Presentation-discussion «Results of the two-year operation of the law on language: successes and failures»

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On April 23, 2021 the International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations, Lviv Polytechnic National University, and the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation invite you to join the presentation-discussion «Results of the two-year operation of the law on language: successes and failures». This meeting is dedicated to the second anniversary of the adoption of the Law «On ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language».

We will discuss the results of a new study by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation. The study will be presented by Serhii Shapovalov, an analyst at the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation. We will look for answers to such questions as:

  • What is the new language policy of Ukraine?
  • How does language affect the formation of the political nation of the XXI century?
  • How does the Ukrainian language function in various spheres of public life?
  • How do «native language – state language» interact in the new realities?
  • Is language a «soft power» and a means of countering Russian propaganda?

The answers to these questions will be given by:

  • Bohdan Azhniuk – Director of the Oleksandr Potebnia Institute of Linguistics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Director of the Linguistic Expertise Bureau of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
  • Taras Kremin – Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language;
  • Lada Roslytska – Head of Research and Advocacy of the Independent Defense Anti-Corruption Committee, Founder and Managing Partner of Black Trident, LLC;
  • Serhii Kasianchuk – Director of the UWC Office in Ukraine;
  • Iryna Kliuchkovska – Director of the International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations.

The event will be moderated by Oleksii Haran, Scientific Director of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.

This is one of a series of online events that will take place within the Biennale «Ukrainian language in the world: regress or progress?» Beginning at 16:00.

To participate, you must register till April 20.

Contacts: tel .: +380674542162, e-mail: congress@miok.lviv.ua (contact person – Oksana Trumko).