Speak a Slavic language? Unlock Ukrainian 🇺🇦 You understand it — now speak it with confidence. Online classes for Slavic speakers (RU, PL & more) Beg–Int | evenings & weekends 👉 Enrol: uil.org.uk/language-school/

Last chance to start Ukrainian 🇺🇦 New Absolute Beginners group opens 14 Jan due to demand. Small groups, native teachers, online or in person. 👉 Enrol now: uil.org.uk/language-sch...

Impact of Impunity for Europe and Beyond When war crimes go unpunished, everyone pays the price. 📅 28 Jan, 6:15–8:30 PM 📍 Europe House, LDN Wendy Betts, Oksana Pokalchuk, Zera Kozlyieva, Dr Tsvetelina van Benthem and Nigel Gould-Davies 🎟️ tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/2023585

Just announced | Culture as security How culture protects societies in times of crisis. 🎤 Kirsty Lang with Mariam Naiem, Charlotte Higgins & Yassmin Abdel-Magied 📍 British Library | 🗓 19 Feb 2026 👉 events.bl.uk/events/culture-as-security-how-culture-protects-us

Last chance to start Ukrainian 🇺🇦 New Absolute Beginners group opens 14 Jan due to demand. Small groups, native teachers, online or in person. 👉 Enrol now: uil.org.uk/language-sch...

Speak a Slavic language? Unlock Ukrainian 🇺🇦 You understand it — now speak it with confidence. Online classes for Slavic speakers (RU, PL & more) Beg–Int | evenings & weekends 👉 Enrol: uil.org.uk/language-school/

Last chance to finally start Ukrainian 🇺🇦 New year, new skill — stop putting it off. We start on Monday. ❄️ 12-week Winter Term | small groups 💻 Online or in person (London) 🎓 Taught by native teachers 🔗 Enrol now: uil.org.uk/language-sch...

✨ We’re nearly there! With just 10% left to raise, your support can help Ukrainian Institute London cross the £5,000 mark and step into 2026 ready to deliver powerful conversations on Ukraine’s culture, history and future. Join here: justgiving.com/campaign/uil-support-ukraine

Give a year of friendship ✨ Friends of the Ukrainian Institute London is a thoughtful gift for anyone interested in Ukrainian history, culture, and contemporary life. Friends enjoy priority booking, discounted tickets and exclusive invitations. Gift it here: uil.org.uk/gift-of-friendship

2025 was shaped by a sense of urgency to confront questions of security, justice, and unity. Across London and beyond, UIL created spaces for difficult yet necessary conversations.

Stay connected in the new year! Subscribe to the Ukrainian Institute London newsletter to receive updates on all our events, access to recordings, and useful insights you won’t want to miss: ukrainianinstitute.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe

Winter Term ❄️ Learn Ukrainian in small, supportive groups — online or in person. 📅 5 Jan – 23 Mar 2026 | 📚 12 lessons | ⏱ 90–120 mins | 🕡 Evenings 👥 Max 8 students 💻 Native teachers | Materials & recordings available 🔗 Enrol: uil.org.uk/language-sch...

Ideas of Ukraine | Istoria 2025 — closing lecture 📅 Tue 16 Dec | 🕡 18:30–20:00 | 📍 Online How Ukrainian thinkers shaped ideas of freedom, identity & democracy — and why it matters now. 🎙 Dr Volodymyr Yermolenko 🔗 tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902354

Resistance | Istoria 2025 Tomorrow, 9 Dec, 6:30–8pm. Join us on Zoom for a dive into minority rights and political resistance through the story of the Crimean Tatars. With Dr Mariia Shynkarenko (IWM Vienna). Register: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902351

✨ Happening TODAY! ✨ Join us at 6:30 PM for the UIL Winter Fundraiser Night: Ukrainian Modernism at The Garden Cinema. Can’t join? Support our Christmas JustGiving campaign: justgiving.com/campaign/uil-support-ukraine Tickets: buytickets.at/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1912822

Only 2 days left ✨ Grab your ticket for our UIL Winter Fundraising Night — Ukrainian modernism, music, community, purpose. Every ticket helps keep Ukraine visible in the UK 🇺🇦 🎟️ buytickets.at/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1912822

🇺🇦 This Giving Tuesday, help the Ukrainian Institute London amplify the conversation about Ukraine in 2026. We’re aiming to raise £5,000 to keep Ukraine visible and heard in the UK. 👉Support us: justgiving.com/campaign/uil-support-ukraine

🚀 Understand Ukrainian but can’t speak confidently? Join our B1 Speaking Intensive (online). 📅 8–19 Dec | 2 hrs/day 🔗 Enrol: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1962125 10 days of real speaking practice + Expert teachers.

🎶 Meet the musicians of our winter fundraiser 🎶 Fri 5 Dec, 6:30–9:30pm at The Garden Cinema - a festive night of Ukrainian modernism. We’re delighted to welcome soprano Yuliya Shpyg, pianist Olga Paliy and virtuoso clarinettist Boyan Ivanov. 🎟 buytickets.at/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1912822

🔥 Black Friday Weekend! £10 off Winter Fundraising Night tickets — this weekend only. 🎟️ Use BF10 at checkout. 👉 Grab yours: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1912822 💙💛 Thank you for supporting Ukrainian culture.

Citizenship | Istoria 2025 Tue 2 Dec | 6:30–8 PM GMT | Online Book: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902349 Explore how Ukraine’s citizenship shapes identity, rights, and nationhood with Dr Oxana Shevel (Tufts University).

Private Tour: Boris Mikhailov – Ukrainian Diary 📷 Mon 8 Dec 2025 | 18:00–20:00 | Free The Photographers’ Gallery, London Exclusive after-hours tour of the UK’s first major retrospective of iconic Ukrainian artist Boris Mikhailov. Join here: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1952651

Get ahead with your holiday greetings 🎄💙 Donate £10+ to support the Ukrainian Institute London and receive a pack of 5 limited-edition Christmas cards ✨ How it works: • 💛 Donate: justgiving.com/charity/ukrainianinstitutelondon • ✉️ Email your address to [email protected] • 📬 Get your card pack!

We’re hosting a special life-drawing session led by artist Veronika Prykhodko 🎨✨ Happening at The Garden Cinema (6:30–9:30 PM) during our evening celebrating Ukrainian modernism, creativity, and the work of the Ukrainian Institute London 💙💛 tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1912822

🚀 Struggling to speak Ukrainian, not just understand it? 😅 Freezing mid-sentence or losing words when it matters? This intensive is your fix. Ukrainian B1 Speaking & Communication Intensive (Online) 📅 8–19 December 2025 | 💻 Zoom 🔗 Book: app.tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1962125

No plans for Monday night tomorrow? A few seats are still available for an intimate dinner with Andrey Kurkov — a rare chance to chat with one of Ukraine’s leading writers. Mon 24 Nov | 8:30–10:30 PM Frame, Hereford Road, London Last seats: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1907399

No plans for Monday night tomorrow? A few seats are still available for an intimate dinner with Andrey Kurkov — a rare chance to chat with one of Ukraine’s leading writers. Mon 24 Nov | 8:30–10:30 PM Frame, Hereford Road, London Last seats: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1907399

Each November, the UIL marks the Holodomor — the man-made famine of 1932–33 that killed millions of Ukrainians under Stalin. This year’s event highlights women’s experiences and the acts of resilience that helped families survive. Join us on 26 November: www.tickettailor.com/events/ukrai...

📚 Occupation | Istoria 2025 Tue 25 Nov, 18:30 📍 Online How do people endure and resist foreign rule? Join Dr Olena Stiazhkina as she explores strategies of survival, negotiation, and defiance across the 20th–21st centuries. 🎟 Book via link: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902347

An evening with one of Ukraine’s most acclaimed writers is just a week away ✨ Join us on Mon 24 Nov for an intimate dinner with Andrey Kurkov at Frame, Notting Hill — a rare chance to meet the author and ask your questions. 🎟️ Book now: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1907399

✨ Unmissable at the UIL Talks, art, poetry & our festive Winter Fundraising Night — this season is packed. 🎨 Kultura & Istoria courses 📖 Poetry with Yaryna Chornohuz 🎬 This is also Ukraine 🍽️ Dinner with Andrey Kurkov 🌟 Ukrainian Modernism Night 🔗 uil.org.uk/events

Join us for our Winter Fundraiser on 5 December at The Garden Cinema in Covent Garden! It’ll be a fun night, and you’ll be helping to support the work of the @ukrinstitute.bsky.social. Today’s the final day for early bird tickets! Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/ukrai...

Only 5 days left to grab Early Bird tickets ✨ A night where Ukrainian modernism comes alive — art, jazz, wine & celebration in an Art Deco cinema. All in support of UIL. 🎟️ tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1912822 📅 Fri 5 Dec, 6:30 PM | 📍The Garden Cinema, Covent Garden

How has feminism shaped Ukrainian contemporary art? 🎨 Join Dr Olena S. Dmytryk (Cambridge) for Ukrainian Contemporary Art and Feminism: Histories within a History 📅 uil.org.uk/events/ukrainian-contemporary-art-and-feminism-histories-within-a-history-kultura-2025/

🐦 Early birds get the brilliance — and the better price! Join us on 5 Dec for The UIL Winter Fundraising Night: Ukrainian Modernism — art, jazz, and connection at The Garden Cinema. 🎟️ Early birds on sale now: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1912822

🇺🇦 Statehood | Istoria 2025 How was Ukrainian statehood built—and what can it teach us about democracy today? Join Dr Olena Palko (University of Basel) 🗓️ Tue 4 Nov, 18:30–20:00 | ONLINE 👉 Book now: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902339

Explore Ukraine’s Soviet mosaics — where ideology met imagination. Join Emma Louise Leahy online, 3 Nov, 18:30–20:00. 🎟️uil.org.uk/events/ukrainian-mosaics-of-the-soviet-period-between-official-ideology-and-national-sensibility-kultura-2025 | Kultura 2025

✨ Dinner with Andrey Kurkov — great conversation for a great cause! Join us Mon 24 Nov, 8:30 PM at Frame, Notting Hill for an intimate evening with Ukraine’s leading writer and UIL patron. Good food, fine wine, big ideas. 🎟️ Limited seats: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1907399

🌍 ISTORIA 2025: Ukraine in Global History 🎓 FIRST LECTURE — TOMORROW! 🗓 Tue 28 Oct | 🕕 18:30–20:00 GMT 💻 Online 🔗 Register: tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902336 Kick off Istoria with Professor Yaroslav Hrytsak as he traces Ukraine’s place within global empires and histories.

📚 HAPPENING TODAY Ukrainian Traces in the Works of Bruno Schulz | Kultura 2025 🗓 Mon 27 Oct | 🕕 18:30–20:00 GMT 💻 Online (Zoom) 👉tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1840239 Join Professor Stanley Bill (Cambridge) to explore the Ukrainian echoes shaping Bruno Schulz’s visionary world.

🎓 Istoria: Lessons for the Present 📅 28 Oct – 16 Dec 2025 | 💻 Online Join Dr Olesya Khromeychuk for an eight-week journey through Ukraine’s past — from empire to resilience and statehood. 🎥 Live & recorded sessions | 🧾 Certificate included 👉 tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902167

🌒 Ukrainian Traces in the Works of Bruno Schulz 📅 Mon 27 Oct 2025 💻 Online Join Professor Stanley Bill (Cambridge) for a deep dive into the borderlands of Schulz’s imagination — where Polish, Jewish, and Ukrainian cultures intertwine. 🎟️ uil.org.uk/kultura-exploring-ukraines-visual-culture/

📘 Istoria: Lessons for the Present 🗓 28 Oct – 16 Dec 2025 💻 Online course Explore Ukraine’s history — from statehood and resistance to citizenship and democracy. Live lectures, Q&As, recordings, and a curated handbook included. 🔗tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902167

🪶 Defending the Human in War Poetry | London 📅 13 Nov, 19:00–21:00 📍 Swedenborg Hall, Bloomsbury Join Yaryna Chornohuz — Ukrainian soldier, medic, and poet — for a powerful reading written under fire on the front line. 🎟 beinghumanfestival.org/events/defending-human-war-poetry-london

🏙 Modern Architecture and Planning in Early Soviet Kharkiv 📅 Mon 20 Oct, 18:30–20:00 Discover how Kharkiv — the first capital of Soviet Ukraine — became a testing ground for socialist modernism. Join Dr Christina E. Crawford (Emory University) 🎟 buytickets.at/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1840238

How does history shape the present? Join Istoria: Lessons for the Present — an 8-week online course uncovering lessons from Ukraine’s past for today’s world. 🕊️ Early bird ends 19 Oct — register now! 📅 28 Oct–16 Dec | 💻 Online 🎟️ tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902167

🪖Military medic and, in civilian life, writer, researcher and political scientist Kateryna Zarembo shares how, in her piece for LUR, she reflects on what choices Ukrainian cultural figures face in times of war. The full article 🔗https://tinyurl.com/8au9xesr

📚 Istoria: Lessons for the Present 🗓️ 28 Oct – 16 Dec | Online via Zoom An 8-week journey with top historians uncovering how Ukraine’s past shapes today’s world. 🎟️ Early bird until 19 Oct tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902167

Harvard’s Serhii Plokhy joins The Guardian’s Luke Harding to confront one of the defining questions of our age: 💥 How can we stop a new nuclear arms race? 📅 Mon, 20 Oct | 🕢 7:30–8:45pm | 📍 Kiln Theatre, London 🎟️ howtoacademy.com/events/the-new-nuclear-arms-race/ In partnership with HowtoAcademy.

Our acclaimed online course Istoria: Lessons for the Present is back with a fresh format, new voices, and world-class lecturers. From 28 Oct to 16 Dec, explore eight pivotal themes in Ukrainian history. ✨ Early Bird open until 19 Oct! 🔗 tickettailor.com/events/ukrainianinstitutelondon/1902167/