Join the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) for our second Ukraine Wednesdays lecture series. This lecture series began in spring 2022 in order to help OSU students, faculty, staff, and the general public better understand the war in Ukraine and Ukrainian heritage, history, and culture. Please check our event page for a full listing of all events.
Presenter: Cristina Maza (National Journal) is the foreign policy and defense correspondent for National Journal, where she covers Congress from Washington, D.C. Besides the United States, she has reported extensively from Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Caucasus, among other regions. She has a master's degree from the University College London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies, and she has focused her work on Europe and Eurasia for nearly two decades.
Abstract: Eight months after Russia launched a brutal invasion of its smaller neighbor, sparking the largest land war in Europe since World War II, around 1.4 million Ukrainians have settled in Poland and registered for a social security number. These reluctant refugees, primarily women and children, have changed the face of the country’s major cities. The Polish government's response to the war and the influx of fleeing Ukrainians has also altered its relationship with the U.S., other European Union members, and the international community at large. In this discussion, we will explore how the European Union's Temporary Protection Direction is working in Poland, how Ukrainian refugees are settling into the country, why they are choosing to stay in Poland instead of other European Union member states, and how Poland's response to the war is changing the country.
If you have any questions about accessibility or wish to request accommodations, please contact us at cseees@osu.edu. Typically, a two weeks' notice will allow us to provide access.
