative space (Kyiv, Volodymyrska str., 49a).
Participation is free.
Registration for the event is required at the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/gcjxIyTx5DVXsvAu1
After the lecture, everybody can buy the book «Games of reflections: how Ukraine is seen by the world» and get an authors` autograph.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
Evgen Magda is a candidate of political sciences, associate professor of Institute of Printing and Publishing of the National Technical University of Ukraine «Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute», political commentator and expert. He is the author of the book «Hybrid warfare: to survive and win».
Tatiana Vodotyka is a candidate of historical sciences, a researcher at the NAS Institute of History of Ukraine. Chief Editor of Urban Studios Journal «City: history, culture, society».
Discussion Club «Open World» is an educational project of the «Open Ukraine» Foundation for socially active young people. Its goal is to raise a new generation of responsible leaders. Every month the Foundation holds lectures with renowned experts, politicians and public figures, during which they discuss ways of effective solutions to social problems in Ukraine and in the world.
