Oksana Dudko

Historian, PhD in History. Defended her dissertation on international relations in the socio-political thought of Ukrainians in Galicia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Managed the “Interactive Lviv” project at the Center from 2011 to 2016. As part of her collaboration with the Ukrainian Catholic University, she taught a special course entitled “World War I: Between Historiography and Anniversary.” She is involved in program curation for theater projects, including the Drama.UA Festival of Contemporary Drama and the First Stage of Contemporary Drama in Lviv. Her research interests include World War I, social and cultural history of the 20th century, history of theater and theater management, and contemporary political and critical theater in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Marko Cheremshyna, Short Story “The Invalid”

This short story by Mark Cheremshyna (real name Ivan Semaniuk; 1874–1927), a Ukrainian writer, lawyer, and Doctor of Law, explores the aftermath of the First World War and the struggles faced by its veterans, all set against the vivid backdrop of Hutsul culture.

Zinaida Mirna, Women in Central Council of Ukraine, 1928

Memories of Zinaida Mirna about women in Central Council of Ukraine. Zinaida Mirna (1878-1950) was a civic and political leader. She was active in the Ukrainian women's movement and women's education movement, played an important role during Ukraine’s struggle for independence (1917–20) as a member of the Central Council (Tsentralna Rada) and the Little Council (Mala Rada). In 1919 Zinaida Mirna helped found the National Council of Ukrainian Women in Kamianets-Podilskyi, and served as its vice-president. Later she headed its Berlin branch. After settling in Prague in 1924, she served as the longtime president of the Ukrainian Women's Union in Czechoslovakia and gave much of her time to the Museum of Ukraine's Struggle...

Kharytyna Pekarchuk’ memories about World War I, 1918-1919

Memoirs of Kharytyna Pekarchuk - corporal of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the first woman to receive a Ukrainian state award in the 20th century (token of the Order of the Iron Cross No. 1, Cross of Symon Petliura). The passage refers to her medical service during 1918-1919. The memoirs were published in 1969 in the Ukrainian magazine in USA, Nashe Zhyttia (Our Life) by the Union of Ukrainian Women of America.

Memories of Stepan Haiduchok, 1919

Memories of Stepan Haiduchok, Ukrainian pedagogue, author of books on sports teaching, about the Ukrainian-Polish war of 1918-19 and female medical service.

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Wars, Violence, and Gender in the Twentieth Century

The course aims to discuss the major military conflicts of the twentieth century from a gender perspective. In doing so, the course covers the history of global and local wars in a wide variety of regions, including Europe, Africa, and Asia. However, rather than surveying a vast number of military conflicts, we will use a case study approach to conduct in-depth analyses of external and internal dynamics of military encounters and the role of gendered violence during them.