MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — An award-winning author and professor of history and Slavic studies will explain the conflict between Ukraine and Russia Monday, Oct. 9, at Middle Tennessee State University’s free Strickland Visiting Scholar Lecture Series.
A professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Serhy Yekelchyk, is a Ukrainian native and president of the Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies. He will speak on “The War O .
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having a significant impact on the world of academia, pushing scholars in a field that has long focused primarily on Russia to reconsider how they study and teach the history and culture of a region spanning two continents.
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