What do we know of the history of Ukraine, from its birth to the recognition of its independence? How can its culture, its literary, artistic and intellectual figures be presented? How can we understand the aspirations of the Ukrainian people today? This series of conferences invites specialists to shed light on the present in the context of Ukraine’s past, from the affirmation of its existence by the people to the international recognition of the Ukrainian nation and its sovereignty.

More information

https://www.bnf.fr/en/solidarity-ukrainian-people#bnf-cultural-events

Some of these conferences are available online (in French):

• The “Executed Renaissance” in Ukraine (1920s-1930s): Figures of a Sacrificed Intelligentsia
• Holodomor: History and Memory of the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine
• “Marusya”, a Novel by Marco Vovchok: Itineraries of a Phenomenon in Ukrainian Literature and its Author

Organised by the BnF, the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco) and the Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations (Bulac) from 22 May to 14 December 2023.

Image: Maïdan Nezalezhnosti, Kyiv, 23 février 2014 – Guillaume Herbaut