FORTHCOMING EVENTS, April – October 2022

FORTHCOMING EVENTS


April 2022

  • 1/04

The European Association for International Education (EAIE): EAIE Community Moment webcast ‘A status update from Ukraine’will offer a current perspective on the situation. Guest speakers Ganna Tolstanova from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Sophia Opatska from the Ukrainian Catholic University will provide information about the support most critically sought by the Ukrainian higher education community at this time

  • 3/04, 18:00-20:00 UTC+03

Webinar: “Війна 2022 та підтримка українських науковців”. Наукові зустрічі / Scientific meetings / Scientia Conventibus and Kyrylo Snizhko

  • 9/04, 11:00 UTC+02

#ScienceForUkraine answers your questions: (UA): Ми організовуємо першу пряму трансляцію з #ScinceForUkraine. Протягом цієї години наші волонтери відповідатимуть на ваші запитання щодо академічного переведення та можливостей тимчасового працевлаштування українських науковців за кордоном (включаючи дистанційну роботу/освіту). Ми уточнимо, як шукати вакансії, де шукати, що потрібно та багато інших питань, які можуть виникнути. Приєднуйтесь та діліться інформацією про подію/ (EN) We are organizing the first live stream with #ScinceForUkraine. During this hour, our volunteers will be answering questions you might have about academic transfers and temporary employment possibilities for Ukrainian scientists abroad (physically or remotely). We will clarify how to look for positions, where to look, what is needed and many more questions you might have. Join and share information about the event

  • 22/04

Chance for Science Conference 2022, a conference for academics affected by the war in Ukraine, hosted by Chance for Science in cooperation with Leipzig University

  • 26/04, 7 pm: Note: This concert has to be postponed due to the illness of the singer. Unfortunately, Corona-pandemic is not over yet. A further update will be published here in due course.

Ukrainians Sing for Peace: There will be a benefit concert at St George’s Church (Saint George’s Anglican Church Berlin/ Sankt Georg Anglikanische Kirche zu Berlin, Preussenallee 17 – 19, 14052 Berlin) on Tuesday 26 April to support “Musik rettet” (heartforukraine​.com/​musik-rettet/), a Berlin-based project of Heart for Ukraine, an NGO dedicated to helping the children of Ukraine. Soprano Anna Varhun and pianist Marianna Kurbanovskaya are Ukrainian musicians from Kherson who now live Berlin and will be performing songs by famous Ukrainian composers of the 19th to 21st centuries, including Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky, Leopold Yashchenko, Fedir Nadenenko, Mykola Lysenko, Viktor Kosenko and Myroslav Skoryk. Please pre-register by e-mail to stgeorgesconcert@​gmail​.com. Admission is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted. To learn more about some Ukrainian composers and listen to some of their music, visit ukrainianlive​.org/​composers.

  • 27/04, 17:30 –19:00 Uhr (in German)

ZOiS Forum | Urania | An der Urania 17, 10787 Berlin: Ukraine im Krieg: Ein Land im Fokus der Weltöffentlichkeit, mit Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS) und Michael Thumann (ZEIT), Moderation: Lars Feyen

  • 27/04, 18:00 Uhr (in Ukrainian)

Open University in Exile presents the Lecture on “The Narratives of The War: Modern Ukrainian Literature and Russian Literature about The War by Maria Shuvalova (Literary scholar, Lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and the Fulbright Scholar in Columbia University, New York in 2019-2020)

  • 27/04, 20:00 Uhr 

Charity concert: Kyiv Symphony Orchestra at the Berlin Philharmonic

  • 27/04, 10:00-11:30 Uhr 

Horizon Europe Info day on the WIDERA work programme of 2022: “Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area”

  • 28-30/04

EUTIM SPRING CONFERENCE: 100th Anniversary of Ukrainian FormalismInternational Online Conference, convened by Galina Babak (EUTIM / CAS), Vitaly Chernetsky (University of Kansas) and Andrii Portnov (European University Viadrina / Prisma Ukraïna)

  • 28/04, 5:30pm – 7pm CET | online

ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “What Have We Learned about Ethnonational Identities in Ukraine”, with Volodymyr Kulyk (Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)

  • 29/04, 18:00 Uhr (in Ukrainian)

Open University in Exile presents the Lecture on “Crimean Stories for the Novel. The Annexation of Crimea as the Beginning of the War by Anastasia Levkova

  • 29/04, 9:00-17:00 EDT

Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S. (NTSh-A) will host an eight-hour webinar on Zoom called the Shevchenko Expertise-a-thon for Ukraine. The webinar will feature mini-lectures by NTSh-A members and guests, who have agreed to share their scholarly expertise or experience as activists


May 2022

  • 01/05, 18:00 Uhr (in Ukrainian)

Open University in Exile presents the Lecture on “Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Should We Still Believe in the Essenes? by Dr. Vitaly Chernoivanenko.

  • 02/05, 19:00 Uhr (in German)

Konrad Adenauer Foundation: “Der Krieg in der Ukraine – Folgen für Deutschland und Europa”, Part 2 with Prof. Stefan Goertz, Professor of Security Policy with a focus on extremism and terrorism research at the Federal University, Federal Police Department.

  • 02/05, 18:00-20:00 Uhr (in German)

„Deutschsprachige Ukraine-Studien: Entwicklung, aktueller Zustand, Perspektiven“
Osteuropakolloquium mit: Andrii Portnov.

  • 03/05, 19:00 Uhr (in German)

Konrad Adenauer Foundation: Lecture “Die Kastanien von Charkiw” by Michael Zeller, who spent several weeks in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and recorded his impressions and observations in the book “The Chestnuts of Kharkiv. Mosaic of a City”, which was published last year.

  • 04/05, 18:00-18:20 

Aseev, In Isolation – Lesen für die Ukraine mit: Jennifer Döring und Julia Furmanczyk. Die Europa-Universität und die Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen laden zu der Reihe „Lesen für die Ukraine“ ein. Immer mittwochs von 18.00 Uhr bis 18.20 Uhr werden in Online-Sitzungen ukrainische Texte der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit gelesen. Gelesen wird in deutscher Übersetzung. Anmeldung: slavistik@uni-tuebingen.de

  • 05/05, 5:30pm – 7pm CET | online

ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “Data for Ukraine: Machine Learning and Detecting Human Rights Violations and Resistance to Russia’s Invasion”, with Graeme Robertson (University of North Carolina) and Erik Wibbels (Duke University)

  • 05/05, 18:30 Uhr (in German)

Konrad Adenauer Foundation: Online event “Der russische Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine und die Rolle der Frauen” with the lecture by Prof. Dr. phil. Iryna Cherniaieva, Vice Rector for International Affairs and Education, A.V.Nezhdanova Odessa National Academy of Music, Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages

  • 05/05, 13:30-14:30 

Ukraine Calling at European University Viadrina: “Weaponizing History. The Role of Memory in the Russian War against Ukraine” Voices from Ukraine VII mit: Tatiana Zhurzhenko (ZOiS Berlin) und Georgiy Kasianov (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University of Lublin, Poland)

  • 6/05 & 13/05 (in German)

Online-Konferenz der deutschen und ukrainischen Germanistik

Tagungsprogramm

Zeit: Freitag 6. Mai und Freitag 13. Mai, jeweils 13 bis ca. 16 Uhr (MEZ) / 14 bis ca. 17 Uhr (OEZ)

Veranstalter: Ukrainischer Deutschlehrer- und Germanistenverband und Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache.Im Sinne einer ziviligesellschaftlichen Stärkung der Beziehungen zwischen der Ukraine und Deutschland soll die Tagung dazu dienen, die Kontakte zwischen der deutschen und der ukrainischen Germanistik zu vertiefen mit dem kurzfristigen Ziel, die ukrainische Germanistik in und außerhalb der Ukraine hinsichtlich ihres Forschungs- und Lehrbetriebs zu unterstützen, und dem langfristigen Ziel, dauerhafte Kooperationen zwischen Institutionen, Lehrstühlen und Personen zu festigen oder zu etablieren. Die Teilnahme an der Konferenz ist kostenlos. Eine Anmeldung ist erforderlich und sollte bis zum 5. Mai 2022 erfolgen. 

  • 09/05

Flashmob #ErasmusPlus35yearsUkraine within the framework of Europe Days 2022 in Ukraine. The main idea of the flashmob #ErasmusPlus35yearsUkraine is to promote Ukraine as a European country, to show the impact of the European Union’s Erasmus+ Program on the promotion of European values in Ukraine, to tell the success stories of Erasmus fellows and support for Ukrainians during the war.

  • 09/05, 18:00-20:00

„The Donbas Landscapes of late 19th–20th century: Industrial changes and symbolic representations“ Osteuropakolloquium mit: Tetiana Portnova (Dnipro)

  • 11/05, 18:00-18:20 

V. Pidmohylnyj „Die Stadt“ – Lesen für die Ukraine mit: Frank, Joura, Kratochvil, Wunderwald, Zalitok. Die Europa-Universität und die Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen laden zu der Reihe „Lesen für die Ukraine“ ein. Immer mittwochs von 18.00 Uhr bis 18.20 Uhr werden in Online-Sitzungen ukrainische Texte der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit gelesen. Gelesen wird in deutscher Übersetzung. Anmeldung: slavistik@uni-tuebingen.de

  • 12/05, 5:30pm – 7pm CET | online

ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “Support for Democracy and Civic Duty among Ukrainians: The Basis for Civic Identity and Civilian Resistance”, with Olga Onuch (University of Manchester)

  • 18/05 (in German), 18:30 –20:00 Uhr, Berlin 

ZOiS Forum “Wenn Geschichte umgeschrieben wird”: Ein Blick auf die Ukraine, Belarus und Russland. Podiumsdiskussion mit Kateryna Mishchenko, Aliaksei Bratachkin, Félix Krawatzek und Matthias Schwartz, Moderation: Nina Weller  

  • 18/05, 18:00-18:20

Oksana Luzyschyna – Lesen für die Ukraine mit: Lydia Nagel. Die Europa-Universität und die Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen laden zu der Reihe „Lesen für die Ukraine“ ein. Immer mittwochs von 18.00 Uhr bis 18.20 Uhr werden in Online-Sitzungen ukrainische Texte der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit gelesen. Gelesen wird in deutscher Übersetzung. Anmeldung: slavistik@uni-tuebingen.de

  • 19/05, 5:30pm – 7pm CET | online

ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “The Perils and Benefits of Surveying in a Conflict Zone: Cautionary Tales and Results from Donbas 2020-2022“, with John O’Loughlin (University of Colorado) and Gerard Toal (Virginia Tech)

  • 19/05

The European Association for International Education (EAIE):The EAIE will facilitate an online ideas lab focused on Ukraine. The goal of the lab is to share and discuss specific actions that the international education community (as individuals and institutions) can take (and in some cases may already be undertaking) to support Ukrainian institutions and affected students and academics

  • 25/05, 18:00-18:20

Boris Chersonskij – Lesen für die Ukraine mit: Frank, Koifman, Landenberger. Die Europa-Universität und die Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen laden zu der Reihe „Lesen für die Ukraine“ ein. Immer mittwochs von 18.00 Uhr bis 18.20 Uhr werden in Online-Sitzungen ukrainische Texte der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit gelesen. Gelesen wird in deutscher Übersetzung. Anmeldung: slavistik@uni-tuebingen.de


June 2022

  • 02/06, 5:30pm – 7pm CET | online

ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “Long-term Trends of Polarisation in Ukraine“, with Timofii Brik (Kyiv School of Economics)

  • 08/06, 16:15 – 17:30

„Ukrainian Migration to Poland: Facts, Figures, Contexts“ Research Factory B/ORDERS IN MOTION with Prof. Dr. Marcin Dębicki (The Centre for Regional and Borderlands Studies, Wrocław University)

  • 09/06, 5:30pm – 7pm CET | online

ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “Living at the ‘Gates to Europe’: the Border with Poland as an Oppportunity and a Challenge for Local Communities in the Lviv Region”, with Tatiana Zhurzhenko (ZOiS/SCRIPTS)

  • 16/06, 5:30pm – 7pm CET | online

ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “(Trans)national Experiences of Displacement from Ukraine”, with Viktoriya Sereda (Ukrainian Catholic University and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)

  • 23 – 24/06

Save the date: “Ukrainian-Bavarian Conference on Digital Education“, in Bayreuth and online (BAYHOST). The conference aims to share knowledge and exchange experiences on the use of digital tools and concepts in education. The University of Bayreuth is advancing the German-Ukrainian exchange on the digitalisation of teaching-learning processes with two projects. The DAAD-funded Learnopolis+ project is working with partners in Lviv, Ternopil and Vinnytsia (Donetsk) to develop Massive Open Online Courses for the continuing education of university teachers. The framework for this is UTTERLY (Erasmus+ KA2), which establishes uniform competence standards, curricula and certification processes in this area

  • 23/06, 5:30pm – 7pm CET | online

ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “Women’s Participation in the Euromaidan Protests and the War in Ukraine”, with Tamara Martsenyuk (University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy)

  • 30/06, 5:30pm – 7pm CET | online

ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “From Spontaneous Help to Organised Civil Society: Volunteering in the Context of Forced Population Displacement in Ukraine Since 2014”, with Oksana Mikheieva (Ukrainian Catholic University)


July 2022

  • 02/07 (in German)

Berlin, Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2022 | “Meet the Scientist” with Gwendolyn Sasse at the Humboldt Lab

On behalf of SCRIPTS, Gwendolyn Sasse will present her current analyses of the Russian-led war in Ukraine. In cooperation with the Humboldt Lab at Humboldt Forum Berlin. Prof. Dr. Gwendolyn Sasse is Director of the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), SCRIPTS Principal Investigator, Research unit “Borders”, BGTS Faculty, Knowledge Exchange Lab Steering Committee Member

  • 07/07, 5:30pm – 7pm CET | online

ZOiS Lecture Series in cooperation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chair: Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “Social Capital in Ukraine: Networks and Civic Activism”, with Tetiana Kostiuchenko (University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy)

September 2022

  • 18/09

„Die Konsequenzen des Angriffs auf die Ukraine – was können Migrations- und Grenzstudien beitragen?“ – Diskussion with PD Dr. Carolin Leutloff-Grandits (Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION)

  • 29-20/09

Save the date: Annual Meeting 2022 will be organized in Hannover on 30 September 2022 within the framework of the Days of Ukraine in Lower Saxony (29-20 September 2022).


October 2022

  • 20/10

2nd International Scientific Conference “Ukraine in the world: Germany and Ukraine in the history of Eastern Europe: from Reformation to Enlightenment”, Kyiv, organized by the Department of Foreign Sources on the History of Ukraine, M. S. Hrushevsky Institute of Ukrainian Archeography and Source Studies, National Academy of Sciences Ukraine. Submit your presentation abstract by October 13, 2022


Video-recordings of past events on YouTube channels: