Against the background of the war in Ukraine tonight we discuss classical Ukrainian literature with Elena Oranskaia and Dmytro Lytvynenko. Elena Oranskaia argues that classical Ukrainian literatuur from Skovoroda to Lesya Ukraïnka was ahead of its time.
Visual Arts have always been a powerful medium in which war meets the eye. We only have to think of (more…)
Visual Arts have always been a powerful medium in which war meets the eye. We only have to think of Los Disastres de la Guerra of Francisco Goya sketching the cruelties during the Peninsular War, which began in 1808.
Tonight we continue our conversation on Ukrainian literature which which we started last week with Iryna Starovoyt. With our guests (more…)
Friday is Day 100 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Friday it will also be 100 days since we started Don’t give up Ukraine!. No day to celebrate of course. Even not to commemorate. In these 100 days we gave voice to the experience of the war and reflected on what hit Ukraine and the world in such an unprecedented way.
Tonight we shift our view to Ukrainian literature and poetry as a lens on Ukraine as a nation, the war, (more…)
According to Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) ‘War is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our (more…)
Tonight we continue our conversation on Ukrainian literature which which we started last week with Iryna Starovoyt. With our guests Alena Muravska and Tobias Wals we focus on the question if Ukrainian literature has a recognizable voice and face which deserves to be heard outside Ukraine.
Tonight we shift our view to Ukrainian literature and poetry as a lens on Ukraine as a nation, the war, and Ukraine’s past and future. The crossroad of war, nation, victory, liberation and suffering has always been the dramatic background for some of the greatest works in literature and poetry.
Epochal historical crisis challenge intellectuals and universities to reconsider their role en mission in the history of mankind. After all, (more…)
According to Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) ‘War is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.“ Like Machiavelli, Clausewitz saw peace as 'breathing time’ to prepare for the next military plans. This view of peace is - if it ever was - no longer convincing today.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine unleashed a fierce debate on the question of the appropriate policy of Christians, especially Catholics, (more…)