Forthcoming events

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June 2025

  • 02.06, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/ Oder, Germany

KIU and Jerzy Giedroyc Colloquium present their joint lecture series: War and Boundary Formation: the European Integration of Ukraine, by Frank Schimmelfennig (Professor of European Politics and a member of the Center for Comparative and International Studies at ETH Zurich)

  • 16.06, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/ Oder, Germany

Ceremonial Opening of the KIU Graduate Program in Ukrainian Studies. The ceremony will take place in the Logensaal of the European University Viadrina. Volodymyr Sheiko, Director of the Ukrainian Institute, will give a keynote speech on the importance of Ukrainian Studies for the security of Ukraine and Europe. Following the keynote, Volodymyr Sheiko, Prof. Yuliya Yurchuk (Södertörn University, Sweden), and Prof. Oksana Mikheieva (Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine) will discuss resilience and the role of universities and research in Ukraine’s reconstruction. Finally, the doctoral candidates will also have the opportunity to present their projects during a short poster session. After the official program, we invite you to a reception starting at approximately 8:00 PM.

  • 16-18.06, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, Ukraine

IX International Conference “Drosophila in Experimental Genetics and Biology”. Participants are required to fill the registration form by the link, deadline extended to 1 May 2025

  • 23.06, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/ Oder, Germany

KIU and Jerzy Giedroyc Colloquium present their joint lecture series: Germany, Ukraine, Europe: Approaches, Policies and Misunderstandings in the 1990s, by Jan C Behrends (Professor for Dictatorship and Democracy. Germany and Eastern Europe from 1914 to the Present, European University Viadrina)

  • 23.06-8.08, Harvard, USA

Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute HUSI 2025. HUSI 2025 will take place entirely on-campus / in-person.

  • 24.06, 18:00, CET, Pilecki Institute Berlin, Pariser Platz 4A

Lecture  within the Fortress Archive Ukraine series ‘The State Archives of the Vinnytsia Region: Polonika, Germanika and Perspectives for Research”, organized by Pilecki Institute, the Federal Archives, the Viadrina Centre of Polish and Ukrainian Studies and the Polish Academy of Sciences. Language: German/Ukrainian (simultaneous translation). Registration available under the link.

This event in the Fortress Archive Ukraine series will be dedicated to the archival collections on Polonika and Germanika in the Ukrainian State Archives of the Vinnytsia region. The lecture on 24 June will be supplemented by a scientific seminar on the following day. One of the thematic focuses will be on the archive collection on Germanika: these are German-language sources that bear witness to the presence of German culture, administration and population in the region and cover a broad spectrum from everyday life to ecclesiastical and economic structures. The state archives in Vinnytsia also hold over 20,000 files on people who were persecuted by the Soviet authorities – around 262 of which concern citizens of German origin. Another thematic focus is on the so-called Polonika, i.e. Polish-language administrative, court and aristocratic documents, which refer to the centuries-long presence of Polish culture and legal traditions in Podillia.

  • 25.06, 10:00, CET, Centre for Historical Research Berlin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Majakowskiring 47, Berlin

Lecture within the Fortress Archive Ukraine series “Experiences and future of Polish-Ukrainian cooperation in the archival field”, organized by Pilecki Institute, the Federal Archives, the Viadrina Centre of Polish and Ukrainian Studies and the Polish Academy of Sciences. Language: Polish/Ukrainian (without translation). Registration available under the link.

  • 27.06, online

“Science First Hand” Lecture on “Speaking Through Theatre: Ukrainian Voices of Resistance in Europe – Post-2022 Ukrainian War-Time Drama on European Stage ” by Dr. Iuliia Skybytska. This lecture will be held in English

  • 30.06, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/ Oder, Germany

KIU and Jerzy Giedroyc Colloquium present their joint lecture series: Can Civil Peace Extend beyond the Nation State? Europe, NATO, and the U.S. in the Shadow of the Russia-Ukraine War, by Jeffrey Alexander (Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Yale University)

July 2025

  • 07.07, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/ Oder, Germany

KIU and Jerzy Giedroyc Colloquium present their joint lecture series: Can EU External Action ensure justice and fair Peace Deal for Ukraine in Trump 2.0 era? Mission im/possible? ByRoman Petrov (Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy)

  • 14–18.07, Budapest, Hungary

CEU Summer University: The Evolution of a Patronal Democracy: The Case of Ukraine

September 2025

  • 25-26.09, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Workshop of the German-Ukrainian Historical Commission (DUHK/УНІК) for Emerging Scholars: “The End of Wars. Ukraine in Historical and International Contexts”. Submission deadline for proposals: May 30, 2025. Invited are young researchers from Ukraine, Germany, and other countries who are working on topics such as the end of wars, peace negotiations, their implementation, historical memory, and current political contexts. A particular emphasis will be placed on the Ukrainian experience.

October 2025

  • 14–15.10, Bergen, Norway

Conference The War and Beyond: Perspectives on Ukrainian culture and society. Please submit your proposal for a presentation or panel in this registration form. The deadline for submitting a proposal was 1st May 2025. Keynote speakers: Bohdana Neborak, recognized by «30 Under 30: Most Prospective Young Journalists» in 2021 and Dr Uilleam Blacker, Associate Professor of Ukrainian and East European Culture at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European studies and a translator of Ukrainian literature.

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