This event will feature a reading and conversation with Lyuba Yakimchuk, an award-winning Ukrainian poet, screenwriter, and playwright. Yakimchuk’s widely acclaimed collection Apricots of Donbas was among the first to process and articulate Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine when it broke out in 2014 and forced her family to flee their home in Eastern Ukraine.
Yakimchuk will read both from Apricots and from her most recent work. She will reflect on how the events of 2014 foreshadowed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and speak about the power and vulnerability of poetic language at times of war. She will also discuss the ways in which her own writing draws inspiration from Ukrainian literary tradition, particularly such unlikely sources as Futurism and the Baroque.
Sponsorship
This event is organized by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and co-sponsored by the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
Accessibility
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact us at 617-495-4037 or daviscenter@fas.harvard.edu in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance if possible. Please note that the Davis Center will make every effort to secure services but that services are subject to availability.
