Oksana Zabuzhko is an outstanding Ukrainian writer and philosopher. The emergence of modern Ukrainian literature on the world stage is associated with her name. After the publication of her novel Field Work in Ukrainian Sex (1996), which in 2006 was named “the most influential Ukrainian book for the 15 years of independence”, she has been living as a free-lance author.

On July 14th , the day of the Storming of the Bastille, Oksana Zabuzhko was awarded France’s highest state award – the Legion of Honor. Read more here.

She will be at out conference Voices from Ukraine: Women Philosophers and Scientists Against War and Ecocide as Keynote Speaker. The International Conference “Voices from Ukraine: Women Philosophers and Scientists Against War and Ecocide”, held at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University, Germany, from October 27th – 28th, 2023, is organized as a cooperation between Prof. Dr. Kateryna Karpenko, Director of the Center for Gender Education of Kharkiv National Medical University (KHNMU) and Prof. Dr. Ruth Edith Hagengruber, Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists.

For Registration, send an e-mail to contact@historyofwomenphilosophers.org with the subject “VoFUkr Registration” and the format of Participation: online participation or in-person participation. Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 11pm.