LECTURE | Susann Worschech: From granite to yellow ribbon

Humboldt University of Berlin, main building, Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin, Room 1072, 28. June 2025

Saturday, 28 June 2025, 9 to 10 p.m. | The Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies will also be represented for the first time at this year's Long Night of the Sciences: KIU coordinator Susann Worschech will speak about the history of protest in Ukraine from 1990 to the present day: While preparations were being made for reunification in both Germanys on 2 October 1990, 100,000 people took to the city's central square in Kyiv to demonstrate for independence, freedom and democracy in Ukraine. This first of several major pro-democracy revolutions was formative for the following decades: the ideas, symbols and tactics of the ‘Granite Revolution’ permeate Ukrainian history and can be found in the resistance against Russian occupation and terror. In her lecture, Dr Susann Worschech, academic coordinator of the Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies - Berlin (KIU), will explain the background to the Ukrainian desire for freedom (suitable for audiences aged 14 and over). | Please note that the lecture will be held in German. Tickets are required for this event.