Understanding Ukraine. Between Trauma and the New Reality with Yevhen Hlibovytsky

Modern Ukraine has become one of the most misinterpreted countries in the world. This talk will focus on Ukraine’s trajectory of development, how it failed conventional analytical tests, and the country’s future prospects. Yevhen Hlibovytsky will look into Ukraine’s security, demography, political culture, religions, economy, and governance and will explain how these factors impact Ukraine’s future options.

Yevhen Hlibovytsky is a lecturer at Ukrainian Catholic University and a public intellectual who has been actively studying how cultural factors influence institution building and long-term prospects for Ukraine. He runs pro.mova, a think tank and consultancy, and is actively involved in Ukraine’s reforms sector. Yevhen Hlibovytsky is a member of the supervisory board of Suspilne, the Ukrainian Public Broadcaster.

Discussants:

Olena Nikolayenko, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Fordham University

George G. Grabowicz, Dmytro Čyževskyj Research Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Harvard University, and Editor in Chief, Krytyka Publishers

Presentation in Ukrainian. Discussion in Ukrainian and English

Live stream:https://youtube.com/live/jiAmQhUYP_4?feature=share