Hope as a Phenomena of Human Nature

About this event

Professor Yuliia Shabanova will join us live via Zoom from Ukraine to speak about hope as a spiritual capacity of a human being to preserve meaning in conditions of radical uncertainty. She will also talk about the phenomenon of “hope despite” in the absence of optimism, and the contemporary Ukrainian experience of hope as a source of resilience, creativity, and solidarity.

FORUM: FREE & OPEN TO ALL

Saturday, November 21, 2026

9 – 11 AM (PST)

(7 pm, Kyiv, Ukraine)

Yuliia Shabanova

Founder and Director of the Ukranian Institute of World Culture (UIWC),

Professor and Doctor of Philosophical Sciences (PhD), and Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine. She has worked and published in a variety of fields including philosophy of culture, education and music.

Іnterpreter: Anton Kristol

PhD student, Department of World History of Dnipro National University and researcher of the history of Dnipro and the Prydniprovia region.

Please join us in-person or livestream: In-person: Concord Hall, 1407 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@iwcinsantabarbara/streams