Wartime Disaster and Resurgence in Ukraine: Human and Spatial Dimensions
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Ukraine has experienced immense physical destruction since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, impacting humans, space, and the built environment. Three scholars visiting the Davis Center supported by American Councils’ BridgeUSA Ukrainian Academic Fellows Program will present their work on how Ukraine can begin to recover in terms of the built and natural landscape and conflict resolution opportunities amidst the trauma of genocide.
Event speakers: Myroslava Antonovych, Head, Center for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, and Associate Professor, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Liubov Apostolova-Sossa, Head of Department of Urban Economy, Urban and Spatial Planning Faculty, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture; Daria Malchykova, Vice Rector for Educational, Scientific, and Pedagogical Affairs and Professor, Department of Geography and Ecology, Kherson State University.
Moderator: Daniel Epstein, Assistant Director, Scholars Without Borders, Davis Center.
Discussant: Eve Blau, Director, Davis Center,Adjunct Professor of the History of Urban Form, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Co-Director of the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative.
In addition to the in-person event, this discussion will be live-streamed.
This event is organized by the Davis Center and co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University.
Any questions can be directed to daviscenter@fas.harvard.edu.