[csaa-forum] Dr Serhiy Kvit on Freedom of Speech and Journalism Education in the Post-Soviet State

[Michael Wilmore]

Dr Serhiy Kvit,

President, "Kyiv Mohyla Academy" National University



Freedom of Speech, Media, Journalism and Journalism Education in a Post-Soviet State: The Case of Ukraine



Friday 4th May 5.30pm

University of Adelaide, North Terrace Campus,

Napier Building, Lecture Theatre 102



The "Kyiv Mohyla Academy" National University (NaUKMA) is one of Ukraine's most highly regarded universities. The university, its staff and students have been vigorous advocates of academic freedom and university autonomy, as well as of human rights and the democratic process. One of Dr Kvit's achievements at NaUKMA was the establishment of its School of Journalism, which he headed in 2001-2005.  Dr Kvit will speak about the challenges faced in the complex political and cultural environment of today's Ukraine by the media, by journalists and by educators in the discipline of journalism studies.

Serhiy Kvit is president of Ukraine's Media Reform Centre and head of Ukraine's Consortium for University Autonomy. He graduated in journalism and holds a doctorate in philology. He has worked as a journalist and was editor-in-chief of the journal Ukrainian Problems. At NaUKMA he held the post of Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Social Technologies prior to becoming the University's president in 2007. Dr Kvit's research focuses on mass communication, university management and philosophical hermeneutics. He is the author of more than 100 publications, including the books Hermeneutics of Style (2011) and Mass Communication (2008). Serhiy Kvit was a Fulbright Scholar (2006) at Ohio University, Kennan Institute Scholar (2009) at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and DAAD Scholar at the University of Cologne (2010).



Dr Kvit is in Australia at the invitation of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations.

This lecture is hosted by the Discipline of Media, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For further information contact: Dr Michael Wilmore (michael.wilmore at adelaide.edu.au<mailto:michael.wilmore at adelaide.edu.au>)


Dr Michael Wilmore
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