Ukraine Eco Lab – School of Ecopoetics in Ukraine

The Polish-Ukrainian edition of Eco Lab is a recurring event aimed at discussing the environmental consequences of war and integrating Ukrainian ecocriticism into the international intellectual discourse. The first edition took place in December 2024 in the form of an online meeting. Eco Lab 2.0 is a continuation of the humanistic exchange between Polish and Ukrainian creators, with the special participation of leading experts in ecocriticism and ecopoetics, such as Julia Fiedorczuk, Adam Dickinson, and Tamara Hundorova.

Event program:

• Raising environmental awareness through culture and cultural eco-activism (Catalan PEN)
• Case study of the Chernobyl disaster as a cultural turning point in the Ukrainian context (Tamara Hundorova)
• Climate change’s impact on mental health (Valeria Palii)
• Poetry as a way of knowing (Julia Fiedorczuk)
• Ecocritical writing (Adam Dickinson)
• A public talk with Kapka Kassabova
• Public talk and poetry readings by Adam Dickinson and Julia Fiedorczuk
• Ecocritical perspective on visual arts
• Ecocritical perspective on academic music (lecture-concert by Marta Kuzii)
• Environmental memory studies (Yuliya Yurchuk)
• Curatorial approaches to eco-themed projects (Pavlo Hudimov)
• Ecocritical approach to architecture and urbanism (Urban Vision Lutsk)

Event partners: Center for Environmental Humanities, University of Warsaw; British Council in Ukraine; NGO Frontera Literary Platform (Lutsk, Ukraine)

A two-day intensive offline program focusing on ecocriticism for professionals in culture and the arts.

Languages: Ukrainian and English.