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This online course is for anyone who is interested in Ukrainian literature. The course will discuss the Romantics and the avant-garde, the modernists and the dissidents, the post-modernists and the feminists as well as the rich literary scene of contemporary Ukraine. Each seminar will be delivered by an expert in the field of Ukrainian literature. All texts will be read in the English translation and made available to students enrolled on the course. No prior knowledge of the Ukrainian language or literature is required to enrol on this course. Those who attend all seminars will receive a certificate of completion.
▫ A unique chance to learn with lecturers from the world’s best Ukrainian Studies programmes.
▫ Small class size, to ensure you’ll be able to ask questions and receive teaching that’s tailored to you.
▫ Course handbook and materials, including English translations of texts studied as part of the seminars.
▫ Access to recorded video lectures.
Course curator: Sasha Dovzhyk, Special Projects Curator, the Ukrainian Institute London.
The course will be held in English via Zoom.
Dates
8 weekly seminars: 1 June – 20 July 2023
18:30 – 20:00 (British Summer Time)
Fee
Full price: £240 (£170 students) OR £30/£22 per seminar
Friends and benefactors of the Institute are eligible for a reduced price. Email us to claim your discount.
How to enrol
If you wish to join this course or you have any queries,
please email Phoebe Page at page@ukrainianinstitute.org.uk.
1 June
The Cultural Emergence of Modern Ukraine
Ivan Kotliarevsky and Taras Shevchenko
Lecturer: Rory Finnin (University of Cambridge)
One-off fee: £30 standard / £22 student
8 June
Ukrainian Modernism and Feminism
Olha Kobylianska and Lesia Ukrainka
Lecturer: Tamara Hundorova (National Academy of Science of Ukraine)
One-off fee: £30 standard / £22 student
15 June
Ukrainian Avant-Garde
Les Kurbas and Mykola Kulish
Lecturer: Mayhill Fowler (Stetson University)
One-off fee: £30 standard / £22 student
22 June
Ukrainian Dissidents
Vasyl Stus and Vasyl Holoborodko
Lecturer: Bohdan Tokarskyi (University of Potsdam)
One-off fee: £30 standard / £22 student
29 June
Ukraine At War: Contemporary Prose
Serhii Zhadan and Olena Stiazhkina
Lecturer: Sasha Dovzhyk (School of Slavonic and East-European Studies, UCL)
One-off fee: £30 standard / £22 student
6 July
Ukrainian Literature in Dialogue
Ivan Franko and Sholem Aleichem
Lecturer: Uilleam Blacker (School of Slavonic and East-European Studies, UCL)
One-off fee: £30 standard / £22 student
13 July
Ukrainian Poetry of Independence
Natalka Bilotserkivets, Serhii Zhadan, Marianna Kiyanovska and Kateryną Kalytko
Lecturer: Iryna Starovoyt (Ukrainian Catholic University)
One-off fee: £30 standard / £22 student
20 July
Russophone Writing in Ukraine
Andrey Kurkov, Boris and Liudmila Khersonsky
Lecturer: Vitaly Chernetsky (University of Kansas)
One-off fee: £30 standard / £22 student
