Registration REQUIRED by 12pm on April 21, 2025 in order to attend this event.
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Tetiana Perga. Moderated by András Vadas.
The full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, has caused unprecedented ecological changes, comparable to the largest technological disasters. Its impact on Ukraine’s environment is already showing signs of ecocide. As a result of military actions, the ecological map of the country is shifting: water, soil, and air are being poisoned, biodiversity and natural resources are being destroyed, and new ecological zones and landscapes are emerging. This report will examine the local, regional, and global ecological consequences of the war on Ukraine’s territory, as well as the outcomes of the weaponization of nature and its resources. The new symbolic significance of nature, which has become part of the struggle not only for territory but also for the future of life, will be explored. Special attention will be given to the new dimensions of ecological solidarity and humanism, demonstrated not only by Ukrainians but also by many members of the international community.
Tetiana Perga received her Ph.D. degree from Kyiv State University named Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine. She has been working at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for more than 30 years. She has been a research fellow in various international programs, including Simon Dubnov Institute, DAAD, Volkswagen Foundation and DFG in Germany, Alexanderi Institute at Helsinki University in Finland. Currently she is working on a project about waste recycling in Technical University of Berlin. She is a member of the European Society of Environmental History (ESEH), Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem Research Group in Jewish environmental history, a member of editorial board of Ukrainian journals “American History and Politics” and “European Historic Studies”. She is an author of 140 articles, co-author of 7 books and author of 2 individual books that focused on different aspects of environmental history.
