In the context of Mykola Ridnyi’s solo exhibition The Battle over Mazepa, Pushkin House is excited to welcome the prominent contemporary philosopher and cultural theorist Keti Chukhrov, ScD, who, over two days, is going to share her thoughts on decolonial and anti-imperialist agendas; first giving a lecture on Thursday, November 16, and after facilitating a workshop on Friday, November 17. You can attend one or both events.

Two participatory mapping workshops will be held at Pushkin House in February as part of the project with LivingMaps network, Every Dog is a Lion in its Home, which provides a platform for Ukrainian communities in London and beyond to discover and establish personal geographies of place, identity and belonging.

Writing a letter, especially a love letter, begins from a vulnerable place of sensing the recipient but never completely knowing how the letter will be received on the other side – especially when the relationship is complex and fraught. In this session with artist and writer Taey Iohe, we will read two letters by Ocean Vuong and Hak Kyung Cha, both written by children to their mothers, who emigrated to the States with very young families as the first generation of precarious migrants. We will also have a chance to write letters of our own, and possibly to post them.

Text messages, shopping lists, emails, cover letters and online product reviews all offer rich starting points for a fictional story. Join us for a workshop led by Ania Bas, an artist and writer who uses in her work forms of writing that are part of everyday life. This workshop will offer guided exercises to encourage you to experiment and unlock your imagination – ideal if you want to write but need help getting started. It is suitable for beginners and for writers with more experience.

Join us for REVERB, a site-specific writing workshop which will explore concepts related to collective memory, historicity and personal archives. Together, we will engage with the unique story of Pushkin House as well as the surrounding area of Bloomsbury, an area of social and literary significance. We will consider poetics and politics, narratives marginal to the historical record, and the ways in which the event is made manifest by different techniques and styles of writing. The session will be led by Bella Marrin & Elaine Tam from Fieldnotes. In-person event.

Join Pushkin House for a workshop with acclaimed memoirist and the Sunday Times bestselling author of Write It All Down (2022) Cathy Rentzenbrink. The workshop will build on Rentzenbrink’s latest book which offers a wise and practical toolkit for new and seasoned writers. Its aim is simple: to get you writing and help you overcome some of the typical psychological obstacles to expressing yourself freely on a page and enjoying the end result.

In-person and online event.