‘Nuclear Colonialism and Ecocide in Environmental Humanities Today’

Nuclear terrorism and colonialism are intertwined in time and space: from the environmental disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant to the occupation of the Zaporizhzhia station and constant nuclear blackmail. On 6 July, we will discuss both the contemporary ecocide currently being committed by Russia and the crimes of Soviet modernity against the environment.

Speakers: 

— Svitlana Matviyenko, media researcher; 

— Larissa Babij, managing editor of the London Ukrainian Review; 

— Kateryna Iakovlenko, curator and writer; 

Moderated by Nina Direnko, INDEX’s Environmental Humanities Fellow and head of the environmental education department at the Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve.

• Date & Time: 6 July, 18:30
• Venue: Lviv, Dim Zvuku, 6 Kniazia Romana St.
• Language: Ukrainian
• Admission: Free if registered. To attend the event please fill out the form via the link: https://forms.gle/A6G9nPhR6ZkhYmCVA

The discussion will take place as part of the INDEX Environmental Humanities Fellowship ‘Landscapes of War and Ecocide’, supported by the ERSTE Foundation.