The Diplomat
The Escuela Diplomática (Paseo Juan XXIII, 5) is organising an Introduction to the history and culture of Ukraine free of charge from 30 May to 2 June.
The Diplomatic School has contacted historians and philologists from within Spain (Professors Faraldo, from the UCM, and Suárez, from the University of Granada) and from outside Spain (the famous Oxford historian Robert Service, as well as the Ukrainian Professor Yuri Shevchuk, from Columbia University). These scholars will lead the audience through the history and culture of Ukraine, which may hold some of the keys to the Ukrainian identity that has been revealed.
The session on 30 May at 5 p.m., given by José María Faraldo, historian, from the Complutense University of Madrid, on the subject of Ukrainian society and some historical connections with Spain, can be followed in person at the Escuela Diplomática. To do so, please send an e-mail to escuela.actividades@maec.es stating your commitment to attend, along with your full name and ID number. Limited capacity.
On Tuesday 31 May at 18:15, Simón Suárez, Vice-Dean of RR II at the University of Granada, will give a lecture on the History of Ukraine up to the October Revolution. On Wednesday 1 June at 19:00, Robert Service, historian, University of Oxford, will speak on Ukraine: From the October Revolution to Today (lecture in English without translation). And finally, on Thursday 2 June at 4 p.m., philologist Yuri Shevchuk, Columbia University in New York, will give a lecture in English (without translation) entitled A random walk down the culture of Ukraine. This last session will take place in a hybrid format and can be followed in person at the Diplomatic School or by videoconference.
The writer Thomas Mann spoke about those historical episodes around which our lives intersect with those of our contemporaries. The resilience and determination of the Ukrainians in the current conflict is one of those historical events that elicit the sympathy and admiration of ordinary citizens and link our everyday lives with history.
