Online Discussion: “Literary Figures of the 1920s in the Tabletop Games of the Kharkiv Literary Museum”
19 September 2025 року
Speaker: Maryna Kutsenko, PhD in Philology, Head of the Scientific and Educational Department at the Kharkiv Literary Museum, curator of the 1920s collection, and author of the museum’s tabletop games
When? September 25 at 3:00 PM (EEST)
Where? Zoom (link will be available after registration)
Who is it for?
- researchers
- students
- anyone interested in the history and culture of Ukraine
Organizers: “CITY AND WAR 2.0” project, Kharkiv Literary Museum, Department of Historiography, Source Studies, and Archaeology, and the Center for Ukrainian Studies and Local History named after Academician P.T.Tronko, V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
Key discussion questions:
- How can the history of the “Executed Renaissance” or “our twenties” be conveyed in a way that balances the tragic with the life-affirming, presenting its figures not only as victims but also as vivid personalities who shaped Ukrainian culture?
- How does the series of games (“The Slovo House,” “History,” “Escape from the Sanatorium Zone,” “Traveler,” and “Flirt”), created by the Kharkiv Literary Museum, encourage closer engagement with the artists and works of the Executed Renaissance and stimulate interest in the history of Kharkiv in the 1920s–1930s?
- What parallels can be drawn between the Bolshevik suppression of Ukrainian art in the 1920s–1930s and the challenges currently faced by Ukraine’s cultural sector during the Russo-Ukrainian War?
