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Explaining UkraineHow to rediscover Ukraine: the story of Ukraïner - with Julia TymoshenkoIn this episode, we will talk about “Ukraïner”: a great initiative that has done a great deal to help rediscover Ukraine — both from within and from abroad.
“Ukraïner” launched expeditions to villages and towns across the country, researched the lifestyles and cultures of Ukraine’s diverse communities, and created outstanding textual and visual projects that help us better understand our own land. It has also done much to tell the Ukrainian story to the world.
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Host: Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld, and president of PEN Ukraine.
Guest: Julia Tymoshenko, head of Ukraïner.
Ukraïner website: htt...
2025-10-2850 min
Decolonisation#7 Taras Kuzio on decolonising perceptions of Ukraine in academiaThe guest of the seventh episode of Decolonisation is Taras Kuzio, a renowned British-Canadian political scientist, analyst, and expert on Ukraine. In this episode, Dr Kuzio joins Anastasiia Marushevska, editor-in-chief of Ukraїner International and co-founder of PR Army, to discuss the challenges of decolonising perceptions of Ukraine in Western academia, particularly in light of the dominance of Russianists in post-Soviet studies.
Dr Kuzio explores why Ukraine remained a blind spot in international academia until the full-scale invasion, why the traditional concept of the “post-Soviet” space is outdated, and how academic biases continue to influ...
2025-01-201h 20
Talk Eastern EuropeEpisode 205: Decolonising Ukraine. Standing up to Russian imperial narrativesCo-hosted by: Adam Reichardt, Nina Panikova and Alexandra KarppiIn this episode, our co-hosts start with the latest news developments from Serbia, Ukraine and Georgia. Later in the episode, Nina chats with Julia Ivanochko, Editor-in-Chief of Ukraїner po polsku, the Polish-language edition of Ukraїner. They dive into Ukraine’s experience with Russian colonialism, how it compares to Western ideas of colonialism, and the main narratives about Ukraine that still linger today. Julia also shares her thoughts on how Ukraine is pushing back against these imperial narratives and working towards true national sovereignty. For those keen to delve d...
2024-12-1955 min
Decolonisation#6 Understanding the Holodomor and Ukraine’s Erased Identity, with Daria MattinglyThe guest of the sixth episode of Decolonisation is Daria Mattingly, an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a lecturer in European History at the University of Chichester. As an expert on the social and cultural history of the USSR, with a particular focus on the 1932–33 Holodomor in Ukraine, Daria has also contributed to Anne Applebaum’s Red Famine. In this episode, Dr Mattingly and Anastasiia Marushevska, editor-in-chief at Ukraїner International and co-founder of PR Army, discuss the role of the Holodomor within the broader context of Russian colonialism.
In this episode, Dr Mattingly expla...
2024-12-171h 11
Decolonisation#5 Uilleam Blacker on colonial legacies and decolonisation of Ukrainian literatureThe guest of the fifth episode of the Decolonisation series is Dr Uilleam Blacker, a scholar of Ukrainian and East European culture and one of the prominent translators of Ukrainian literature into English. In this episode, Dr Blacker and Anastasiia Marushevska, editor-in-chief of Ukraїner International and co-founder of PR Army, explore how the multi-layered colonial influence has been reflected in Ukrainian literature throughout history.
In this episode, Dr Blacker explores the dual identities of Ukrainian authors under Russian imperial and Soviet rule, contrasts the colonial themes in the works of Mykola Hohol (known as Nikolai Gogol) a...
2024-12-021h 23
Decolonisation#4 Timothy Garton Ash on Europe’s shared identity and reshaping the perceptions of UkraineThe guest of the fourth episode of the Decolonisation series is Timothy Garton Ash, a renowned British historian, author, and commentator celebrated for his in-depth analysis of modern European history, particularly concerning Central and Eastern Europe. In this episode, Timothy Garton Ash and Anastasiia Marushevska, editor-in-chief at Ukraїner International and co-founder of PR Army, discuss the shift in Europe’s identity as it is perceived in Western academia and by the general public.In this episode, Prof. Ash explains how his latest book, Homelands: A Personal History of Europe, offers an inclusive model of European history, exp...
2024-11-1640 min
Decolonisation#3 Bernard-Henri Lévy on decolonisation and struggle for democracyThe guest of the third episode of the Decolonisation series is Bernard-Henri Lévy, a prominent French philosopher and public intellectual, also known as BHL. In his long career, he has reported on the world’s most impactful wars, including those in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Ukraine. These experiences were reflected in his numerous books, such as The Empire and the Five Kings and Israel Alone. In this episode, Bernard Lévy and Anastasiia Marushevska, editor-in-chief at Ukraїner International and co-founder of PR Army, discuss how decolonisation is related to the ongoing struggle between democratic and authoritarian regimes.
2024-10-1156 min
Decolonisation#2 Historical context of Russia’s war against Ukraine with Jade McGlynn
The guest of the second episode of the Decolonisation series is Jade McGlynn, a leading British expert on Russia, memory politics, history and identity construction. She is a researcher in the War Studies department at King’s College London and the author of “Russia’s War” and “Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin's Russia”. In this episode, Jade and Anastasiia Marushevska, editor-in-chief at Ukraїner International and co-founder of PR Army, explore how Russia weaponises memory politics and what role Russian historical myths play in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
This episode delves into w...
2024-09-2753 min
Decolonisation#1 How populism works and exploits post-colonial sentiments, with Catherine FieschiThe guest of the first episode of the Decolonisation series is Catherine Fieschi, a political scientist and one of the world’s leading experts on populism. She is also the author of the bestselling book “Populocracy: The Tyranny of Authenticity and the Rise of Populism”. In this episode, Catherine and Anastasiia Marushevska, editor-in-chief at Ukraїner International and co-founder of PR Army, focus on populism in Europe, examining both the left and right sides of the political spectrum.This episode explores French populists Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and why thei...
2024-09-271h 20
DecolonisationWelcome to the Decolonisation podcastWe invite you to join our new podcast series, Decolonisation, where we will explore how the fogged perceptions of Ukraine can be improved through decolonisation practices and why the global decolonisation of Ukraine is crucial for a better understanding of Europe’s origins and future.
This isn’t merely about Ukrainians, a nation unheard of until 1991; it involves the shared history of Eastern Europe and Ukraine as co-founders of the values now identified as democratic.
2024-09-2702 min
Що далі?Пітер Померанцев про путінську Росію, колективну відповідальність та пропагандуУ межах англомовного проєкту Ukraїner in English «Україна очима іноземців» ми поговорили з Пітером Померанцевим — британським науковцем з українським корінням, старшим науковим співробітником Університету Джонса Гопкінса, автором двох книг про інформацію та пропаганду: «Нічого правдивого й усе можливо», «Це не пропаганда».
У розмові Пітер розтлумачує, що таке пропаганда та чи є в ній моральність, як вона працює в авторитарних і демократичних суспільствах та яка її роль у війні Росії проти України. Крім цього, ми обговорили межі відповідальності технологічних гігантів за ферми інтернет-тролів і те, як подолати розрив між правдою та справедливістю.
Пропонуємо ознайомитися з українською адаптацією цього інтерв’ю, адже в ньому піднімаються важливі для розуміння подальшого розвитку нашої країни питання.
2024-03-1654 min
Balakun: Join the ConversationUkrainian YouTube with YanaWelcome! We were delighted to have Balakun student Yana join us for this episode. Yana told us about herself and her motives for joining Balakun before we launched into an episode about Ukrainian YouTube and how it has evolved in the last few years. Ranging from the serious to the ridiculous, here is a commentary on the diverse world of Ukrainian YouTube and all the craziness you didn’t know you were missing.
You can find Yana on twitter at https://twitter.com/bozhablagodat
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2024-01-1441 min
Krynytsya (The Well), your wellspring for Ukraine and UkrainiansUkraїner: an educational, multimedia project offering online expeditions through UkraineIn 2016 journalist and writer Bohdan Logvynenko created Ukraїner as a volunteer media project. Through in-depth research called "expeditions", the multimedia platform aims to create an understanding of who Ukrainians are and to put the findings in an easily accessible mass media format online. Yuliia Tymoshenko, editor-in-chief of the English language edition of Ukraїner, talks about its content and how the media platform has taken a new direction with the war in Ukraine. https://ukrainer.net/en/
2022-11-0917 min