The Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice is pleased to announce the following lecture.
Thinking in Dark Times
by Volodymyr Yermolenko
Ukrainian philosopher, journalist and writer
Wed 16th April 2025 | 2 PM | Room UA-A2 (Studentská 519, Pardubice)
Dr. Volodymyr Yermolenko (born 1980)
is a Ukrainian philosopher, journalist and writer. President of PEN Ukraine. Doctor of political studies (France), PhD in philosophy (kandydat nauk, Ukraine). Analytics director at Internews Ukraine. Chief editor of UkraineWorld.org, a multimedia project in English about Ukraine. Associate professor at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Book writer (non-fiction and fiction), winner of Myroslav Popovych Prize (2021), Petro Mohyla Prize (2021), Yurii Sheveliov Prize (2018), Book of the Year prize in Ukraine (2023, 2018, 2015) and others. Head of board of International Renaissance Foundation (Open Society Foundations). Public lecturer. Author of podcasts “Explaining Ukraine” and “Thinking in Dark Times” (in English), co-author (with Tetyana Ogarkova) of “Kultpodcast” (in Ukrainian). Author of numerous articles in international and Ukrainian media. Published in The Economist, Le Monde, Financial Times, New York Times, Newsweek, gave numerous comments to BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, France 24, France Culture, Radio France International etc. His texts and interviews have been published in Ukrainian, English, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Czech, Greek, Chinese and others. Father of three daughters.
