Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Don't Give up Ukraine Ukrainian eyes from the ground by a weekly broadcast & producing podcasts ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://dguukraine.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Latest Ukrainian news](https://dguukraine.com/latest-ukrainian-news/) - [Once upon a time...](https://dguukraine.com/once-upon-a-time/) - Once upon a time it was Saint Nicholas time. Just about two months ago Oleksandr Kobzarev and Julia Logvyneklo approached us if we, from the Netherlands, could give Unbroken Kids a nice Saint Nicholas party. Of course we took the challenge. We got thirty nice letters from kids staying at Unbroken Kids in Lviv. We - [10 Years Revolution of Dignity](https://dguukraine.com/10-years-revolution-of-dignity/) - Today ten years ago the Maidan Revolution of Dignity started. Today the revolution is still going on. The stakes are even higher than in 2013. The war of Russia against Ukraine made clear that the Revolution of Dignity is a European or world revolution. It means standing up for the right to the rule of - [War is a terrible thing](https://dguukraine.com/war-is-a-terrible-thing/) - War is a terrible thing. It destroys human life. Even when a person chooses to live, even when living conditions are normal, it is already a ruined life. Forever. I cannot listen to the brutal fact that a soldier died. A civilian was killed. Was taken prisoner. Returned from captivity, Had to leave his home... - [Ten Books You Should Read - Orysya Bila, Ruud Meij](https://dguukraine.com/ten-books-you-should-read-orysya-bila-ruud-meij/) - After the war started we did what philosophers should do: try to make sense of the war. Try to find a logic in this event that defies common sense. Because there is something incomprehensible in the unprovoked aggression of Russian and the Russians against Ukraine and the Ukrainians. What we are trying to do do - [Plast, youth and the future of Ukraine - Myron Spolsky](https://dguukraine.com/plast-youth-and-the-future-of-ukraine-myron-spolsky/) - According to the High Commissioner for Human Rights 356 children are killed and 595 are injured since the Russian war on Ukraine started on Februari 24. We hardly paid any attention to the price children have to pay in this war. It's high time we make this right starting with this episode. Children and young - [Join the conversation with Bogdan Pankevych - “Thirty Years of Hope”](https://dguukraine.com/join-the-conversation-with-bogdan-pankevych-thirty-years-of-hope/) - Bogdan Pankevych devoted his life to a free, sovereign and independent Ukrainian nation. He took his first steps on his calling when Ukraine was still a member of the Soviet Union. Mr. Pankevych was honorary consul of the Netherlands in Lviv. His is also prominent politician of the Ukrainian Galician Party. - [Invitation: ‘Can Putin Survive Ukraine?’](https://dguukraine.com/invitation-can-putin-survive-ukraine/) - I’m happy to invite you to my first ‘Don’t give up Ukraine!’ conversation with professor Yaroslav Hrytsak on the subject “Will Putin survive Ukraine?”. After the invasion of Russian military forces of Ukraine yesterday this promises te be a interesting conversation. The conversation will be broadcasted with Zoom. Don’t miss it. Get your inlog and passcode: ruud@ruud-meij.comThursday, Februari 24, 2022.19:30-20:30 - [Save the date: Bogdan Pankevych: Thirty Years of Hope](https://dguukraine.com/save-the-date-bogdan-pankevych-thirty-years-of-hope/) - Join our conversation on the current situation in and the future of Ukraine with Bogdan Pankevych, former Dutch honorary consul in Lviv and leading politician of the Galician Party. - [Breaking news on Ukraine: latest update](https://dguukraine.com/breaking-news-on-ukraine-latest-update/) - Read below the latest update (Februari 26, 7:41) by Yaroslav Hrytsak (Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv) Dear Colleagues and Friends, here is the recent update. All major cities withstood Russian Attacks - We went through another critical night. All the major cities withstood the Russian attacks. The Russian casualties are 3,500 killed and ca. 200-300 imprisoned. Resilience - [Yaroslav Hrytsak](https://dguukraine.com/yaroslav-hrytsak/) - Yaroslav Hrytsak (1960) is a Ukrainian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences and professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University. Director of the Institute for Historical Studies of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Guest professor (1996-2009) at Central European University in Budapest; First Vice-President (1999-2005) of the International Association of Ukrainians. Chief editor of the scientific journal “Ukraine Modern”. Member of the - [Tonight: “Philosophers to End the War” - A conversation with Orysya Bila](https://dguukraine.com/tonight-philosophers-to-end-the-war-a-conversation-with-orysya-bila/) - Karl Marx wrote in his 11th thesis on Feuerbach: “Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is however to change it.” Today we can rephrase this statement as “philosophers have interpreted war in various ways; the point is how to stop it.” - [In case you missed…](https://dguukraine.com/in-case-you-missed/) - In case you missed the conversations with Yaroslav Hrytsak and Bogdan Pankevych you can watch them on our YouTube channel Don’t give up Ukraine. If bombs fall words of support, understanding and hope make a difference. Thank you for joining and supporting. - [Save the date: Orysya Bila: “Philosophers to End the War.”](https://dguukraine.com/save-the-date-orysya-bila-philosophers-to-end-the-war/) - One of the famous thesis of Karl Marx was “Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.” Next Thursday I will talk with Orysya Billa, philosopher at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. - [I’am at war with Putin](https://dguukraine.com/iam-at-war-with-putin/) - In our conversation last night, Orysya Bila - as I write in the shelter in Lviv because of Russians shelling western Ukraine - made a strong and urgent appeal to us to realize that we Dutch, Europeans, and not just they Ukrainians, are at war with Putin - [While my Guitar Gently Weeps](https://dguukraine.com/while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/) - A lonely, forlorn guitar in the attic of the Greek Catholic University weeps gently. She is mine. Her name is Washburn. We got engaged a few years ago in a music store in Lviv. Until that day I always brought a guitar from the Netherlands when I travelled to Lviv. - [Save the date: “Human Rights in Time of War” - a conversation with Volodymyr Beglov](https://dguukraine.com/save-the-date-human-rights-in-time-of-war-a-conversation-with-volodymyr-beglov/) - When it comes to war human rights seem to be its first casualty. Already Hannah Arendt was sceptical about human rights because when human beings needed them most, no government or intergovernmental organization seems prepared to protect them. - [Tonight: “Human Rights in Times of War” - a conversation with Volodymyr Beglov](https://dguukraine.com/tonight-human-rights-in-times-of-war-a-conversation-with-volodymyr-beglov/) - When it comes to war human rights seem to be its first casualty. Already Hannah Arendt was sceptical about human rights, because human beings - like in Mariupol - needed them most, no government or intergovernmental organization seems prepared to protect them. - [Save the date: Lviv and Utrecht, cities of human rights after Februari 24 - A conversation with Daryna Zarzhytska (Lviv) and Hans Sakkers (Utrecht)](https://dguukraine.com/save-the-date-lviv-and-utrecht-cities-of-human-rights-after-februari-24-a-conversation-with-daryna-zarzhytska-lviv-and-hans-sakkers-utrecht/) - The Russian war in Ukraine is a war against cities. Everyday we see heartbreaking scenes from Mariupol - the city of Maria -, Kharkiv, Kyiv or Lviv. Cities are human rights hubs. - [Tonight: Lviv and Utrecht, cities of human rights after Februari 24 - A conversation with Daryna Zarzhytska (Lviv) and Hans Sakkers (Utrecht)](https://dguukraine.com/tonight-lviv-and-utrecht-cities-of-human-rights-after-februari-24-a-conversation-with-daryna-zarzhytska-lviv-and-hans-sakkers-utrecht/) - The Russian war in Ukraine is a war against cities. Everyday we see heartbreaking scenes from Mariupol - the city of Maria -, Kharkiv, Kyiv or Lviv. Cities are human rights hubs. - [Save the date: “Ukraine and the future of Europe” - a conversation with Vittorio Hösle and Yaroslav Hrytsak](https://dguukraine.com/save-the-date-ukraine-and-the-future-of-europe-a-conversation-with-vittorio-hosle-and-yaroslav-hrytsak/) - In 2004 the German historian Karl Schlögel wrote ‘The future of Europe will be decided in Kyiv and Lviv.“ Tonight we discuss a similar question - "Ukraine and the future of Europe” - [Tonight: “Ukraine and the future of Europe” - A conversation with Vittorio Hösle and Yaroslav Hrytsak](https://dguukraine.com/tonight-ukraine-and-the-future-of-europe-a-conversation-with-vittorio-hosle-and-yaroslav-hrytsak/) - In 2004 the German historian Karl Schlögel wrote ‘The future of Europe will be decided in Kyiv and Lviv.“ Tonight we discuss a similar question - "Ukraine and the future of Europe” - with Vittorio Hösle and Yaroslav Hrytsak. - [Save the date: “Women and (the) war” - a conversation with Sylvia Borren and Oksana Kis](https://dguukraine.com/save-the-date-women-and-the-war-a-conversation-with-sylvia-borren-and-oksana-kis/) - In the seventh week of the war this is already our seventh conversation. This leaves us with mixed feelings. On the one hand we are proud and honoured by all who are willing to contribute to Don’t give up Ukraine. They are the building blocks of a community of inquiry on the past, present and future of Ukraine and Europe, hit by this terrible war by Russia. - [Save the date: “Resurrection” - a conversation with Anatoliy Babynskyi and Heleen Zorgdrager](https://dguukraine.com/save-the-date-resurrection-a-conversation-with-anatoliy-babynskyi-and-heleen-zorgdrager/) - In this Holy Week leading up to Easter, amid the brutal war in Ukraine, is there anything more appropriate to discuss other than the Resurrection? - [Tomorrow April 22: “News from the underground - A conversation with Michiel Driebergen](https://dguukraine.com/tomorrow-april-22-news-from-the-underground-a-conversation-with-michiel-driebergen/) - Michiel Driebergen is a Dutch writer and a journalist. Het reports for radio, newspapers and magazines, like NOS, Trouw, Volkskrant and VPRO. This week Michiel was in Dnipro and now he’s covering the war from Lviv. Michiel Drieberger has a long history of writing on Ukraine. - [Thursday evening: Christianity and Pacifism 2022 - A conversation with Yuriy Shchurko & Fred van Iersel.](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-christianity-and-pacifism-2022-a-conversation-with-yuriy-shchurko-fred-van-iersel/) - The Russian invasion of Ukraine unleashed a fierce debate on the question of the appropriate policy of Christians, especially Catholics, regarding the war in Ukraine. - [Tomorrow: Intellectuals and the Future of the University - Taras Dobko & Harry Kunneman](https://dguukraine.com/tomorrow-intellectuals-and-the-future-of-the-university-taras-dobko-harry-kunneman/) - Epochal historical crisis challenge intellectuals and universities to reconsider their role en mission in the history of mankind. After all, history and progress are not only the outcome blind processes, but also of idea’s, intellectual discoveries, inventions and mental shifts. - [Thursday evening: Taking Sides for Peace - Olena Zakharova & Frans Geraedts](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-taking-sides-for-peace-olena-zakharova-frans-geraedts/) - 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. - [Thursday evening: Ukrainian Literature as a Passion - Alena Muravska & Tobias Wals](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-ukrainian-literature-as-a-passion-alena-muravska-tobias-wals/) - 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. - [Thursday evening: A Field of Foundlings - Iryna Starovoyt](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-a-field-of-foundlings-iryna-starovoyt/) - 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. - [Thursday evening: 100 Days of War - Orysya Bila, Michiel Driebergen, Bogdan Pankevych & Iryna Starovoyt](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-100-days-of-war-orysya-bila-michiel-driebergen-bogdan-pankevych-iryna-starovoyt/) - 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. - [Thursday evening: Humanity and humor in classical Ukrainian Literature - Elena Oranskaia and Dmytro Lytvynenko](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-humanity-and-humor-in-classical-ukrainian-literature-elena-oranskaia-and-dmytro-lytvynenko/) - 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. - [Thursday evening: The Gulag, Mourning, and the War - Alexander Etkind](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-the-gulag-mourning-and-the-war-alexander-etkind/) - How to make sense of the Russian brutal invasion, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine? Should we see it as a geo-political struggle for power and influence? Should we see it as a hunger for land and economic gain? Or is something different, more uncanny at stake? - [Save the date: Thursday June 23 - Alexander Etkind on Russia, Internal Colonization and Warped Mourning](https://dguukraine.com/save-the-date-thursday-june-23-alexander-etkind-on-russia-internal-colonization-and-warped-mourning/) - On June 23 we welcome as our guest in Don’t Give Up Ukraine! Professor Alexander Etkind. Professor Etkind is author of a number of books on Russia. We will discuss two of his books which are especially relevant to the brutal war that is now going on in Ukraine. - [Thursday evening - The Ukrainian Diaspora as a Third Front? - Christina Santore and Mychailo Wynnyckyj](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-the-ukrainian-diaspora-as-a-third-front-christina-santore-and-mychailo-wynnyckyj/) - The Ukrainian diaspora comprises Ukrainians and their descendents who live outside Ukraine around the world. Today more than twenty million Ukrainians live outside Ukraine. You can find them all over the world in post-Soviet states, as well as in other countries such as Poland, the United States, Canada, Brazil and, for example, the Netherlands. - [Thursday evening: Ukrainian and Russian Values. Making a Difference - Orysya Bila and Ruud Meij](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-ukrainian-and-russian-values-making-a-difference-orysya-bila-and-ruud-meij/) - Recently Orysya Bila made, on a conference on the future of Ukraine, a short but insightful statement on the difference between Russian and Ukrainian values. In this episode of Don’t give up Ukraine! we are going to discuss this statement. - [Join us tonight - Faces of War - Taras Tymo](https://dguukraine.com/join-us-tonight-faces-of-war-taras-tymo/) - It’s now day 149 of Russia’s War against Ukraine. War affects millions of lives of common people in, but also outside Ukraine. In the first place the young men and women who are fighting at the front of freedom. Overnight their common lives changed from peaceful living men and women doing his or her daily work, being brother or sister, mum or dad. - [Thursday evening - The Ukrainian diaspora: Concepts and Canada - Vic Satzewich](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-the-ukrainian-diaspora-concepts-and-canada-vic-satzewich/) - Two weeks ago we started our series on the Ukrainian Diaspora with Mychailo Wynnyckyi and Christiana Santore. The Ukrainian Diaspora as a Third Front is still our main topic of interest. Tonight we want to clarify the concept of diaspora itself. - [Thursday evening - Eurasianism - Adreas Umland & Hubert Smeets](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-eurasianism-adreas-umland-hubert-smeets/) - Understanding the Russian war against Ukraine provokes puzzling questions. It beats our reservoir of simplistic answers and it often seems totally irrational. On the other hand: understanding this war is indispensable for putting an end to it and finding a way to a lasting peace. - [Join us tonight: Ukraine after the War. The Ukrainian Foundations - Valeriy Pekar](https://dguukraine.com/join-us-tonight-ukraine-after-the-war-the-ukrainian-foundations-valeriy-pekar/) - This Thursday we will talk about Ukraine 2030: Ukraine after the war. While it might look a bit premature and tempting fate, we believe that it is important to start talking about the Ukrainian future right now while the war is developing full scale. - [Thursday evening: Art, Memory, War. A View from Odesa - Oksana Dovgopolova](https://dguukraine.com/thursday-evening-art-memory-war-a-view-from-odesa-oksana-dovgopolova/) - 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. - [A European passport for all Ukrainians](https://dguukraine.com/a-european-passport-for-all-ukrainians/) - The comming days, weeks and months al lot of Ukrainians will leave there beloved motherland - Ukraine is a ‘she’ - looking for shelter, safety and refuge. They will cross borders - and already do - to Poland, Hongary and so on. We can already hear that we have to prepare ourself for a ’refugee - [The G7, the ‘battle for unity’ and conventional mass destruction](https://dguukraine.com/the-g7-the-battle-for-unity-and-conventional-mass-destruction/) - Orysya Bila, Ruud Meij Today the G7 assembles on the historical ground of Schloss Elmau, a hundred miles or so south of Munich. Of course, our thoughts go back to September 30, 1938. Will this also be a historical meeting? We are a bit worried about it. You won’t blame us for that as we - [Episode 19: The Ukrainian Diaspora as a Third Front - Christina Santore, Mychailo Wynnyckyi](https://dguukraine.com/episode-19-the-ukrainian-diaspora-as-a-third-front-christina-santore-mychailo-wynnyckyi/) - The Ukrainian diaspora comprises Ukrainians and their descendents who live outside Ukraine around the world. Today more than twenty million Ukrainians live outside Ukraine. You can find them all over the world in post-Soviet states, as well as in other countries such as Poland, the United States, Canada, Brazil and, for example, the Netherlands. The - [Episode 24: Ukraine after the War. The Ukrainian Foundations - Valeriy Pekar](https://dguukraine.com/episode-24-ukraine-after-the-war-the-ukrainian-foundations-valeriy-pekar/) - This Thursday we want to talk about Ukraine 2030 and the importance of thinking about Ukraine after the war. But isn’t that a bit premature? Isn’t this tempting fate? Why is it important to start talking about the Ukrainian future after the war right now while the war is developing full scale? Is it not - [Episode 24: Eurasianism - Andreas Umland, Hubert Smeets](https://dguukraine.com/episode-24-eurasianism-andreas-umland-hubert-smeets/) - Understanding the Russian war against Ukraine provokes puzzling questions. It beats our reservoir of simplistic answers and it often seems totally irrational. On the other hand: understanding this war is indispensable for putting an end to it and finding a way to a lasting peace. Seeing the war as an outgrowth of the ideology of - [Episode 23. Faces of War - Taras Tymo](https://dguukraine.com/episode-23-faces-of-war-taras-tymo/) - It's now day 149 of Russia's War against Ukraine. War affects millions of lives of common people in, but also outside Ukraine. In the first place the young men and women who are fighting at the front of freedom. Overnight their common lives changed from peaceful living men and women doing his or her daily - [Episode 22. The Ukrainian diaspora: Concepts and Canada - Vic Satzewich](https://dguukraine.com/episode-22-the-ukrainian-diaspora-concepts-and-canada-vic-satzewich/) - Two weeks ago we started our series on the Ukrainian Diaspora with Mychailo Wynnyckyi and Christiana Santore. The Ukrainian Diaspora as a Third Front is still our main topic of interest. Tonight we want to clarify the concept of diaspora itself. Iconic is the Jewish Diaspora or exile as the dispersion of Israelites of their - [Episode 21. Ukrainian and Russian values. Making a difference - Orysya Bila, Ruud Meij](https://dguukraine.com/episode-21-ukrainian-and-russian-values-making-a-difference-orysya-bila-ruud-meij/) - Recently Orysya Bila made, on a conference on the future of Ukraine, a short but insightful statement on the difference between Russian and Ukrainian values. In this episode of Don't give up Ukraine! we are going to discuss this statement. We are going to talk about issues like the way this difference in value orientations - [Episode 20. The Ukrainian Diaspora as a Third Front? - Christina Santore and Mychailo Wynnyckyj](https://dguukraine.com/episode-20-the-ukrainian-diaspora-as-a-third-front-christina-santore-and-mychailo-wynnyckyj/) - The Ukrainian diaspora comprises Ukrainians and their descendents who live outside Ukraine around the world. Today more than twenty million Ukrainians live outside Ukraine. You can find them all over the world in post-Soviet states, as well as in other countries such as Poland, the United States, Canada, Brazil and, for example, the Netherlands. The - [100 Days of War - Orysya Bila, Michiel Driebergen, Bogdan Pankevych, Iryna Starovoyt](https://dguukraine.com/100-days-of-war-orysya-bila-michiel-driebergen-bogdan-pankevych-iryna-starovoyt/) - Friday, June 3, 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 - [The Gulag, Mourning, and the War - Alexander Etkind](https://dguukraine.com/the-gulag-mourning-and-the-war-alexander-etkind/) - How to make sense of the Russian brutal invasion, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine? Should we see it as a geo-political struggle for power and influence? Should we see it as a hunger for land and economic gain? Or is something different, more uncanny at stake? What to make of Putin comparing - [Humanity and humor in classical Ukrainian Literature - Elena Oranskaia & Dmytro Lytvynenko](https://dguukraine.com/humanity-and-humor-in-classical-ukrainian-literature-elena-oranskaia-dmytro-lytvynenko/) - 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. It was an avant-garde which warned us about the problems we are now beginning to face. The common - [Art, Memory, War. A View from Odesa - Oksana Dovgopolova](https://dguukraine.com/art-memory-war-a-view-from-odesa-oksana-dovgopolova/) - 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. Or what to say of Picasso’s memorizalisation of the terror bombing of Guernica in 1937. The - [Ukrainian Literature as a Passion - Alena Muravska & Tobias Wals](https://dguukraine.com/ukrainian-literature-as-a-passion-alena-muravska-tobias-wals/) - 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. This is closely connected with another question. Until recently - [A Field of Foundlings - Iryna Starovoyt](https://dguukraine.com/a-field-of-foundlings-iryna-starovoyt/) - 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. We only have to think - [Taking sides for peace - Olena Zakharova & Frans Geraedts](https://dguukraine.com/taking-sides-for-peace-olena-zakharova-frans-geraedts/) - 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. Since the beginnings of - [Intellectuals and the Future of the University - Taras Dobko & Harry Kunneman](https://dguukraine.com/intellectuals-and-the-future-of-the-university-taras-dobko-harry-kunneman/) - Epochal historical crisis challenge intellectuals and universities to reconsider their role en mission in the history of mankind. After all, history and progress are not only the outcome blind processes, but also of idea’s, intellectual discoveries, inventions and mental shifts. Intellectuals and universities reflect the social histories and societies they are part of, but they - [Christianity and Pacifism 2022 - Yuriy Shchurko & Fred van Iersel](https://dguukraine.com/christianity-and-pacifism-2022-yuriy-shchurko-fred-van-iersel/) - The Russian invasion of Ukraine unleashed a fierce debate on the question of the appropriate policy of Christians, especially Catholics, regarding the war in Ukraine. The hesitation of Pope Francis to explicitly condemn the Russian President Putin for invading Ukraine, while calling it a ‘cruel and senseless war in which Ukraine was dragged’, was criticized - [News from the Underground Michiel Driebergen](https://dguukraine.com/news-from-the-underground-michiel-driebergen/) - Michiel Driebergen is a Dutch writer and a journalist. Het reports for radio, newspapers and magazines, like NOS, Trouw, Volkskrant and VPRO. This week Michiel was in Dnipro and now he’s covering the war from Lviv. Michiel Drieberger has a long history of writing on Ukraine. From the cities of Krakow and Lviv he has - [Resurrection - Anatoliy Babynskyi & Heleen Zorgdrager](https://dguukraine.com/resurrection-anatoliy-babynskyi-heleen-zorgdrager/) - In this Holy Week leading up to Easter, amid the brutal war in Ukraine, is there anything more appropriate to discuss other than the Resurrection? Easter is the commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. This resurrection established Jesus as the Son of God and is cited as proof that God will righteously - [Women and (the) war - Oksana Kis & Sylvia Borren](https://dguukraine.com/women-and-the-war-oksana-kis-sylvia-borren/) - In the seventh week of the war this is already our seventh conversation. This leaves us with mixed feelings. On the one hand we are proud and honoured by all who are willing to contribute to Don’t give up Ukraine. They are the building blocks of a community of inquiry on the past, present and - [Ukraine and the future of Europe - Vittorio Hösle & Yaroslav Hrytsak](https://dguukraine.com/ukraine-and-the-future-of-europe-vittorio-hosle-yaroslav-hrytsak/) - In 2004 the German historian Karl Schlögel wrote ‘The future of Europe will be decided in Kyiv and Lviv.“ Tonight Fernando Suarez Muller and Ruud Meij discuss a similar question - "Ukraine and the future of Europe” - with Vittorio Hösle and Yaroslav Hrytsak. Vittorio Hösle is philosopher and Paul G. Kimball Professor of Arts - [Cities of Human Rights after Februari 24 - Daryna Zarzhytska & Hans Sakkers](https://dguukraine.com/cities-of-human-rights-after-februari-24-daryna-zarzhytska-hans-sakkers/) - The Russian war in Ukraine is a war against cities. Everyday we see heartbreaking scenes from Mariupol - the city of Maria -, Kharkiv, Kyiv or Lviv. Cities are human rights hubs. Lviv and Utrecht both want to be cities of human rights. Being a ‘human rights city’ changed fundamentally after the Russian invasion on - ["We are all guilty of the war in Ukraine" - Mikael Storsjö](https://dguukraine.com/we-are-all-guilty-of-the-war-in-ukraine-mikael-storsjo/) - Mikael Storsjö is a Finnish IT entrepreneur, journalist and non-governmental activist. He is well known for his supporting the anti Putin cause. Mikael Storsjö is currently staying in Lviv. He takes part in the territorial defence and the Lviv Regional Press Center. According to Storsjö ‘the West’ bears guild for the war in Ukraine by not recognising the - [Orysya Bila - Philosophers to End the War](https://dguukraine.com/orysya-bila-philosophers-to-end-the-war/) - Karl Marx wrote in his 11th thesis on Feuerbach: “Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is however to change it.” Today we can rephrase this statement as “philosophers have interpreted war in various ways; the point is how to stop it.” Of course this refers to the horrible war - [Thirty Years of Hope - A Conversation with Bogdan Pankevych](https://dguukraine.com/thirty-years-of-hope-a-conversation-with-bogdan-pankevych/) - Bogdan Pankevich devoted his life to a free, sovereign, and independent Ukrainian nation. He took his first steps on his calling when Ukraine was still part of the Soviet Union. Mr. Pankevych was honorary consul of the Netherlands in Lviv. He is now a prominent politician of the Ukrainian Galician Party. 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