#  POSTPONED The Zelensky Effect 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 4, 2023** 

 04:30PM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Room K-354, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

 **Olga Onuch**, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester  
**Henry Hale**, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University  
Moderated by **Emily Channell-Justice**, Director, Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program

 ***This event is postponed and will be rescheduled at a future date.***

##  Book Description

 With Russian shells raining on Kyiv and tanks closing in, American forces prepared to evacuate Ukraine’s leader. Just three years earlier, his apparent main qualification had been playing a president on TV. But Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly retorted, ‘I need ammunition, not a ride.’ Ukrainian forces won the battle for Kyiv, ensuring their country’s independence even as a longer war began for the southeast.

 You cannot understand the historic events of 2022 without understanding Zelensky. But the Zelensky effect is less about the man himself than about the civic nation he embodies: what makes Zelensky most extraordinary in war is his very ordinariness as a Ukrainian.

 *[The Zelensky Effect](https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-zelensky-effect/)* explains this paradox, exploring Ukraine’s national history to show how its now-iconic president reflects the hopes and frustrations of the country’s first ‘independence generation’. Interweaving social and political background with compelling episodes from Zelensky’s life and career, this is the story of Ukraine told through the journey of one man who has come to symbolise his country.

##  About the Speakers

 Olga Onuch is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester.

 Henry E. Hale is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.

 Moderated by **[Emily Channell-Justice](/people/emily-channell-justice)**, Director, Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University

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 See also:- [ Book Talk ](/event-type/book-talk)
- [ Seminar in Ukrainian Studies ](/event-type/seminar-ukrainian-studies)
- [ Contemporary Ukraine ](/fields-expertise/contemporary-ukraine)
- [ Political Science ](/fields-expertise/political-science)
- [ Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program ](/program/temerty-contemporary-ukraine-program)
 
 

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