The Ukraine Shelf
Episodes
Reporting War with Myroslav Laiuk and Luke Harding
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Ukraine Shelf Episode 7: Reporting War with Myroslav Laiuk and Luke HardingIn this episode Olesya Khromeychuk and Uilleam Blacker are joined by Lu...
War, Memory, and Shifting Borders with Oksana Maksymchuk and Philippe Sands
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do we make sense of war, shifting borders, and forced displacement? How can we remember and speak about these things, and how can literature act a...
The Ukraine Shelf Episode 5: Food with Olia Hercules and Felicity Spector
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about one of the most fundamental things in all our lives: food. How can food help us understand culture, identity, and histo...
Writing War and Trauma with Yuliya Musakovska and Maria Tumarkin
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can we speak and write about war? What role does silence play in this process? What does it mean for people and places to survive war? We discusse...
Eastern Ukraine with Olena Stiazhkina and Victoria Donovan
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the industrial regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. From 2014 until 2022, this was where Russia focused its war of aggression a...
Identity and Culture under Attack with Sasha Dovzhyk and Eugene Finkel
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Ukraine Shelf's second episode hosts Dr Sasha Dovzhyk and Eugene Finkel to discuss threats to Ukrainian culture and identity Russia has attempted ...
The Ukraine Shelf Episode 1: Crimea with Elmaz Asan and Rory Finnin
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Ukraine Shelf's first episode hosts Elmaz Asan and Rory Finnin to discuss CrimeaRussia’s aggression against Ukraine began not in 2022, but in 20...