The Making of Modern Ukraine

How does all this tie together? Class 23 brings the effects of the past century of imperialism into sharp focus. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. Ukraine must … Continue reading 23: The Colonial, the Post-Colonial, the Global →

Class 22 brings us closer to the modern day and looks at the role of culture. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. Ukraine must have existed as a … Continue reading 22: Ukrainian Ideas in the 21st Century →

Class 21 features guest lecturer, Professor Arne Westad, comparing Russian imperialism with other empires in recent centuries. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. Ukraine must have existed as … Continue reading 21: Comparative Russian Imperialism →

What can be that breaking point in a person’s life? Class 20 brings us to Maidan and the Self-Understanding that resulted. Guest lecturer is Marci Shore, Associate Professor of History at Yale University. Marci Shore, Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin … Continue reading 20: Maidan and Self-Understanding with guest lecturer Marci Shore →

Class 19 brings additional reminders of the impact Poland had on the formation of the Ukrainian state. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. Ukraine must have existed as … Continue reading 19: Oligarchies in Russia and Ukraine →

Class 18 brings into focus Marxism, dialectics, consumerism and nationalism during the transition from Khrushchev to Brezhnev. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. Ukraine must have existed as … Continue reading 18: Before and After the End of History →

The impact of colonization in Europe in the 1950s through the 1970s is examined in Class 17. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. Ukraine must have existed as … Continue reading 17: Reforms, Recentralization, Dissidence: 1950s-1970s →

Why the 1940s was such a terrible time for Ukraine is the subject of Class 16. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. Ukraine must have existed as a … Continue reading 16: Colonization, Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing →

Class 15 explores a very dark and terrifying couple of decades. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. Ukraine must have existed as a society and polity on 23 … Continue reading 15: Ukrainization, Famine, Terror: 1920s – 1930s →

Why would a Polish guard help a Ukrainian cross into the Soviet Union in 1933? Class 14 takes you through the interwar years. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European … Continue reading 14: Interwar Poland’s Ukrainians →