Is there room for culture? Challenges of Ukraine’s nascent cultural diplomacy
Date and time:
Thursday 11 June, 2020
18:15 - 20:00
Location:
Ukraine continues to remain locked in undeclared war with Russia, and the economic downturn—including from the coronavirus outbreak—is putting a squeeze on the country’s finances. How important is culture and cultural diplomacy in this time of crisis and existential threat to Ukraine? Should recent efforts to invest in actively shaping the country’s image abroad using culture and scholarship continue, or put on a back burner until “better times”? How can the success of cultural institutions' efforts to meaningfully reach foreign audiences be measured, and what does success look like?
Eight leading institutions from the US, Canada, and UK that specialise in studying Ukraine, its culture, and society, and two prominent Ukrainian institutions invite you to an online discussion of these questions.
This event will be held in English.
FREE
Speaker
Volodymyr Sheiko
Volodymyr Sheiko is a specialist in culture management, marketing and communications. For 11 years he held senior positions in the Ukrainian mission of the British Council. Organizer of numerous cultural projects and events in the UK and 15 European countries: exhibitions, art residencies, film festivals, professional internships, concerts, literary programs, trainings, theater productions.
A graduate of the Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 2009 received a professional diploma in marketing, and in 2014 - a diploma in digital marketing from The Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK). In 2011 he graduated from the Summer School of Scottish Universities SUISS in the field of "Contemporary British and Irish Literature" (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Iryna Baturevych
Iryna Baturevych is the head of the analytical department at The Ukrainian Book Institute. Iryna has extensive experience as an editor, journalist and cultural manager. She was a co-founder and coordinator of the Chitomo cultural and publishing project. As a journalist, her articles have featured in the Ukrainian and foreign press. Iryna worked in the Organizing Committee of the Forum of Publishers, as a literary editor on the 1 + 1 TV channel, and as a coordinator of the association of small publishers and a section of small publishers at the Book Arsenal.
Speaker
Marina Pesenti
Originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, Marina Pesenti spent 10 years with the BBC World Service in London, producing and presenting programmes. She was a winner of BBC WS Documentary Bursary Award and produced documentaries for the English and Ukrainian desks. Marina gives regular interviews to the UK and Ukrainian media and has conducted research for think tanks, such as Chatham House, Legatum Institute and Kennan Institute. Prior to joining the Institute in September 2015, Marina was Director of Ukrainian Investment Summit in London with Adam Smith Conferences and freelanced for PR consultancy Bell Pottinger. She is a graduate of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and has an MSc from the London School of Economics.
Speaker
Jessica Zychowicz
Jessica Zychowicz is currently the Postdoctoral Scholar for the Contemporary Ukraine Program (CUSP) at the University of Alberta. She was previously a Visiting Researcher at IRES: Institute for Russian and East European Studies at Uppsala University, a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Ukraine, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 2016 in Slavic Studies with a cognate in History and a competitive residency at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG).
She has published articles in the Anthropology of East Europe Review, The Journal for Ukrainian Politics and Society, and a chapter in the anthology Transgressive Women in Modern Russian and East European Cultures: From the Bad to the Blasphemous.
