The “Greifswalder Ukrainicum” is an international summer school on science, culture and language of Ukraine, organised by the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald and the University of Greifswald. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year´s summer school will take place in a digital format.
Call for Applications: apply by 23 June 2021 (aimed preferably at students or PhD candidates)
Ukrainian language courses and seminars provide the unique opportunity to learn more about Ukraine in its diversity. Film screenings, public lectures as well as a panel discussion funded by the Heinrich Böll Foundation complement the program and offer further views on Ukraine. This year the seminars will be the following:
- Per Rudling (Lund): Making Ukraine: Construction of a National History in the Post-Soviet Polity
- Matthias Schwartz (Berlin): „Diener des Volkes”. Populärkulturen und Populismus im digitalen Zeitalter
- Inna Melnykovska (Budapest): Quo vadis ZeUkraine? Демократія з вадами, капіталізм з любими друзями та суспільство стартапів
- Oksana Huss (Bologna): Корупція в Україні: Новий розділ – старий зміст
- Oleksandr Chertenko (Gießen): Geschichten über Blutsbrüder und Separatisten. Der Krieg im Donbass in der Literatur und im Kino
The following speakers will contribute to the evening program:
- Anka Feldhusen (German ambassador in Kyiv)
- Maryna Bardina (member of the Ukrainian parliament)
- Nastja Stanko (journalist from L’viv)
- Vasyl Rasevych (Center for Urban History in L’viv)
- Olena Petrenko (University Bochum)
- Oleksandr Zabirko (University Bochum)
The “Greifswalder Ukrainicum” is funded by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung, Essen, Germany.