Episode Details

Episode Topic: What We Can Learn from Ukraine's Fight for Democracy (https://go.nd.edu/241c49)

Historian Olesya Khromeychuk challenges us to view democracy not as a static inheritance, but as a grueling “learning curve” forged in resistance. Centering on the concept of “hope as an emergency tool,” Khromeychuk reveals how Ukraine’s “hopeless hope” offers a strategic blueprint for collective survival and democratic perseverance in an increasingly uncertain global order.

Featured Speakers:

• Clemens Sedmak, Director of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame
• Michael Pippenger, Vice President & Associate Provost for Internationalization, University of Notre Dame
• Olesya Khromeychuk, Director of the Ukrainian Institute, London 

Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: https://go.nd.edu/41fffa.

This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Revolutions of Hope. (https://go.nd.edu/85a132)

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