Saturday 18 May, 11:30am (AEST)
Online (zoom) and in-person, St Andrew’s Church Hall, 57 Church St, Lidcombe
Request zoom access from: marikahav13@gmail.com
The sunflower — once a foreign species to the Ukrainian steppe and forest-steppe regions — has become a powerful symbol and plays a critical role in Ukraine’s agriculture, helping the nation rise to the top as the world’s largest exporter of sunflower seeds and oil.
Through an in-depth look at the sunflower’s journey from imported crop to national icon, Dr Iryna Skubii’s lecture will uncover its role as both a source of sustenance and a symbol of the enduring connection between land and heritage.
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Iryna Skubii is the inaugural Mykola Zerov Fellow in Ukrainian Studies at the University of Melbourne. She obtained her PhD in History from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario (Canada) and a Candidate of Science degree in History from V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine). She is the author of the book Trade in Kharkiv in the Years of NEP: Economy and Everyday Life (1921-1929).
The Mykola Zerov Fellowship in Ukrainian Studies is generously funded by the Ukrainian Studies Support Fund of the Association of Ukrainians in Victoria .
