BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//COHDS - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:COHDS
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for COHDS
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20240310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20241103T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T181500
DTSTAMP:20260511T100116
CREATED:20251016T205819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T191118Z
UID:24394-1762358400-1762366500@storytelling.concordia.ca
SUMMARY:My Dear Theo
DESCRIPTION:With Alisa Kovalenko and Stéphane Siohan \n  \nThe Chair in European Intellectual History of the Munk School\, Marci Shore\, is pleased to collaborate with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling of Concordia to invite you to the first screening of My Dear Theo (2025) with Alisa Kovalenko and Stéphane Siohan who will share their unique personal experiences from the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. \n  \nAlisa Kovalenko is a Ukrainian award-winning documentary filmmaker whose films are internationally acclaimed. In the early days of the full-scale invasion in 2022\, she joined the ranks and fought in the Ukrainian Volunteer Army alongside the Ukrainian army. Eight years earlier\, at the beginning of the Russian war in Donbass\, Alisa had been taken captive by a Russian separatist unit. Her personal story\, one of courage and resilience\, provides an opportunity to reflect on contemporary Ukrainian history in a more intimate way. \n  \nStéphane Siohan\, Alisa Kovalenko’s partner\, is a senior French reporter specializing in Central and Eastern Europe\, based in Kyiv since 2013. He is the correspondent in Ukraine for the French newspaper Libération\, one of the most experienced international reporters on Ukraine and the author of the first biographical essay in French on President Volodymyr Zelensky. In 2014\, Alisa Kovalenko\, who was documenting the early days of the war in the Donbas\, was taken captive by Russian-backed separatists and Stéphane Siohan headed to the occupied territories to rescue her. Since then\, Stéphane and Alisa have been living together and working together on documentary film projects that chronicle a decade of history in Donbass and Ukraine at war. What Alisa survived during those days in captivity made her promise herself that if the war were to come to all of Ukraine\, she would pick up a gun herself and fight. Eight years later\, the war did come to all of Ukraine. And Alisa parted from Stephane and their four-year son\, Theo\, and joined a Ukrainian battalion. There on the front lines she filmed a video diary for her son. She wanted to show him the landscape “of beauty and death”—and to leave something for him if she were not to return : My Dear Theo. \n  \nStéphane and Alisa worked for ten years\, together or alternately\, in Donbas and on the front lines of Ukraine at war. This screening\, followed by a panel\, will provide a rare opportunity to engage directly with individuals whose lives have been shaped by the full-scale invasion in deeply personal ways. Their willingness to speak candidly will provide invaluable insight into the lived realities of Ukraine behind the headlines. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nRegister here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the COHDS Sunroom (LB-1019). \nYou will find us on the tenth floor of Concordia’s Library Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/my-dear-theo/
LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:presentations
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/mydeartheo-e1760648142801.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR