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October 2026

  • 7-9 October 2026, Wildau / Berlin

The “Days of Ukraine” are held annually by the German Ukrainian Academic Society (DUAG e.V.), accompanied by the General Assembly of the Society. In 2026 the host is the federal state of Brandenburg and the organizer is the Technischen Hochschule Wildau – Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (TH Wildau, close to Berlin). Under patronage of the Minister for Science, Research and Culture, Dr. Manja Schüle, the event is organized by Prof. Dr. Marcus Frohme and his team. This year’s Days of Ukraine in Brandenburg will comprise a series of events (PROGRAM) and mark the 10th anniversary of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society. The Days of Ukraine will start on Wednesday (October, the 7th) with an opening reception at the representation of the State of Brandenburg in Berlin (Vertretung des Landes Brandenburg beim Bund). On Thursday (October, the 8th) and Friday (October, the 9th) forenoon, the scientific program in Wildau will be dedicated to diverse research of the various universities in Brandenburg as well as teaching and networking initiatives. Another highlight will be the festive evening at the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in Berlin (BBAW) on Thursday (October, the 8th). On Friday afternoon (October, the 9th) various activities will be offered on the TU Wildau campus, close by or in Berlin. REGISTRATION is open until 31st August 2026. There is no registration fee.

  • 15 October 2026, 18:00-19:30

Online Book Launch and Discussion: Fragmented Lives in Times of War by Lidia Kuzemska (ed.)

Panelists:

  • Lidia Kuzemska (University of London | Ukrainian Catholic University),
  • Nora Ratzmann (German Center for Integration and Migration Research, DeZIM),
  • Yuliya Byelikova (Dresden University of Technology),
  • Valeria Lazarenko (University of Hamburg)
  • Moderator: Viktoriya Sereda (VUIAS | Kyiv School of Economics)

 

Evidence of Genocide in Ukraine: Acts, Intent, and the Targeting of National Identity

The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School (IHRC), International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), and additional subject matter experts have conducted extensive analysis of Russia’s conduct in Ukraine, identifying hundreds of potentially genocidal statements by Russian actors—from senior officials to soldiers on the ground—and assessing evidence of Russia’s widespread, systematic, and brutal acts against Ukrainian civilians under the relevant legal standards. This event will present their legal and factual findings of mounting evidence that Russia is committing genocide against Ukrainian nationals. The talk will also address Moscow’s long-standing pattern of targeting Ukrainian national identity, and situate the current conflict in that broader history.

Speakers:

  • Anastasiya Donets, Head of Legal Team, Eastern Europe & South Caucasus, International Partnership for Human Rights
  • Susan Farbstein, Clinical Professor of Law, Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
  • Kristina Hook, Assistant Professor of Conflict Management, School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development, Kennesaw State University
  • Moderator: Daniel Levine-Spound, Lecturer on Law, Clinical Instructor, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School

 

  • 21 October 2026, 17:00, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA

Science in Wartime Ukraine: Campus Engagement

Speakers:

  • Yevheniia Polishchuk, Chair of the Ukrainian Science Diaspora, Professor at Kyiv National Economic University and Visiting Fellow at Krakow University of Economics. She will share her experiences and recommendations as both a displaced scientist and supporter of Ukrainian scientists abroad.
  • Michael Short, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT.  Prof. Short will share his and his colleagues’ experiences collaborating with a Kharkiv university, which ended when its lab’s accelerator suffered a direct hit by a Russian missile. He will also propose some low-cost ideas for US universities and the federal government to help preserve Ukrainian scientific minds and restore equipment.
  • Moderator: Svitlana Krasynska, MIT-Ukraine Program Manager and Associate at Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Dr. Krasynska will moderate the discussion and will share her experiences managing the GMAF-Ukraine Program and organizing other kinds of support for Ukrainian scholars and institutions at risk.
  • 21 October 2026, 18:00-19:30, online

DUAG “Science First Hand” Lecture (in English): “The Prodigal Son“ (1899) by Ukrainian writer Hnat Khotkevych: the context and subtext of philosophical interventions by Dr. Olha Haidamachuk

  • 26 October 2026, Hannover 

Ukraine im Blick #4: Russland, Ukraine, Krieg

  • Gast: Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov (Direktor des PRISMA UKRAЇNA Research Network Eastern Europe in Berlin)
    Moderation: Viola von Cramon (Ukraineexpertin und ehm. MdEP Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen)

Über die Diskussionsreihe “Ukraine im Blick”: Die Veranstaltungsreihe richtet sich an zivilgesellschaftlich Engagierte und alle Interessierten, die sich mit demokratischem Wandel, sozialer Gerechtigkeit und gesellschaftlicher Resilienz auseinandersetzen möchten. Ziel ist es, Desinformation entgegenzuwirken, differenzierte Perspektiven auf die Ukraine zu eröffnen und zugleich Anregungen für zivilgesellschaftliche Lernprozesse und Handlungsmöglichkeiten in Deutschland aufzuzeigen.

 

November 2026

  • 10 November 2026, 18:00–20:00, Berlin & online

Podium discussion 100 Years of the Ukrainian Scientific Institute in Berlin. Registration under the link.

  • 23 November 2027, Berlin

Presentation & Book-Discussion: War, Migration, Memory: Ukrainian Perspectives. The volumes from the Prisma Ukraïna Dossiers series bring together perspectives on the dimensions of Russia’s war against Ukraine exploring displacement, migration, memory and images and objects shaping the experience of war. The three volumes will be brought together for a joint book discussion, in which the editors reflect on how their research connects to one another and to today’s realities of war, displacement, and memory in Ukraine.

Panelists:

  • Lidia Kuzemska,
  • Natasha Klimenko,
  • Viktoriya Sereda
  • Moderation: Yelizaveta Landenberger

 

  • 27 November 2027, online

Science Europe-NRFU Webinar Series “Building Capacity in the Ukrainian R&I Ecosystem” aims to increase opportunities for Ukrainian researchers in the international scientific arena and facilitate the exchange of experiences with European colleagues:

  • Webinar “Risk management in research funding: approaches, tools, and international practices”

 

December 2026

  • 14 December 2026, New York, USA/ online (Register for the Zoom meeting)

A Decade of Displacement: How Forced Migration has Changed Ukraine since 2014. In this talk, TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice examines the impact of internal displacement and forced migration in Ukraine.

 

February 2027

  • 5-6 February 2027, Harvard, USA

TCUP Conference 2027

  • 4-5 March, 2027, Paris

International Conference “Ukrainian Art History: Working Through Uncertainties”. Taking the Ukrainian context as a starting point, this conference asks how art history can engage with fragmented archives, contested cultural memory, under-documented artistic practices, and forms of knowledge that exceed institutional frameworks. Deadline for submitting proposals: 8 November, 2026

The conference is organised by the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), Paris, in collaboration with Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Rome, Research Centre Ukraine – Max Weber Foundation, Lviv, the Institut français, Paris, and the Ukrainian Institute in France, Paris.

Video-recordings of some past events/ relevant YouTube channels: