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SUMMARY:'Independent Ukraine: Twenty Years On': Keynote Address by Preside
 nt Leonid Kravchuk - Leonid Kravchuk\, first President of Ukraine
DTSTART:20111208T170000Z
DTEND:20111208T190000Z
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CONTACT:Dr R E Finnin
DESCRIPTION:The interdisciplinary workshop Independent Ukraine: Twenty Yea
 rs On marks the anniversary of Ukraine's December 1991 referendum\, when o
 ver 90% of Ukrainian voters declared their support for the creation of an 
 independent\, democratic state.\n\nOn 8-9 December 2011\, a group of noted
  international scholars will convene at the University of Cambridge to cha
 rt Ukraine's complex trajectory since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
  Focussing on the concept and the challenge of independence\, these partic
 ipants will explore the ever-evolving opportunities -- and dangers -- faci
 ng the largest country within Europe.\n\nThe workshop seeks to offer a mul
 ti-faceted and comparative analysis of today's Ukraine by orienting discus
 sion broadly on the notion of independence\, in all its senses. What did '
 independence' mean for the Ukrainian electorate in 1991? What does it mean
  today? In what ways is the country politically\, economically\, and cultu
 rally free to pursue its own interests? Does this independence conduct or 
 inhibit democratic freedom(s)? Does Ukraine's pivotal geopolitical positio
 n -- its 'inbetweeness' -- impose by necessity a condition of dependency? 
 How is 'independence' invoked in the discursive spheres of Ukrainian polit
 ics\, economics\, and culture? How has it influenced the representation of
  Ukraine's past -- and future?\n\nThe workshop will consist of three panel
  discussions on issues related to the politics\, economics\, and culture o
 f Ukraine. To contextualise the conversation and cast the Ukrainian case i
 n greater relief\, each panel will be assigned a discussant with expertise
  in another post-Soviet country.\n\nHosted by Cambridge Ukrainian Studies\
 , a programme of the Department of Slavonic Studies\, in collaboration wit
 h the University of Alberta and the University of Western Ontario
LOCATION:Winstanley Theatre\, Trinity College\, Cambridge
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