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Sophia Wilson\u2019s talk will be based on her book about the Ukrainian Maidan Revolution of 2013-14, showing why it is impossible to understand Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine without first understanding the Ukrainian pro-democratic grassroots movement and the rooting out of Russian puppet authoritarianism. Her study of the Ukrainian Revolution gives a carefully researched account of the underbelly of the revolutionary process, investigating how participants self-organized to create the resistance, why the peaceful movement eventually turned to violence, and how the revolutionary process changed those who came to change the country. Wilson will discuss how the people resisted the state in multiple arenas \u2013 the protest square, courtrooms, hospitals, churches, and media \u2013 to successfully challenge the constitutionality of the state\u2019s actions. She will also explain how the Kremlin propaganda about the Ukrainian democratic movement captures the essence of Russia\u2019s motivation to suppress Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and democracy. \n\nAbout the speaker: Dr. Sophia Wilson is a Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and the President of the American Association for Ukrainian Studies. Wilson received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington and held fellowships at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Indiana University Law School, and Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin. She taught at the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute in 2017, 2019 and 2025. Wilson's publications on human rights practices in authoritarian regimes are based on extensive fieldwork she conducted in Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Ukraine, including multiple interviews with judges, journalists and activists. 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