In July 2025, together with the Kyiv School of Economics and King’s College London, we hosted the forum Memory, Trauma, and Transitional Justice in Ukraine.
The forum grew out of a shared need to reflect critically on what we mean by justice, and what future does our vision of it create? What kinds of communities does it shape? As co-organizer Henry Redwood reminds us, justice is always about building new forms of community.
Bringing together artists, human rights defenders, and civil society leaders, this interdisciplinary dialogue opened a space to begin talking about transitional justice in Ukraine, searching for a common language and for tools — including creative ones — that can help us explore these difficult questions more deeply.
We invite you to watch the first panel of the forum. The discussion looks at classical models of transitional justice and the challenges that have become especially visible in the context of the Russian–Ukrainian war. It asks why the so-called “conscience of humanity” (tribunals and international courts) does not always deliver justice, recalls the siege of Sarajevo, and considers how art can respond to such themes.
Speakers:
Moderator: Oksana Pyzyk, Associate Professor, UCL School of Pharmacy, Department of Practice & Policy
The forum was implemented in partnership with King’s College London, NGO Art Dot, and the Kyiv School of Economics, with the participation of Cultural Forces of Ukraine—a platform bringing together the military, artists, and businesses to support the mental health of Ukraine’s Defense Forces, foster civil-military cooperation, and advance cultural diplomacy.