Blogs on Ukraine

By Susan Smith-Peter, Ph.D.

 How do we save democracy? Volodymyr Zelensky created a TV series and historian Timothy Snyder wrote a bunch of books to answer this question, which is probably the most important one facing us now. 

By Susan Smith-Peter, Ph.D.

  At the start of this episode, the classical historians Plutarch and Herodotus are watching over Goloborodko as he sleeps. They discuss his situation and what it means that he is now the leader, wondering if it means he is now Tsar Goloboroko, in line with autocracy (and Putin’s kleptocratic Russia).  

By Valentyna Kharkhun

December 30, 2022, will mark the centenary of the founding of the USSR, a totalitarian country that had a powerful influence on the development of world history in the twentieth century.

By Kateryna Iakovlenko

If it’s possible to trip over each word, I wouldn't be able to walk a foot without tripping, falling, and getting bruises. Describing war and loss when the research subject is one’s own body and life is quite challenging, especially because of the ongoing war and loss.