Book Discussion: “Courage and Fear,” by Ola Hnatiuk

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Description

Discussing Ola Hnatiuk’s Courage and Fear (2019), this roundtable will examine the questions of pre- and post-war influence of beliefs on the history of the city of Lviv in the 20th century, misrepresentation of the history of the multicultural city in various national narratives, collaboration and its interpretations in such narratives, and the challenge of reconciliation of such contradictory accounts. Co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard and the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.

Sub Unit

• History: Central and Southeast Europe, Since 1918

Chair

• Robert Ian Frost, U of Aberdeen (UK)

Roundtable Members

• Aleksandra Hnatiuk, U of Warsaw (Poland)

• Serhii Plokhii, Harvard U

• Marci Lynn Shore, Yale U