The 2014 Wolodymyr Dylynsky Memorial Lecture "The Battle for Ukraine, 2013–2014"

The 2014 Wolodymyr Dylynsky Memorial Lecture in Ukrainian Studies

"The Battle for Ukraine, 2013–2014"

SPEAKER: Bohdan Nahaylo

WHEN: Friday, April 4, 7 -9 pm

LOCATION: St. Vladimir Institute, 620 Spadina Avenue

Toronto

Bohdan Nahaylo was educated at the University of Leeds, the University of Manitoba, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. From 1978 to 1982 he was a researcher and later head of the Research Unit on the USSR at Amnesty Internal in London, England. While serving as AI’s expert and spokesperson on the USSR, he became an authoritative analyst, journalist, and author. During the first half of the 1980s Mr. Nahaylo contributed extensively to the British and US press, including The Spectator (a regular contributor from 1981 to 1985), The Times, New Statesman, The Wall Street Journal, Observer, Guardian, Economist, American Spectator and Encounter, and was frequently interviewed on radio and television. From 1984 to 1994 he worked for Radio Liberty in Munich as a senior analyst of Soviet foreign policy, director of the Ukrainian Language Service (1989–91), and assistant director of analytical research (1991–2004) at the RFE/RL Research Institute. From 1994 to 2013 he was a senior research officer, senior policy adviser, and program co-ordination officer for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, serving as the UNHCR representative in Belarus (1999–2003), Azerbaijan (2003–2004), and Angola (2008–2012). Mr. Nahaylo is the author of two books—Soviet Disunion: A History of the Nationalities Problem in the USSR (with Victor Swoboda, London, 1990) and The Ukrainian Resurgence (London and Toronto, 1999); over 100 and book reviews in the international press; about 175 articles and analyses published between 1983 and 1994 in the RFE/RL Research Bulletin and RFE/RL Research Report (1983–94); and articles in UNHCR publications and for the BBC World Service. He has delivered lectures and participated in seminars and conferences around the world, and has been interviewed by the BBC, CNN, and C-Span Public Television. He now lives in Ferney-Voltaire, France, near the Swiss border and Geneva.

Co-sponsored by the

Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Toronto Office,

and St. Vladimir Institute