REGISTER: Bette's Speakeasy Series with Tetiana Boriak — Sunday Dec. 7, 11 am Pacific

Bette members—please register for Part 4 of our Speakeasy series with Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak, Sunday, Dec. 7 — a Q&A session based on her previous lectures

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Open to all levels of paid membership, please join us Sunday, 11 am Pacific, for Part 4 of our series with Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak — A Q&A session wrapping up what we’ve learned to date.

Our series has focused on her areas of expertise: the Holodomor, Soviet totalitarianism, memory studies, social history, and the Executed Renaissance.

Here is a recap from Part 1:

‘Russia Uses Everything as a Weapon’ — A Series with Ukrainian Historian Tetiana Boriak

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And here is another post based on lessons from our Speakeasy series:

The Greatest Lie of the Twentieth Century

In our second Speakeasy event with Tetiana, we learned about the Holodomor, Stalin’s man-made famine. In Part 3, we focused on the Executed Renaissance.

Those who attended the series are invited to ask questions based on her lectures. If you prefer to have me ask your question, please email bettedangerous/gmail.

I am grateful that cultural anthropologist Stephen Douglas of Decoding Trolls and Disinfolklore, who initially led me to Boriak’s work, will be co-hosting with me again.

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More about Tetiana Boriak’s work here:

Tetiana Boriak – refugee from the Russian war, Ukrainian historian, Doctor of Historical Sciences (Dr. habil.) (2024), PhD in History (2008), Associate Professor, Researcher at History Faculty, Vilnius University (Lithuania). Received her MA in History from Kansas University (Lawrence, KS, 2004–2006). She specializes in Holodomor, Soviet totalitarianism, memory studies and social history. Author of three books, two awards: “Oral History as a Source for Holodomor Studies: Formation of Eyewitness Testimony Collections and their Informative Value” (2024; Research Prize of the Rector of Vilnius University 2024 for “significant research work”); “1933: “Why Are You Still Alive?” (2016; the all-Ukrainian award “the Book of the Year” (2016, nomination “History”, category “Research/Documents”). MSCA4Ukraine (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for Ukraine) Fellow (2025–2027). In 2013–2014 Fulbright Fellow at Harvard University (Ukrainian Research Institute, Boston, MA). Author of 90 articles of them about 40 articles on Holodomor. In 2010–2017 was an assistant of the journalist, researcher, columnist of the Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum in the project of preparation of an English-language book about the Holodomor in Ukraine for a Western audience: “Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine” (2017; two awards). Host of the historical educational program “History with meat” (2017– February 2022) – about 70 episodes, available on YouTube. Editorial board member of several journals and a member of several historical professional associations. Participated in more than 70 conferences.

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