Ukraine’s Public Sphere in Times of Crisis

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

This interdisciplinary panel focuses on politics and society in Ukraine. It addresses key problems of diversity and inclusion that have affected Ukraine since the Euromaidan protests of 2013-14. Ukrainian politics and society have experienced considerable challenges due to the upheavals of the Euromaidan Revolution and Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine. These presentations will address how the public sphere has dealt with times of crisis.

Sub Unit

• Politics/Law

Chair

• Georgiy Kasianov, Institute of the History of Ukraine, NANU (Ukraine)

Papers

• Theater as Revolution: Protests and Counterprotests in Ukraine, 2013-14 - William Jay Risch, Georgia College

• Journalists in Conflict - Marta Dyczok, U of Western Ontario (Canada)

• Violence and Civility in Post-Maidan Ukraine - Jan Claas Behrends, Centre for Contemporary History (Germany)

Discussant

• Olga Onuch, U of Manchester (UK)

Session Manager

• Ekaterina V. Klimenko, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, PAS (Poland)