Born and educated in Ukraine, Serhy Yekelchyk received a PhD from the University of Alberta in 2000. He is the author of eight books on modern Ukrainian history, Stalinism, and Russo-Ukrainian relations. His monograph, Stalin’s Citizens: Everyday Politics in the Wake of Total War (Oxford University Press, 2014), was the recipient of the Best Book Award from the American Association for Ukrainian Studies, and its Ukrainian translation in 2019 received a special diploma from the Lviv Book Forum. His survey of Ukrainian history, Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation (Oxford University Press, 2007), was Choice Magazine’s Book of the Year and went on to be translated into five languages. Yekelchyk is currently working on the third, considerably expanded, edition of Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, 2nd ed. (Oxford University Press, 2020), his popular book about the Euromaidan revolution and Russian aggression in Ukraine. Yekelchyk has written op-eds for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Politico. His interview credits include BBC History Magazine, CNN, The New York Times, and numerous other international media outlets. Prof. Yekelchyk is current President of the Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies.