The long-awaited latest issue of East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies has finally seen the light of day, after suffering an extended bout of publishing limbo (the issue is dated 2024). Part One of two can be found at the journal web site, while Part Two is as yet only available in pre-publication versions, found here.
In the time it was being prepared — the editors began working on the issue in 2021, before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine — the Ukrainian environmental humanities have indeed taken off, with multiple conferences, online panels and seminars, and books (including Darya Tsymbalyuk’s excellent Ecocide in Ukraine, and the book I edited, Terra Invicta). Tanya Richardson’s and Darya Tsymbalyuk’s introductory article, “Beyond Anthropocentrism in Ukrainian Studies,” along with its companion piece, “Constellations of Ukrainian Thought and the Environmental Humanities” (in Part Two), are still wonderful jumping-off points for exploring that growing body of literature.
I’m glad to be included in this special issue with my essay on “Becoming ‘Tuteishyi’: Ukraine in the New Global Climatic Regime.” The PDF is here. I recommend all the others, which include Kateryna Iakovlenko’s “A Systematic Robbery: Transforming the Memory, Culture, and Landscape of the Ukrainian Steppe,” Anastassiya Andrianova’s “Sunflowers in the Ruins: A Multimodal Analysis of the Environmental Aspects of Ukrainian War Songs from February to May 2022“, and Iryna Zamuruieva’s “Gathering Ecofeminist Stories with Kateryna Hrushevs’ka.” Part Two includes work by Julia Malitska, Jonathon Turnbull, Iryna Skubii, Anna Olenenko, and special issue co-editors Richardson and Tsymbalyuk.
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