Istoria: an online course in Ukrainian history
This online course is for anyone who is interested in Ukrainian history. The course will discuss contested historical issues from the legacy of Kyivan Rus to contemporary perceptions of the Donbas. It will examine the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-21, the Holodomor, and the Second World War, looking at questions of individual survival, collective resistance and national culture.
London Ukrainian Review
London Ukrainian Review is a special publication of the Ukrainian Institute London. Dedicated to the three decades of Ukraine’s independence, it discusses the challenges of climate and sustainability, achievements in cinema, literature, academia, and the media, while looking ahead to what Ukraine has to offer to the world.
Ukrainian Institute London hopes that this special publication will grow into a journal of culture, ideas, and new writing that will tackle global challenges through the prism of Ukraine while adopting a distinctly internationalist perspective on the Ukrainian past and present.
Lesia Ukrainka at the British Library
On 16 November 2021, the Ukrainian Institute London, in partnership with the British Library, held an extraordinary event, discussing the work of Lesia Ukrainka. The speakers, Oksana Zabuzhko, Lucy Delap and Sasha Dovzhyk addressed what Oksana Zabuzhko called ‘a hole in European culture’ by situating the feminist and modernist writing of Lesia Ukrainka firmly in the European literary canon.
Ukrainian Film Festival 2021:
Freedom on Screen
From 22 November until 6 December, the Ukrainian Institute London and Cambridge Ukrainian Studies welcome audiences to the 2021 Ukrainian Film Festival, Freedom on Screen. Showcasing a dynamic and diverse selection of documentary and feature films, the festival marks 30 years of Ukraine’s independent statehood by celebrating a spirit of creative freedom in contemporary Ukrainian cinema.
Homeward | Evge | Додому (dir. Nariman Aliev) with Ukrainian Institute London
Watch Homeward | Evge | Додому (2019), directed by Nariman Aliev with Ukrainian Institute London. 23 April – 13 June 2021. Drama | Crimean Tatar/Ukrainian/Russian | 98 min
Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival
The Ukrainian Institute London is working in partnership with the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival to bring the festival to UK audiences!
Ukrainian Film Festival 2020:
Films Beyond Borders
In November 2020, the Ukrainian Institute London and Cambridge Ukrainian Studies hosted an online festival of Ukrainian films, showcasing four gripping contemporary Ukrainian films and holding online Q&As with the films’ directors.
10 Things Everyone Should Know About Ukraine
’10 Things Everyone Should Know About Ukraine’ is made in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute and H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Film, Photo and Sound Archive of Ukraine.
Our Special Seasons of Events
In addition to our regular programme of events, the Ukrainian Institute London has launched two new seasons of events: The Many Faces of Ukraine and The Donbas Season.
Ukrainian Literature in Translation Prize 2021
The 2021 Ukrainian Literature in Translation competition focused on works by Lesia Ukrainka to commemorate the 150th anniversary of this pioneering feminist writer. The jury, composed of Halyna Hryn, Sasha Dugdale, and Uilleam Blacker, reviewed 33 anonymised submissions. The winner of the Translation Prize is Nina Murray for her translation from Lesia Ukrainka’s drama Cassandra. Daisy Gibbons received the second prize.
