On Assignment: A Decade of Reporting Peace and War in Russia and Ukraine
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1P98a Lecture Hall (Platanenstraße 98a, 13156 Berlin)
Joshua Yaffa, a correspondent for The New Yorker and the inaugural writer-in-residence at Bard College Berlin, has spent a career reporting and writing on Russia and Ukraine. That span has taken him from the Arctic Tundra in Russia's Far North to the grim front lines of the Donbass. Along the way, he has sought out people whose stories illustrate the rich, painful, complicated, and endlessly fascinating history and present of the region.
For his opening lecture, Yaffa will narrate his own journey as a Moscow correspondent and then, unexpectedly and tragically, as a war reporter in Ukraine. He will share what he has learned about both countries, their cultures and people, by opening up his reporter's notebook and returning to articles he has written over the years—at turns, stories of ambition, tragedy, and humor. Registration is open to students and the public through this Google Form.
Joshua Yaffa is the inaugural writer-in-residence at Bard College Berlin. He is a contributing writer at The New Yorker, where he covers Russia and Ukraine. He is also the author of Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia, which was awarded the Orwell Prize in 2021.