One Year of Defense of Ukraine Panel

The 24th of February will mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion. On this day, Professor Timothy Snyder and Deputy Mayor of Kyiv Konstantin Usov had a discussion moderated by Professor Marci Shore.

Be Brave. Be Free. Be Ukrainian!

The panel is co-hosted by Ukraine House at Yale and the Alexander Hamilton Society, as well as sponsored by the Jackson School of Global Affairs and the European Studies Council.

Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University, specializing in the modern history of Central and Eastern Europe, and an ambassador for the UNITED24 platform initiated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Konstantin Usov is the Deputy Mayor of Kyiv who was in the capital during the invasion’s onset and was responsible for all transportation and evacuation of civilians in Kyiv’s vicinity, including Irpin and Bucha.

Marci Shore is an Associate Professor of History at Yale University, where she specializes in European cultural and intellectual history. Professor Shore is the author of “The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution” and “The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism.”