The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war highlighted the continuing struggles in fostering democracies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Given the significance of transitional justice, identity politics, and historical memory within these processes, memory…
This research explores the transformative role of youth volunteering in Ukraine, particularly in the context of the country’s ongoing path toward European Union integration. By analysing the activities of volunteer organisations like Building Ukraine Together and the European Solidarity Corps,…
The period of colonization of Ukraine by the Soviet Union left a severe trauma, which, despite the active post-colonization processes over the last 30 years, still influences our contemporary reality. In modern Ukrainian literature, this period manifests itself mainly through…
In this conversation at Visible Ukraine and Review of Democracy, Diana Dumitru—co-editor, with Dirk Moses, of the new collection The Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Victims, Perpetrators, Justice, and the Question of Genocide—discusses the motives of various Russian perpetrators in Ukraine…
As of February, 2024, the Russo-Ukrainian war is starting again for the third time, the synchronicity and asynchronicity of communication for people living in/with/between war(s) has been changing. The truth and lies we encounter and articulate get different weight, the…
Olexandr Mykhed is one of the few Ukrainian authors to write not one but two books since Russia has launched its large-scale invasion. His fairy tale titled The Cat, the Cock, and the Kitchen Cabinet was published in December 2022.…
In this study, Maryna Tarasiuk tries to make sense of how Ukrainian archives are managed and how people can access historical documents during an armed conflict—a topic that has become even more significant in the context of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian…
Publicly given speeches are often perceived with too much focus on their literal content. Yet, the functioning of public speech appears to be a lot more complicated to analyze, especially when the speaking subject holds the position of a certain…
In this conversation with Visible Ukraine editor Marta Haiduchok and RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Yaroslav Hrytsak—author of the new book Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation—explains what makes Ukraine a geopolitically crucial borderland and why the Ukrainian question has become…
Inspired by the talk with Maria Sonevytsky on the release of her new book Tantsi, this article offers reflections on the ways and opportunities to apply decolonization to the field of Soviet cultural history and anthropology through the case of…