POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER:

What is the importance of writing and freedom of expression in a time of war when language and culture are targets for destruction and elimination? 

This event brings together Ukrainian writers and cultural managers/media professionals to discuss the written word, translation, and documentation during Russia's war on Ukraine and its culture. We will discuss what it means to write history as it is being made, freedom of expression, the role of writers in shaping the memory of future generations.

The event also commemorates the late Ukrainian writer, Victoria Amelina who spoke to a Colgate audience on November 1, 2022, and who died of injuries sustained during a Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk on June 27, 2023. Her posthumous work, "Looking at Women Looking at War" will be published in February, 2025 with MacMillan. Carolyn Guile, Associate Professor of Art; Co-Director, Center for Freedom and Western Civilization - Panel Organizer.  Panelists:  Iryna Baturevych; Oleksandr Mykhed, and Sasha Dovzhyk.

Co-sponsored by Center for Freedom and Western Civilization.  Refreshments provided. All are welcome. 

If you would like to attend but are not able to in person, please register here.