BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news422@osteuropa.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220504T193031 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20220509T183000 SUMMARY:Podium: Ukraine at a Crossroads in History: Dangers\, Challenges\, and – Chances? DESCRIPTION:The panel discussion will focus on the perspective of Ukraine a s a state between today's EU area and Russia – looking at the years sinc e Ukraine's independence\, the Russian-backed secession of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions\, and the Russian annexation of Crimea.\\r\\nIn a dialogu e between Eastern European studies\, cultural studies\, political journali sm\, and political strategy\, the panel will assess the current situation and take a structured look at the major lines emerging in the evolution of this war and its possible outcomes.\\r\\nPanel participants \\r\\n Myro slava Gongadze is one of the most influential Ukrainian journalist. When her husband\, another well-known journalist\, was kidnapped and murdered i n 2000\, she and her daughters were granted asylum in the United States. S he is now a senior contributor to the Voice of America\, focusing on Ukrai ne\, and lives in Warsaw. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schmid is a Slavic scholar sp ecializing in Russian\, Ukrainian and Polish literature\, philosophy and c ulture. From 2000–2003\, he was assistant professor at the University of Basel. Since 2007 he has been Professor of Russian Culture and Society at the University of St.Gallen\, and since 2020 also its Vice President for External Relations. Dr. Vitali Shkliarov is a Belarusian-born political scientist who studied in Germany and later at Harvard. In the U.S.\, he wo rked as a campaign worker for Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders\, among othe rs. In 2020\, he stayed in Belarus\, where he was arrested. He has also wo rked and continues to work in Russia and former Soviet republics as a poli tical advisor to candidates for local and national office. Prof. Dr. Alex ander Wöll is a German Slavist and former president of the European Univ ersity Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). Since 2018 he works as a professor of culture and literature of Central and Eastern Europe at the University of Potsdam. He also heads the German Association of Ukrainists. \\r\\nThe  discussion will be moderated by Prof. Dr. Frithjof Benjamin Schenk\, P rofessor of Eastern European History at the University of Basel.\\r\\nThe panel discussion is part of the symposium Ukraine – Intersection of Eu ropean Traditions\, which will take place on May 9-10\, 2022.\\r\\nZoom-Li nk for the whole conference https://unibas.zoom.us/j/69893599270?pwd=OHA2T 0RMWnN3NjkrWGhYekxKaTNvQT09 [https://unibas.zoom.us/j/69893599270?pwd=OHA2 T0RMWnN3NjkrWGhYekxKaTNvQT09]\\r\\nMeeting-ID: 698 9359 9270 Passcode: 557 406\\r\\nVeranstalter: Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät\; Theologische Fakultät X-ALT-DESC:

The panel discussion will focus on the perspective of Ukraine as a state between today's EU area and Russia – looking at the years since Ukraine's independence\, the Russian-backed secession of the D onetsk and Luhansk regions\, and the Russian annexation of Crimea.

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In a dialogue between Eastern European studies\, cultural studie s\, political journalism\, and political strategy\, the panel will assess the current situation and take a structured look at the major lines emergi ng in the evolution of this war and its possible outcomes.

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Panel participants \;

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The \;discussion \;will be \; moderated by \;Prof. Dr. Frithjof Benjamin Schenk\,&n bsp\;Professor of Eastern European History \;at the University of Base l.

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The panel discussion is part of the symposium \;Ukraine – Intersection of European Traditions\, which will take place on May 9-10\, 2022.

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Zoom-Link for the whole conference
< a href="https://unibas.zoom.us/j/69893599270?pwd=OHA2T0RMWnN3NjkrWGhYekxKa TNvQT09">https://unibas.zoom.us/j/69893599270?pwd=OHA2T0RMWnN3NjkrWGhYekxK aTNvQT09

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Meeting-ID: 698 9359 9270
Passcode: 557406

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Veranstalter:
Philosophisch-Historische Fakult ät\; Theologische Fakultät

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