Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed is a preceptor in Ukrainian at Harvard's Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. She holds a Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literatures (Indiana University, 2022) and in American literature (Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2007). Her research interests include contested memory, with a focus on Ukraine and Russia. She is a review editor of H-Ukraine. Since 2016, she has been a host on the New Books Network (Ukrainian Studies, East European Studies, and Literary Studies channels).

My Events:

Russia’s Denial of Ukraine: Letters and Contested Memory

Thursday, April 3, 2025
4:30 to 6pm EDT

In person

An opportunity to explore the past, present, and future of Ukrainian studies in the context of contested memories and current cultural politics, with a focus on a recent book by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed.

Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed

Preceptor in Ukrainian at Harvard University

George Grabowicz

Dmytro Cyzevs’kyj Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Emeritus, Harvard University

Bohdan Tokarskyi

Assistant Professor of Ukrainian Literature and Culture, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

Stephanie Sandler

Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

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