RES 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Ukraine Today: Thirty Years of Independence

4 credits (Fall)

Cross-listed as: HUM 195-01. This course examines the relationship between political subjectivity and cultural production in post-Soviet Ukraine. We will analyze how Ukrainian society answered the socio-political challenges of the transition period and how this process is represented in the cultural field. One of the markers of a liberal and democratic society is civic dissent and the right to protest. The ability to mobilize a community for protest and maintain a dialog between different branches of power, on the one hand, and society, on the other, are markers of democracy and civil society in action. You will learn about the significant Ukrainian protests known as the Revolution on Granite (1990), Kuchmageit (1999 - 2000), the Orange Revolution (2004 - 2005), and the Revolution of Dignity (2013 - 2014) and their impact on Ukrainian literature, art, and pop music.

Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Dzadevych