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Olha Mukha (born 31 March 1981), PhD, is a cultural analyst and philosopher, cultural manager, curator, and expert on international communication and human rights. She is known for her extensive work in cultural diplomacy and human rights.
She is Co-Founder and Programme Director of the Ukrainian Association of Cultural Studies - Lviv.[1] and Head of Educational and International Department of Memorial Museum "Territory of Terror".[2] She is also a Senior Strategist at Strategic Communications (IN2).
She is an expert in crisis communication, creating participant journeys for sensitive topics, aesthetic perception, and memory studies, including oral history practices.[3][4]
Curator and co-author of the illustrated literary-encyclopaedic guidebook "Lviv – City of Inspiration. Literature" (Old Lion Publishing House, 2017[5]; awarded as the best guidebook of 2018). Curator of the publication and moderator of the book and project "Dialogues On War" (VIVAT, 2024).[6] Co-author of Stories from Ukraine: Believers (Kovyla Publishing, 2024)[7]
Author of over 80 scientific publications, numerous articles, and columns.[8]
Olha Mukha was a university professor in Lviv University and Pedagogical University of Kyiv, teaching culture management, legal aspects of culture market, and philosophical disciplines for over 15 years. She defended her PhD dissertation in Philosophy on "Category of Human Bodiness in Philosophical and Theological Tradition in the Early West European Middle Ages" (2007) and an LLM (2008), becoming a docent and academic researcher. She has also curated a number of exhibition formats and consulted on the rebranding and development strategies of various culture institutions.
She is a co-founder and former Chairwoman of the Lviv City of Literature UNESCO Office (from 2014 to 2016), representing Ukrainian literature abroad and an Honorary Ambassador of Lviv (2020–2022).[9]
Curator of UNSEEN FORCE - Ukrainian non-violent resistance, "Lost Childhood", "Wounded Culture" projects, and co-curator of "ANGELS" exhibition (with a section "Kitsch").
Author and Host in PODCAST #gentleukrainization (UA)
Host and Moderator of DIALOGUES ON WAR (ENG)
Member of PEN Ukraine.
Information and Publishing Lead and Member of the Executive Board of the Global Ukrainian Scouts Organisation PLAST. Member of the CHYTOMO Expert Council.
Head of the Jury of Encounter Award (2023),[10] jury member of Chytomo Award (2024).[11]
Between 2018 and 2023 Olha Mukha worked for the Headquarter of PEN International in London as Congresses, Committees and New Centres Manager, continuously sharing this position with her expert involvement in art, cultural, human rights, and academic projects.[12]
Curator of Ambassadors project of CHYTOMO - English publications:
- 'Literature's timeless quality is as relevant today as it was yesterday.' Meet Askold Melnyczuk: A literary bridge between cultures and continents.[13]
- 'People who go into battle with a joke on their lips': Interview with Boris Dralyuk[14]
- Charlotte Higgins: Understanding Ukraine through its cultural expressions is vital.[15]
- Vitaly Chernetsky: Ukraine is a fresh and powerful collocutor with unique expertise.[16]
Publications (interviews with Olha Mukha)
- Olha Mukha: 'For a long time, the West refused to acknowledge Russia's colonial and imperial character' - VoxEurop.[17]
- Olha Mukha: "Jewish culture is an integral part of Ukrainian identity that we must restore".[18]
- Olha Mukha - Put Ukrainians first: Ukraine is not Just a Footnote to the Imperial History of Russian.[19]
- Closing the Book: Olha Mukha's Insights on Data, AI, and Writing[20]
Olha Mukha is a Grantee of Documenting Ukraine with project UNSEEN FORCE: Documenting Non-Violent Resistance in Temporary Occupied Ukrainian Territories.[21]
Selected academic publications: UKRAINIAN CULTURAL STUDIES AS A "RISKY PROJECT ": REVISION OF THE POST-COLONIAL EXPERIENCE.[22]
References
- ↑ "NGO Ukrainian Association of Culturologists-Lviv". Ukrainian Association of Cultural Studies - Lviv.
- ↑ "Museum Territory of Terror - Our team". Museum Territory of Terror. 04/04/2025. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Olha MUKHA". Hay Festival. 04/04/2025. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Shmaidenko, Olga (04/04/2025). "Inside Ukrainian Heart - Olha Mukha". WOW Women. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Mucha, Olʹha, ed. (2017). Lʹviv - misto natchnennja: literatura: iljustrovanyj chudožnʹo-encyklopedyčnyj putivnyk. Lʹviv: Vydavnyctvo "Staroho Leva". ISBN 978-617-679-345-8. Search this book on
- ↑ Mucha, Olʹha, ed. (2024). Dialohy pro vijnu. Biblioteka Ukraïnsʹkoho PEN. Charkiv: Vivat vydavnyctvo. ISBN 978-617-17-0058-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Stories from Ukraine: Believers. Kovyla Publishing. 2024. Search this book on
- ↑ "Mukha Olha". PEN Ukraine. 04/04/2025. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "LET US PRESENT OLHA MUKHA – LVIV HONORARY AMBASSADOR". Ambassadors - Website of the Lviv Honorary Ambassadors. 26.04.2021. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "International jury announced for the 2023 'Encounter' prize". Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter. 23/05/2023. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Jury - Awards 2024". Chytomo Award. 04/04/2025. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "BLITZ INTERVIEW: Olha Mukha - philosopher, culture diplomat, curator and communicator - all for Ukraine". Two Grumpy Old Men on Ukraine. 07/01/2025. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Mukha, Olha (12.09.2024). "'Literature's timeless quality is as relevant today as it was yesterday.' Meet Askold Melnyczuk: A literary bridge between cultures and continents". Chytomo. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Mukha, Olha (01.11.2024). "'People who go into battle with a joke on their lips': Interview with Boris Dralyuk". Chytomo. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Mukha, Olha (15/11/2024). "Charlotte Higgins: Understanding Ukraine through its cultural expressions is vital". Chytomo. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Mukha, Olha (25/02/2025). "Vitaly Chernetsky: Ukraine is a fresh and powerful collocutor with unique expertise". Chytomo. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Puto, Kaja (12.02.2025). "Olha Mukha: 'For a long time, the West refused to acknowledge Russia's colonial and imperial character'". Voxeurop. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Konyk, Marta (04.10,2023). "Olha Mukha: "Jewish culture is an integral part of Ukrainian identity that we must restore"". Encounter: The Ukrainian-Jewish Literary Prize. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Olha Mukha - Put Ukrainians first: Ukraine is not Just a Footnote to the Imperial History of Russian". Youtube. 29/08/2023. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Ligot, Dominic (31/12/2023). "Closing the Book: Olha Mukha's Insights on Data, AI, and Writing". Youtube. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Olha Mukha". Documenting Ukraine. Retrieved 04/04/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Mukha, Olha; Darmoriz, Oksana; Kravchenko, Oleksandr; Rybchynska, Zoriana; Dovgopolova, Oksana; Shevchuk, Dmytro (2024). "Ukrainian Cultural Studies as A "Risky Project ": Revision of the Post-Colonial Experience". Topos (2024–2): 156–183. doi:10.61095/815-0047-2024-2-156-183. ISSN 2538-886X.
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