Discussion with Prof. Dr. Roman Dubasevych on 10 September at the Open House
The Protestant Deanery of Darmstadt and the Darmstadt Peace Alliance to a lecture followed by a discussion at the Open House, Rheinstraße 31 on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Roman Dubasevych (University of Greifswald), who will participate online.
The lecture is titled "War and Trauma in Ukraine. From Patsan to Veteran, from Rajon to Nation." In addition to geopolitical interpretations of the Russian war of aggression, Dubasevych focuses on cultural and symbolic dimensions, particularly conflicts of memory and language, as well as heroic images of masculinity , which play a significant role in both Russia and Ukraine.
The junior professor and chair of Ukrainian Studies examines the cultural background of the war, the continuity of Soviet traumas, and the behavior of modern nation states in conflict situations.
Participation is possible both in person and online via Zoom . Interested parties will receive the access link via email to: Erwachsenenbildung.Darmstadt@ekhn.de .
Further information is available from the Evangelical Deanery of Darmstadt
(Darmstadt - red/ekhn)
