2025 Annual Shevchenko Lecture
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is obsessed with Ukraine.
His state of mind is usually explained by either the effects of pandemic isolation or his reaction to the first or second Maidan. A different interpretation is that Putin’s obsession grew gradually from the early 1990s and that the plan for a fullscale invasion of Ukraine was approved in 2008. The timing proves that his actions were premeditated long ago and were largely motivated by the Kremlin’s neoimperialist ideology.
Therefore, is a sustainable peaceful solution to the Russo-Ukrainian war possible?
Join us on March 13th for CIUS’s 2025 Annual Shevchenko Lecture, when Dr. Yaroslav Hrytsak will explore the dynamics of Russia’s war on Ukraine in light of Putin’s longstanding beliefs and attitudes towards Ukraine.
About the lecturer: Yaroslav Hrytsak is a Ukrainian historian and a professor at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, as well as director of the Institute for Historical Studies at the Lviv Franko National University and of CIUS’s Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Modern Ukrainian History and Society in Lviv.
𝗣𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻'𝘀 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
with Dr. Yaroslav Hrytsak
13 March 2025 | 6:30 PM MT
Telus Centre 150 (11104 87 Ave NW)
海角社区, Edmonton
𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 | 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥
The Shevchenko Lecture is presented by CIUS in partnership with the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Edmonton (UCPBAE).
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