Registration via https://event.ugent.be/registration/Russiaswar from 11-04-2023 12:51 until 19-05-2023 00:00
On 22 May 2023 Prof. David R. Marples, Distinguished University Professor at the Department of History, Classics, and Religion, Research Fellow of the Contemporary Ukraine Studies Program, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, will speak about Ukraine's modern history: 'Milestones Toward an Independent Ukraine, 1944-2022' .
The lecture covers the various manifestations of Ukrainian self-assertion and aspirations toward independence and democracy from the end of WW2: UPA, the Dissident Movement, Green World (responses to Chornobyl), Rukh, 'Granite Revolution', Orange Revolution, and Revolution of Dignity.
The event is organized by the Eureast Platform Knowledge Centre 'Ukraine and Eastern Europe' (‘Ukraine-plus’).
Time: 14:30-16:00
Place: Auditorium M - Campus Boekentoren
Address: Rozier 44 (wheelchair: Gezusters Lovelingstraat)