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- Speaker: H.E. Mr. Sergiy KORSUNSKY（Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Japan）
- Date: Thursday, November 28, 2024, 6:00-8:15 pm (including reception)
- Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall
- Language: Japanese *Partly in English (with consecutive interpretation into Japanese)
- Admission: 5,000 yen/person (registration required, drinks and light meal will be provided.)
*This event is exclusively for I-House members.
*On the day of the event, please present your membership card at the reception desk in front of the venue.
*Members may be accompanied by a spouse or partner.
I-House regularly holds members-only events to which a distinguished member is invited as a guest. The Special Lecture Series for Members in November will feature H.E. Mr. Sergiy Korsunsky,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Japan. After the lecture, there will be a reception, where participants will have an opportunity to meet with the speaker and fellow members.
More than two and a half years have passed since the war in Ukraine began with Russia’s February 2022 invasion, and there is still no end in sight to the conflict. Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky is working hard to support Ukrainian refugees in this country and to strengthen relations between Japan and Ukraine. In the upcoming lecture, he will discuss how his career path led to being named ambassador to Japan and speak on the culture and history of the two countries.
The second part of the lecture will focus on a project to donate Japanese picture books to Ukrainian children suffering from the war. It will feature Inna Ilina, in charge of culture and humanitarian affairs at the Ukrainian Embassy, and a representative from Shiko-Sha, which furnished the picture books. There will also be a performance of the bandura—a Ukrainian plucked-string folk-instrument—by Ukrainian musician and singer Kateryna, who translated the picture books for this project. Please join us for the lecture, which will be an excellent opportunity to learn about Ukraine from many different angles.
Dr. Sergiy Korsunsky was born on August 10, 1962 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He graduated from Kyiv National University in 1984.
On April 14, 2020 Sergiy Korsunsky was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Japan by Presidential Decree № 142 / 2020.
Ambassador Korsunsky’s previous positions include:
Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine (2017 – 2020).
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Turkey (2008-2016).
Director-General of the Economic Department, Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006-2008).
Minister-Counselor and Acting Ambassador at the Embassy of Ukraine in the USA (2000-2005).
Deputy Director, Department for Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (1999-2000).
Counselor for Economy, Embassy of Ukraine in the State of Israel (1995-1998).
Director of the Department for State R&D Programs, State Committee on Science and Technology (1991-1994).
Ambassador Korsunsky has extensive professional experience with strategic planning and development, including energy, trade and investment policy, energy security, regional security, science and technology. He is a well-known expert on the geopolitic issues.
Author of more than 320 academic papers and other publications including 7 books, among them “Nonlinear waves in dispersive and dissipative systems with coupled fields” (Addison, Wesley. Longman, 1997), “Technology Transfer in the United States” (Kyiv, 2005), “Energy Diplomacy” (Kyiv, 2008), “Foreign Policy in Times of Transformations” (Kharkiv, 2020), “How to Build Relations with Asian Countries: Economy, Diplomacy, Cultural Features” (Kharkiv, 2021), “How Nations Recover: The East Asian Experience” (Kharkiv, 2023).
He holds a diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He also holds a Doctor of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics since 1991. Distinguished economist of Ukraine.