Victoria Donovan in conversation with Olesya Khromeychuk: Life in Spite of Everything
Date and time:
Thursday 13 March, 2025
15:30 - 16:30
Location:
Daunt Books Marylebone
83–84 Marylebone High Street
London
W1U 4QW
The Ukrainian east is a region known as Donbas, and since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine in 2014, it has been synonymous with conflict. With the escalation of that war in 2022, its cities have become familiar to us through the images and reports of brutal devastation.
Victoria excavates a rich, multicultural history of this area, and highlights the lives and voices of local people, who present a rich, revelatory and intensely personal view of a stunning region. It is a real testament to people’s tenacity, perseverance and love for the place they are from.
Ticket price includes a soft drink and tasty nibbles.
Speaker
Victoria Donovan
Victoria Donovan is a writer and Professor of Ukrainian and East European Studies at the University of St Andrews.
Moderator
Olesya Khromeychuk
Olesya Khromeychuk is the Director of the Ukrainian Institute London. She is a historian and writer. She has taught the history of East-Central Europe at several British universities, and has written for The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, Der Spiegel, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Prospect. Khromeychuk is the author of The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister (2022) and “Undetermined” Ukrainians. Post-War Narratives of the Waffen SS “Galicia” Division (2013).
