May 2026
4 May 2026, hybrid: GD 102, Gräfin-Dönhoff-Gebäude (GD), Europaplatz 1, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
- Kateryna Haertel: Majority-minority relations in Ukraine: State minority politics in a changed security context. This lecture examines how Russia’s interventions since 2014 have transformed majority–minority relations, reframing diversity through a security lens and reshaping identity dynamics in contemporary Ukraine.
4-9 May 2026, Berlin
- Ukrainische ERINNERUNGSWOCHE: Diskussionen, Ausstellungen und öffentliche Veranstaltungen für eine Perspektive, die oft fehlt.
5 May 2026, GD 311, Gräfin-Dönhoff-Building, Europaplatz 1, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
- KIU event, Block seminar: Exploring the North Azovian Greeks in Ukraine: A Practitioner and Community-Rooted Perspective on Languages, Identity, and War. This block seminar explores the experiences of the North Azovian Greeks (Urums and Roumeans) — an autochthonous community of Ukraine and descendants of Crimean Christians — through a practitioner and community-rooted perspective. The course focuses on how identity is shaped and preserved through language, cultural practices, and collective memory, while also introducing key historical contexts and their lasting impact on present-day forms of belonging and self-identification.
7 May 2026, 18.30 | Pariser Platz 4A, 10117 Berlin
- Book-Talk: Transit Culture and Postcolonial Trauma, featuring Dr. Tamara Hundorova, Dr. Matthias Schwartz (Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, ZfL), and Kateryna Mishchenko, Ukrainian writer, curator, and publisher. Registration: https://forms.gle/oFz9h2Y3LNMeW3dL8
7 May 2026, Bonn, DFG Head Office Kennedyalle 40, 53175 Bonn
- Talk “”How we form cognitive maps of our environment”, by Professor Dr. Tatjana Tchumatchenko, Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognitive Research, University of Bonn
13 May 2026, online
- Book launch and discussion of Silence Dressed in Cyrillic Letters with author Iya Kiva and translators Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk. In conversation with Oleh Kotsyuba, Director of Print and Digital Publications at HURI. Books are available for purchase on the HURI Books website. This event is organized by HURI Books, the publications program at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
27 May 2026, online
- “Science First Hand” Lecture (in German): “A Contrastive Study of War Metaphors in Ukrainian and German Press Articles/Kontrastive Studie zu Kriegsmetaphern in ukrainischen und deutschen Pressetexten” by Assoc. Prof., Dr. phil. Larysa Kovbasyuk, Staatliche Universität Cherson, Ukraine/PSI-Fellow 2023-2025 (funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), Universität Münster, Deutschland
30 May 2026, Shevchenko Scientific Society premises at 63 Fourth Ave., New York, NY 10003
- Panel on New Books in Ukrainian Studies: Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US in conjunction with the annual world convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) held at Columbia University and the Ukrainian Museum present a panel on new books in Ukrainian Studies followed by a reception. The panel will begin at 5 p.m. and feature three authors of recently published books in English: Olena Nikolayenko, Sophia Wilson, and Marina Sapritsky-Nahum. It will be held at the Shevchenko Scientific Society premises at 63 Fourth Ave., New York, NY 10003. After the panel, the guests are invited to proceed to the Ukrainian Museum, located at 222 East 6th St., New York, NY 10003, just a few minutes walking distance from the Society, for a reception that will begin at 7 p.m.
June 2026
2 June 2026, RAMPE – Coworking für Musiker:innen, Gerhardtstr. 3, 30167 Hannover
- Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Diskussionsreihe “Ukraine im Blick”: Der Freiheitskampf der Ukraine und deutsche Befindlichkeiten, mit Marko Martin, Autor “Freiheitsaufgaben”. Moderation: Peter Schyga (ehem. Referent Netzwerk Erinnerung + Zukunft). Anmeldung: info (at) slu-boell.de. In Kooperation mit:
26 June 2026, Martin–Luther–Universität, Halle an der Saale
- Третій День української науки / Dritter Ukrainischer Akademischer Tag, including talks:
„Greek minority in Ukraine“, by Eka Tchkoidze
“Народна казка як ментальна модель світосприйняття українського народу”, by Альона Лещенко
„Green Plants as Biofactories for Production of Recombinant Proteins for Medical and Food Applications”, by Dr. Anatoli Giritch
October 2026
Save the Date! 7-9 October 2026: a series of events dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society, including the Days of Ukraine in Brandenburg, planned to take place in Wildau (Brandenburg) and Berlin. More information to follow in due course.
Video-recordings of some past events/ relevant YouTube channels:
- KIU – Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies, based at European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and Berlin
- The Center for Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies “Denkraum Ukraine” (“Think Space Ukraine”) at the University of Regensburg
- Deutsch-Ukrainische Historikerkommission (DUHK)
- Historian Andrii Portnov Videoblog/ PRISMA UKRAЇNA
- German-Ukrainian Academic Society: Science First Hand Lecture Series and other videos
- List of other relevant information events and webinars, compiled by the German-Ukrainian Academic Society in 2022
- Ukrainian Institute London
- The Making of Modern Ukraine: A Free Online Course from Professor Timothy Snyder
- The Shevchenko Scientific Society (USA)
- The Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada
- H-Ukraine: H-net’s network dedicated to promoting and advancing scholarly contributions to the field of Ukrainian studies
- Ukrainian Research Institute Harvard University
- Events of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation