Dear colleagues,

Global Conversations in Librarianship is a new speaker series organized by the Institute for Globally Engaged Librarianship at the University of Kansas Libraries, highlighting international perspectives on libraries and information work. Our inaugural speaker will be Tetyana Yaroshenko, Deputy Director for Research and International Affairs at the State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine. She will present “Ukrainian Libraries in the Time of Russia’s War Against Ukraine” via Zoom webinar on February 26 at 11:00 a.m. US Eastern / 4:00 p.m. GMT.

Taking place two days after the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the talk will examine the systematic destruction of Ukrainian cultural institutions—libraries, archives, and museums—during the ongoing war. In addition to addressing wartime resilience, preservation initiatives, and future reconstruction efforts, Yaroshenko will analyze how the deliberate targeting of cultural heritage constitutes what she terms cultural genocide, aimed at erasing Ukrainian culture, history, and national identity.

More information is available here:
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/ku-libraries-launches-global-speaker-series-on-librarianship

Registration link:
https://kansas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pPQEMKPKSeaNvx1CyUhK6A#/registration

Please feel free to share this event with others who may be interested.

We are also actively seeking speakers from different world regions to highlight compelling projects, practices, and research of broad interest. If you have suggestions, please do get in touch.

Warm regards,

Brian,