Previous Programmes

Dr Olesya Khromeychuk-Public lectures

Hear from acclaimed writer and historian Dr Olesya Khromeychuk, a leading voice on Russia’s war against Ukraine

Dr Olesya Khromeychuk, Ukrainian Institute London

Olesya is a historian and writer. She has taught the history of East-Central Europe at the University of Cambridge, University College London, the University of East Anglia and King’s College London, and written for the New York Review of Books, Der Spiegel, the Los Angeles Review of Books, openDemocracy and Prospect. Khromeychuk is the author of A Loss: The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister (2022) and “Undetermined" Ukrainians. Post-War Narratives of the Waffen SS "Galicia" Division (2013).

She is currently the Director of the Ukrainian Institute London.

Dr Olesya Khromeychuk

Details for the lectures:

Sydney:

University Of Sydney Thursday 2 February 2023 6pm
or via live-stream
Topic: Ukraine: The Country that Surprised the World

St Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 57 Church St Lidcombe, 5 February 2023, 11.30am
Topic: ВІЙНА і я… ВІЙНА і ми… ВІЙНА і Україна

Canberra:

ANU Centre for European Studies Tuesday 7 February 2023, 5pm
Introductory remarks by His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine
Topic: Choosing Freedom in Ukraine

Melbourne:

Forum Theatre (153) North Wing, Arts West Building, Parkville, Thursday 9 February 2023, 5.30pm
Topic: Discovering Ukraine in the Context of Russia’s War

Ukrainian House 3-11 Russell St Essendon Friday 10 February 2023, 7pm
Topic: Choosing Freedom in Ukraine (in Ukrainian)

Maru Jarockyj Ukrainian DNA

In this exhibition, Maru Jarockyj highlights the infusion of her Ukrainian heritage into linear blocks and coloured cubic assemblies defined by symbolic Ukrainian themes. The essence of this art lies in the purity of its lines and the cutting blocks of colour, which form a unique painting style inspired by modernism and neo-cubism at the same time embracing Ukrainian heritage and bold architectural influences.

Details for the exhibition

https://whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au/things-to-do/maru-jarockyj-ukr-dna-ukrainian-dna

Bandury -oil on canvas

Curtin University

Kirrily Manning is an Occupational Therapist (OT) who in 2005 started volunteer work, assisting children with disabilities in orphanages in Ukraine, later setting up a student international placement program for Curtin University. Currently Kirrily’s program Train the Trainer aims at establishing OT specialists in Ukraine.

Listen to a podcast interview with Kirrily about bringing Occupational Therapy to Ukraine.