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SUMMARY:People Power: Polish Solidarity and the Ukrainian Revolution - Krz
 ysztof Bobiński\, Zbigniew Bujak\, Paweł Kowal\, Andrii Portnov\, Marci 
 Shore\, Oksana Zabuzhko 
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DESCRIPTION:As part of an ongoing commitment to the exploration of Polish-
 Ukrainian issues\, "Cambridge Polish Studies":http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/pol
 ish\, "Cambridge Ukrainian Studies":http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/ukrainianstud
 ies/ and the "Forum on Geopolitics":http://www.coggs.polis.cam.ac.uk/ pres
 ent a public symposium on the connections between two popular revolutions 
 in Central and Eastern Europe: the Polish "Solidarity" revolution of the 1
 980s and the "Maidan" movement (or movements) of post-1991 independent Ukr
 aine.\n\nSpeakers will include:\n* *Krzysztof Bobiński* (former co-chair 
 of Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum) \n* *Zbigniew Bujak* (legendar
 y leader of the Solidarity movement)\n* *Paweł Kowal* (former delegate to
  the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee)\n* *Andrii Portnov* (
 historian at Humboldt University) \n* *Marci Shore* (intellectual historia
 n at Yale University)\n* *Oksana Zabuzhko* (Ukraine's most celebrated cont
 emporary novelist)\n\nIn two sessions of presentations and discussion\, we
  will examine the legacy of Poland's Solidarity movement and the possible 
 connections with Ukraine's "Maidan" revolutions\, especially the Euromaida
 n Revolution of 2014. In particular\, we will ask whether there are lesson
 s to be learned from Poland's successful post-1989 transition\, and whethe
 r Ukrainian activists can draw on the experience of Poland's anti-communis
 t civil society movement as they attempt to force lasting change to the in
 stitutions of a new democracy.\n\nWhat are the major contextual similariti
 es and differences between the two movements? How did Solidarity manage th
 e transition from civic movement to political force shaping democratic ins
 titutions? What is the current significance of Polish support for Ukraine?
  How have Solidarity veterans - including Zbigniew Bujak - shared their ex
 perience with Ukrainian civil society groups? What is the present state of
  the Ukrainian Revolution and how can it continue to move forward?\n\n*Pro
 gramme*\n* Session 1\, 3:00 - 5:00pm:  Marci Shore\, Krzysztof Bobiński\,
  Andrii Portnov.\n* Coffee break\, 5:00 - 5:30pm.\n* Session 2\, 5:30 - 7:
 30pm:  Zbigniew Bujak\, Oksana Zabuzhko\, Paweł Kowal.\n\nAll are welcome
 . "Please click here to reserve a free ticket via Eventbrite":https://www.
 eventbrite.com/e/people-power-polish-solidarity-and-the-ukrainian-revoluti
 on-tickets-24626362112
LOCATION:William Mong Hall\, Sidney Sussex College\, University of Cambrid
 ge
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