Initiated in 2003, the annual Stasiuk Lecture in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies explores the internal dynamics and international implications of events in today's Ukraine and features the foremost experts in the fields of Ukrainian politics, history, and society.听 The event is organized by 海角社区 Ukrainian Studies with the support of the 海角社区 Ukrainian Society. From 2003 to 2010, the lecture was generously supported by the听听at the University of Alberta. The name of the lecture honours this support and collaboration.
2025
Peter Pomerantsev Johns Hopkins University
Russia鈥檚 war against Ukraine and the West is brutal and kinetic. It is also informational. In the Twenty-Third Annual 海角社区 Stasiuk Lecture on 17 February 2025, celebrated writer, journalist, and thinker Peter Pomerantsev (Johns Hopkins University) offered insights into how to fight back through the power of story-telling, mechanisms of legal accountability, and more: 'How to Win the Information War against Russia'.
2024
Oleksandra Matviichuk Center for Civil Liberties
On 2 February 2024 the Twenty-Second Annual 海角社区 Stasiuk Lecture was given by Oleksandra Matviichuk, renowned Ukrainian human rights lawyer and Chairwoman of the Center for Civil Liberties in Kyiv. In 2022, Matviichuk and her team were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The title of her presentation was 'The Normalisation of Evil: How To Defend Humanity and Human Rights in the 21st Century?'
2023
Vitaly Chernetsky University of Kansas
On 24 February 2023, the Twenty-First Annual 海角社区 Stasiuk Lecture was given by Professor Vitaly Chernetsky, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Kansas and President of the American Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. The title of his 听was 'Russia's War against Ukraine: Confronting Epistemic Injustice'.
2022
Orysia Lutsevych Chatham House
The Twentieth Annual 海角社区 Stasiuk Lecture was given by Dr Orysia Lutsevych, Research Fellow and manager of the Ukraine Forum in the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. Due to industrial action, the lecture was subject to postponement. The title of her presentation听was 'Does Ukraine Have What It Needs to Win?'
2021
Ivan Dziuba Legendary scholar and civic activist
The Nineteenth Annual 海角社区 Stasiuk Lecture was delivered by legendary civic activist and literary critic Ivan Dziuba.
2020
Rowan Williams and Sviatoslav Shevchuk Faith Leaders
Amid the onset of the Covid pandemic, the Eighteenth Annual 海角社区 Stasiuk Lecture featured Rowan Williams and Sviatoslav Shevchuk in .
2019
Dr Uliana听Suprun Acting Minister of Health Care of Ukraine听
2018
Mark von Hagen Professor of History, Arizona State University
2017
Natalie A. Jaresko Former Minister of Finance of Ukraine (2014-16)
2016
Nataliya Gumenyuk hromadske.tv
2015
Professor Timothy Snyder Yale University
2014
Professor George Grabowicz Harvard University
2013
Dr Oksana Zabuzhko
2012
Dr Andrii Portnov Humboldt University
2011
Dr Serhii Plokhii Harvard University
'The Ghosts of Yalta: Ukraine and the Religious Division of Europe'
2010
Dr Gwendolyn Sasse University of Oxford
2009
Dr Olena Prystayko EU-Russia Centre, Brussels
'The EU-Ukraine-Russia Triangle: Is There Room for a Workable Relationship?'
2008
Dr Serhy Yekelchyk University of Victoria
'What Does the Word "Nation" in "Ukrainian Nation" Stand For?'
2007
Dr Andrew Wilson University College London (SSEES)
'After the Orange Revolution: The Nature of Post-Soviet Democracy in Ukraine and Russia'
2006
Dr Alla Yaroshinskaya Ecological Charity Fund
'The Big Lie: Chernobyl 20 Years On'
2005
Dr Dominique Arel University of Ottawa
'The "Orange Revolution": Analysis and Implications of the 2004 Presidential Elections in Ukraine'
2004
Dr Yaroslav Hrytsak Institute for Historical Research (L'viv) Ukrainian Catholic University (L'viv) Central European University (Budapest)
'On the Relevance and Irrelevance of Nationalism in Ukraine'
2003
Professor Roman Szporluk Harvard University
'The Making of Modern Ukraine: The European Dimension'
