Wednesday 30 April 2008 6:41:46 pm

Lost in Transformation? Understanding the Orange Revolution

„What is wrong with Ukraine then, a country which is seen as synonymous with a permanent crisis of state, chaos and a mutual blockage of political forces today?,“ Robert Baag has asked recently on German broadcasting station Deutschlandfunk.

Wolfgang Templin, former guest of the project "Overcoming Dictatorships - the Encounter of Poets, Artists and Writers", will try to give an answer to this eminent question during a public presentation of his book "Farbenspiele – die Ukraine nach der Revolution in Orange" (Osnabrück: fibre, 2007) at Kamenzer Straße 12 in Dresden on 6 May 2008, 18:00.

Templin describes the country’s long and difficult path towards independence. Templin not only presents us with a detailed description of today’s situation and the history of its people, but also a deep analysis of the origins and consequences of the Majdan events in 2004/05. The discussion will be moderated by the political scientist Jakob Lempp of Dresden Technical University.

We are grateful to Herbert-Wehner-Bildungswerk for hosting and financially supporting the event.