Literary Perspectives on the War in Ukraine - Kindschi Symposium on Faith & Justice at Houghton University

Tuesday, March 5, 7pm, Lib 323

“Literary Perspectives on the War in Ukraine”

A panel discussion featuring Dr. Peter Meilaender, Dr. Jesse Sharpe, and students Rachel Wells (25) and Tymofii Rozvadovskyi (26)

Hear our panelists discuss Serhiy Zhadan’s Sky Above Kharkiv and Andrey Kurkov’s Diary of an Invasion. Zhadan is a contemporary Ukrainian poet and playwright; Kurkov is one of the country’s leading novelists. Their books collect writings they published during the months following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, giving a first-hand account of the war and raising questions about the role of literature and literary artists in time of conflict.