Maksym Butkevych

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Education and academic research

2004 to 2005 University of Sussex (Brighton, UK)
MA in Anthropology Of Development and Social Transformation
Dissertation: The concept of intellectual property rights in contemporary Ukraine: Official implementation and grassroots defiance.

1993 to 1998 Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Specialist Degree in Philosophy. Specialization: Social Philosophy & Philosophy Of History. Thesis: Constructive Utopia in contemporary critical social theory.

Professional career

2006-present Journalist/International news correspondent
Television News Service (TSN), “1+1” TV Channel (Kyiv, Ukraine)

2004-2005 Freelance journalist
Various informational web-sites, Resonance FM radio station (London, UK)

2003-2005 Producer/ Journalist
BBC World Service, Ukrainian Section (London, UK)
Full-time: 2003-2004; contributor/freelance: 2004-2005, concurrent with MA study

2001-2002 International News Editor
Television News Service (TSN), “1+1” TV Channel (Kyiv, Ukraine)

1999-2001 International News Correspondent, Editor
STB TV Channel (Kyiv)

1998-1999 Educational Programme Organiser
National University Kyiv Mohyla Academy, School of Humanities (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Activities

Took part in various activist groups and movements as a social activist. Currently:
Initiative “NoBorders-Kyiv”: activist.
“Amnesty International”-Ukraine: National Board member.
Indymedia (grassroots information and journalism network): volunteer journalist.

upcoming events

9-20 July 2007
Interdisciplinary Summer school on media literacy for instructors from universities of Eastern Europe and post Soviet countries.

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