Days of Ukraine in Berlin and Brandenburg (see report) were held in Berlin on 16-17 September 2021 under the motto “Fostering German-Ukrainian Academic Cooperation and Building a Stronger Europe Together”. With this event we marked the 30th Anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine and the 70th Anniversary of the Institute for Eastern European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin.
- Info-brochure, including full program, biographies of speakers, and much more
- Photo-Impressions
- Video-Statement about the German-Ukrainian Academic Society and the aim of this conference, Dr. Oksana Seumenicht, Managing Director of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society and co-founder of The UKRAINE Network
Video-recordings of the Day I (16 September 2021):
- Welcoming Remarks (in German) & Final of the 5th UKRAINET PhD Thesis Presentation Contest (in English). See the PhD Contest archive here.
- 00:02:13 Prof. Dr. Verena Blechinger-Talcott, Vice President, FU Berlin
- 00:09:40 Pre-recorded video-address, Mr. Johann Saathoff, Member of the German Bundestag, Coordinator for Inter-societal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries 00:13:45 Ms. Gabriele Hermani, Head of the Department “Cooperation with Eastern Partnership Countries, Russia and Central Asia”, Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
- 00:21:45 Mr. Maksym Yemelianov, Gesandter-Botschaftsrat/Envoy-Counsellor, Embassy of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany
- 00:27:27 Prof. Dr. Olga Garaschuk, President of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society (DUAG)/ Chair for Neurophysiology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- 00:32:35 Opening of the Final of the 5th UKRAINET PhD Thesis Presentation Contest, Dr. Oksana Seumenicht, Managing Director,
- DUAG Finalists presenting their PhD research (in English):
- 00:36:25 Mr. Pavlo Burdiak, University of Szeged, Hungary (International Internet Law): Interaction of states and social media platforms in preserving the freedom of expression on social media
- 00:42:20 Ms. Kateryna Chernii, Leibniz Centre of Contemporary History, Potsdam, Germany (History): On to new victories! The transformation process of Ukrainian football and its elites after the collapse of the Soviet Union
- 00:48:15 Mr. Yevhen Havrylenko, TU Munich, Germany (Mathematical Finance): Optimal investment-reinsurance strategies in equity-linked products with capital guarantees
- 00:54:50 Ms. Kseniia Kravchenko, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife research (IZW), FU Berlin, Germany (Population Biology): Migratory bats and Global climate change: climate-driven changes in migratory behaviour and distribution of the common noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula)
- 00:59:38 Ms. Alina Nychyk, University of Manchester, UK (Politics/International Relations): Strategic Decision- Making in Times of War: EU-Ukraine-Russia Relations During the First Year of the Conflict in Ukraine
- 01:05:22 Mr. Aleksandar Radivoievych, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany (Cancer Nanomedicine): Anticancer Star Symphony
- 01:11:34 Ms. Maja Reimann, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz-Lung Center, Germany (Epidemiology): TB22: A transcriptomic 22-gene model to individualize treatment durations for patients with tuberculosis
- 01:18:56 Ms. Nataliya Yadzhak, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv/ Ukraine & University of Clermont Auvergne/ France (Material Sciences): Development of the model for short crack growth in metallic materials under long-term loading and operation environments
- Keynote Lecture, Prof. Dr. Serhii Plokhii (in English)
- Musical Interlude by Marina Bondas & Award Ceremony of the PhD Contest (from 00:08:35)
- Info-Session I: Highlights of the German-Ukrainian academic cooperation (in English)
- Part I
- 2:19 Welcoming remarks, Prof. Dr. Theocharis Grigoriadis, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- 04:26 Ms. Gabriele Hermani, Head of the Department “Cooperation with Eastern Partnership Countries, Russia and Central Asia”, Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF): German-Ukrainian academic cooperation and 2019 BMBF funding call for German-Ukrainian Cores of Excellence (Exzellenzkerne)
- 20:53 Mr. Erich Bistriker, “Cooperation with Eastern Partnership Countries, Russia and Central Asia”, Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF): German-Ukrainian Research Cooperation
- Berlin-Odesa Dialogue in Economics: five years of successful cooperation:
- 30:26 Oliver Wach, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- 33:33 Prof. Dr. Serhiy Yakubovskiy, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University
- 45:25 Dr. Tetiana Rodionova, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University
- 56:34 Prof. Dr. Theocharis Grigoriadis, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
- Part II
- Cooperation in field of Mathematics
- 00:00:45 Prof. Dr. Sylvie Roelly, Institute of Mathematics, University of Potsdam & Dr. habil. Alexandra Antoniouk, Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine/ Kyiv Academic University (KAU)
- 00:23:54 Dr. Tania Kosenkova, Institute for Mathematics, University of Potsdam
- 00:30:30 Dr. Yuri Ganychenko, Head of the Center for Health Economics, Kyiv School of Economics
- Erasmus + Partnership between Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) and Taras Shevchenko National University Kyiv (TSNUK)
- 00:40:00 Dr. Stefan Karsch, Regional Department Central & Eastern Europe, International Department, HU Berlin
- 00:45:00 Prof. Dr. Ganna Tolstanova, Vice-Rector for Research, TSNUK
- 01:00:32 Ms. Anastasiia Sholokh, PhD student, Max Delbrück Center For Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC)
- Establishment of the Joint Master Program Public Health, the first MSc-Program in Public Health in Ukraine
- Presentations of two DAAD-funded Projects
- 01:36:48 Ms. Nataliya Butych, Regional Coordinator for Central and Eastern Europe, Project Coordinator, Leibniz University Hannover: „Management of Internationalisation and German-Ukrainian Academic Cooperation 2020–2021“
- 01:46:00 Ms. Petra Pistor, Quality Management and International Cooperation, WANDELWERK, FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, FH Münster: “THEA Ukraine”
- Cooperation in field of Mathematics
- Additional pre-recorded video-statements:
- Dr. Anna Grebinyk, Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Functional Genomics, Wildau Technical University of Applied Sciences (in English)
- Prof. Dr. Alina Nechyporenko, Department of Systems Engineering, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics/ Visiting Researcher at the Department of Molecular Biotechnology & Functional Genomics, Wildau Technical University of Applied Sciences (in English)
- Dr. Nelia Wanderka, Institute of Applied Materials, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB)/ Treasurer of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society (in German)
- Part I
- Info-Session II: Ukrainistik-Forschung & andere Ukraine-bezogene Initiativen in Berlin & Brandenburg (in German)
- 00:00:00 Introduction by the Chair, Prof. Dr. Alexander Wöll, Cultures and Literatures of Central and Eastern Europe, University of Potsdam/ 1st Chair of the Board of the German Association of Ukrainisten
- 00:09:10 Ms. Bozhena Kozakevych, Academic Assistant at the Chair of Entangled History of Ukraine, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder: Herausforderungen und Perspektiven der Ukrainistik in Deutschland/ Challenges and Perspectives of Ukraininan Studies in Germany
- 00:29:10 Prof. Dr. Gwendolyn Sasse, Director, Centre for Eastern European and International Studies (ZOiS), Berlin; Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism at the Department of Social Sciences of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Identitäten und gesellschaftliches Vertrauen im Wandel/ Identities and social trust at the time of change
- 00:49:42 Ms. Ljudmyla Melnyk, Institute for European Politics (IEP), Berlin: Deutsche und ukrainische Think Tanks: Welche Rolle spielen sie in der bilateralen Zusammenarbeit?/ German and Ukrainian think tanks: What role do they play in the bilateral cooperation?
- 01:11:55 Prof. Dr. Anka Bergmann, Institute for Slavic and Hungarian Studies, HU Berlin: Zu einigen Aspekten der Institutionalisierung des Ukrainischlernens in Deutschland und zur Bedeutung von Zertifikatsprüfungen/ On some aspects of the institutionalization of Ukrainian language learning in Germany and on the importance of certificate examinations
- 01:44:52 Dr. Alexander Kratochvil, translator from Ukrainian into German: Ukrainisch-Deutsche Übersetzung als soziokultureller Faktor in den deutsch-ukrainischen Beziehungen/ Ukrainian-German translation as a socio-cultural factor in German-Ukrainian relations
- Additional pre-recorded video-statements:
- Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov, Chair of Entangled History of Ukraine, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/ Oder (in English)
- Prof. Dr. Alexander Wöll, Chair of Cultures and Literatures of Central and Eastern Europe, University of Potsdam/ The first Chair of the Board of the German Association of Ukrainian Studies (in English)
- Prof. Dr. Oksana Mikheieva, Department of Sociology, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv/ DAAD-Professor at the Viadrina Institute for European Studies (IFES), European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/ Oder (in English)
- PD Dr. Mihai Varga, senior research fellow in sociology at the Eastern Europe Institute, Freie Universität Berlin (in English)
- Dr. Alexandr Osipian, Andrew Mellon Guest Researcher 2021/22 at the Institute for East European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin (in English)
- Mrs. Veronika Weisheimer, Research Assistant at the Chair “Culture & History of Central & Eastern Europe”, Faculty of Cultural Studies (KuWi), European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder (in German)
Video-recordings of the Day II (17 September 2021):
- Info-Session III (in English): Funding opportunities to support German-Ukrainian cooperation in science, research and higher education
- 00:00:55 Welcoming Remarks by the Chair, Dr. Christian Schaich, Managing Director, ZOiS
- 00:03:52 Dr. Oksana Seumenicht, Department for Strategic Cooperations & Research Funding, Max Delbrück Centrum for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in the Helmholtz Association/ Managing Director, DUAG: Overview of funding opportunities relevant for German-Ukrainian academic cooperation
- Short-presentations on specific funding opportunities:
- 00:25:15 Dr. Nino Chkoidze, Senior Scientific Officer, Unit: “Eastern Partnership, Russia, Central Asia”, Department “European and International Cooperation”, Project Management Agency at German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- 00:38:35 Mechthild Köhler, International Affairs, DFG
- 00:53:24 Dr. Rebecca Großmann, Division Europe, Department Sponsorship & Network, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- 01:07:15 Mr. Kai Franke, Head of Government Liaison Office Berlin, DAAD
- 01:28:43 Dr. Igor Tetko, Leader of the Research Group “Chemoinformatics & Chemical Biology”, Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München/ Scientific Coordinator of the PhD program “Advanced machine learning for Innovative Drug Discovery” funded within the H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN EID scheme
- 01:46:12 Ms. Svitlana Shytikova, Coordinator of the National Erasmus+ Office Ukraine
- 02:04:48 Ms. Jana Almes, Coordinator of the Program „Migration & Diaspora (PMD)“ in Ukraine, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- 02:13:20 Panel Diascussion. & the Q&A Session
This event was organized by the FU Berlin and chaired by Prof. Theocharis Grigoriadis, Institute for East European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, in cooperation with the German-Ukrainian Academic Society. This event was supported by the DAAD with funds from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Find out more about the DAAD GoEast Program here.