Film and Discussion: Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (Virtual)

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Join us for a film and discussion with Professor Olena Lennon. 

In just 93 days, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution. Netflix original documentary, Winter on Fire, brings you the story of Ukraine's fight for freedom from the frontlines of the 2014 uprising.

Olena Lennon, Ph.D. is a Practitioner in Residence in the National Security Department at the University of New Haven, where she teaches such courses as the U.S. Foreign & Defense Policy and International Relations. Formerly a Fulbright scholar from Ukraine, and most recently a scholar at Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., she has dedicated her research to the study of conflict management and identity politics in eastern Europe, focused on domestic and foreign policy of Ukraine. An eastern Ukraine native, Dr. Lennon has been a regular participant in scholarly and media forums related to issues in Ukraine, facilitating a more informed and objective analysis of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. She also serves as an election observer with Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and has completed several election observation missions in the region. Her work appeared in Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, Demokratizatsiya, Eurasian Geography and Economics, and other outlets. 

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