REMINDER: THE EXECUTED RENAISSANCE — Bette's Speakeasy Series with Tetiana Boriak — Register for Sunday Nov. 30 and Dec. 7!
Bette members—please register for our Speakeasy series with Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak, Sunday, Nov. 30 & Dec. 7, for lessons on the Executed Renaissance and a Q&A session based on her work
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I am getting ready to publish a summary print report based on our second interview with Tetiana Boriak, a Ukrainian historian focusing on the Holodomor, Soviet totalitarianism, memory studies, and social history.
Here is the first print report in our series:
In our second Speakeasy event with her, we learned about the Holodomor, Stalin’s man-made famine. Our Q&A was timed to coincide with the day of remembrance, which falls on the fourth Saturday of every November. And those who attended were treated to an incredible, detailed 100-minute lecture on a famine that might have been lost to history were it not for a pair of brave reporters and the courage of Ukrainian people who spoked about it, despite the personal danger.
Her historic expertise is so vital to understanding unfolding events today, we are bringing her back for two more Sunday sessions.
Here are the details:
Sunday, November 30: Lessons from the Executed Renaissance
11 am Pacific, 2 pm Eastern
Sunday, December 7: Q&A Session
Registration for both events can be found by scrolling all the way to the end of this post, below the paywall.
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 both events.
For an advance briefing on the Executed Renaissance, please check out this report.
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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