Feminism, Modernism and Resistance to Empire in Ukraine. The Case of Lesia Ukrainka
Mo 30.05.2022 um 18:00 Uhr
Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM),
1090 Wien - Alsergrund, Spittelauer Lände 3
Tamara Hundorova and Uilleam Blacker will discuss the work of Lesia Ukrainka (Larysa Kosach, 1871-1913), a Ukrainian modernist, feminist and anti-colonial thinker, in the context of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the move towards decolonizing the study of Russia and Eastern Europe. Lesia Ukrainka is a canonical figure in Ukraine, known for her fiery poems opposing Russian colonial rule in Ukraine ...