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I don't follow channels. But... I watched a 23-episode Yale class on the History of Ukraine, by prof. Tim Snyder. In fact I binged it. Then I went out and boug
by denton-scratch 3y ago
I don't follow channels. But...
I watched a 23-episode Yale class on the History of Ukraine, by prof. Tim Snyder. In fact I binged it. Then I went out and bought Bloodlands and On Tyranny. On Tyranny is a thin book, I read it in a couple of hours. But Bloodlands is fat; I read it in two days.
Snyder is a very engaging lecturer. I wish even one of my uni lecturers had been half so engaging.
In the first lecture, he asked his students to report back on whether any other universisty was offering classes on Ukrainian history; several students researched it, and came back in lecture 2 to tell him his class was unique in the USA. Which in the light of contemporary events seems pretty sad.
I won't be dropping my UBlock pants for Youtube. I watch about an hour every two weeks, on average; I certainly don't rely on it, and I certainly won't pay for Premium.
- ncallaway 3y agoSuper interesting, I’ll have to check it out. I remember seeing him earlier in the conflict, when a Ukrainian soldier was pictured reading his book and later met him: https://old.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/121j5f1/sometime_ago_author_timothy_snyder_posted_a/ https://old.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/121j5f1/sometime_a... I’ll definitely check the channel out, and probably the book too