Dartmouth Events

Ukrainian Folklore is Dismantling Russia's Newspeak

Lada Kolomiyets, Visiting Harris Professor at Dartmouth

Wednesday, January 25, 2023
4:45pm – 5:45pm
Haldeman Hall 41 (Kreindler Conference Hall)
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts and Sciences, Clubs & Organizations, Lectures & Seminars, Workshops & Training

Join Visiting Harris Professor Lada Kolomiyets as she explores the Ukrainians'
"fatalistic optimism" as a way to survive and win in the Russo-Ukraine
information war, their nimble and full of positive energy humor, their most
famous art, memes, and subversions of Russian propaganda by means of the
life-affirming weapon: laughter.

Free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Harris German Program, The Department of Russian, and the
Comparative Literature Program

For more information, contact:
Carol Bean-Carmody

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.