Ukraine: history and freedom, a conference by Timothy Snyder
Fri Feb 07, 2025 from 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM
Timezone : Europe/Paris
Sorbonne, salle Louis Liard
The history of Ukraine is deeper and longer than we understand, with tremendous significance for Western civilization and indeed the globe. When we understand its historical past, we are better able to ignore propaganda and grasp the true significance of the war. The very challenge Ukraine poses to conventional historical narratives opens up the question of freedom.
Timothy Snyder is a historian specializing in Central Europe and the Holocaust, professor at Yale University (Connecticut) and researcher at the Vienna Institute for the Humanities (Austria). His leading works include 'Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin' (Basic Books, 2010) and ‘On freedom’ (Crown Books, 2024).
Program:
Timothy Snyder's conference will be followed by a discussion with Volodymyr Yermolenko, philosopher, president of the Ukrainian Pen Club, editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld, moderated by Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial writer at Le Monde newspaper and author of “Les Aveuglés. Comment Berlin et Paris ont laissé la voie libre à la Russie” (Éditions Stock, 2023; Collection Folio actuel, Gallimard, 2024).
Timothy Snyder's conference will be followed by a discussion with Volodymyr Yermolenko, philosopher, president of the Ukrainian Pen Club, editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld, moderated by Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial writer at Le Monde newspaper and author of “Les Aveuglés. Comment Berlin et Paris ont laissé la voie libre à la Russie” (Éditions Stock, 2023; Collection Folio actuel, Gallimard, 2024).
In the presence of His Excellency Mr. Vadym Omelchenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to France, and Mrs. Nathalie Drach-Temam, President of Sorbonne University.
The conference is organized as part of the partnership between Sorbonne University (Global Ukraine lecture series) and the Ukrainian Institute, with the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in France and Éditions Gallimard.
Photo: Jiri Zerzon
Date and place
Fri Feb 07, 2025 from 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM
Timezone : Europe/Paris
