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Name:
Lindsay Ceballos
Email:
ceballol@lafayette.edu
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When:
Monday, September 19, 2022 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Where:
Kirby 104
Presenter:
José Vergara, Bryn Mawr
Price:
Free
Since the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl plant in Soviet Ukraine, the radioactive site has become an international symbol of political and environmental collapse. Chernobyl and another nuclear plant, Zaporizhzhia, has been in the news yet again, this time as a battlefield. Not long after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, troops occupied the plant and held hostage the technicians who continue to monitor activity on the site. The meaning of Chernobyl as a historical event, as a place of catastrophe, and as an enduring reminder of our impact on the natural world, continues to concern and fascinate us.
José Vergara is assistant professor of Russian at Bryn Mawr College. Prof. Vergara will speak about how the language people use to talk about Chernobyl (Chornobyl in Ukrainian) provides deeper insight into its cultural significance and memory politics. Please join us; all are welcome.
Sponsored by:
Russian and East European Studies, History, International Affairs