Conversation

The devastating consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine are felt both in Ukraine and globally. With the aim of building our collective knowledge, educational resources, and solidarity efforts as cultural practitioners, Creative Time and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School are gathering a range of speakers for an emergency teach-in on the evolving crisis.

This session is offered as an introduction to what is happening in Ukraine right now: How did we get here? What are anti-war, anti-imperialist, anti-settler colonial pathways forward? What does solidarity look like, with Ukraine and oppressed people internationally? What might the role of artists and art workers be in this struggle?

Speakers

Mohammad Al Attar, playwright and essayist, Syria
Larissa Babji, writer and curator, Ukraine
Luba Cortes, Immigrant Defense Coordinator, Make the Road, New York
Nadine Farid Johnson, Director, PEN America, Washington, DC
Chelsi West Ohueri, University of Texas Austin Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic and Eurasion Studies
Jessica Pisano, Associate Professor of Politics, The New School for Social Research, New York
Mykola Ridnyi, artist, Ukraine

Program

On-the-Ground:
Overview with New School Professor of Politics Jessica Pisano
Perspectives from Ukraine with artists Larissa Babji and Mykola Ridnyi
Artists at Risk Connection with Nadine Farid Johnson, Washington Director of PEN America
Anti-Blackness at the Border and the Racialization of the War with Chelsi West Ohueri, University of Texas Austin Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies

International Perspectives:
Mohammed Al Attar, playwright and essayist, Syria
Luba Cortes, Immigrant Defense Coordinator, Make the Road, New York

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Access note: ASL interpretation and live captioning in English will be provided.

Capacity in the Zoom room is limited and RSVP is required to receive the Zoom link.