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February 2026

  • 06.02, Frankfurt/Oder

Panel with Timm Beichelt and Yuriy Matsiyevsky, on how Europe is responding to contemporary security challenges. The session features impulse talks by Timm Beichelt (Europa-Universität Viadrina), ‘Zeitenwende – Is Germany capable of European resilience?’, and Yuriy Matsiyevsky (Ostroh National University; KIU alumnus), ‘Russia’s war, Ukrainian resistance, and its implications for Central and Eastern Europe’. The panel is part of the 26th International Scientific Conference Europe of the 21st Century: The resilience of Europe, the European Union, and its Member States to security threats. Current state and future scenarios (5–6 February 2026, Collegium Polonicum, Słubice)

  • 20.02, online

Science Europe-NRFU webinars focused on research funding/ Webinar: Open Science policies and practices of research funding organisations/ Політики та практики відкритої науки в діяльності установ, що фінансують дослідження  Register here

  • 23.02, Berlin

Café Kyiv: Europe’s most outstanding event on Ukraine, an initiative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, including (a selection):

  • Rethinking resilience during war: under-researched and over-stretched?, with Dr Oleksandra Keudel (Associate Professor and Vice-Dean for Science, and a Founding Director of the Center for Democratic Resilience at Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), UNET Fellow at ZOiS, DUAG member), Nataliia Lomonosova (a doctoral candidate at Freie Universität Berlin and a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences, UNET at ZOiS alumna), Marina Rabinovich (Assistant Professor at the Social Sciences Department at KSE a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Social Sciences at the Arctic University of Norway, UNET at ZOiS alumna). Moderator: Julia Langbein is senior researcher at ZOiS where she leads the research cluster Political Economy and Integration
  • Innovation in Times of Crisis: Women as Drivers of Change for a Sustainable Recovery. Moderators: Natalia Revutska — PhD in Economics, Coordinator of WECU, Victoria Godik, CEO, Energy Country; Partner, U-NATION; Co-founder, #Green4Europe
    Speakers: Juliane Weymann, Head of H2-diplo Office Ukraine, H2-diplo Decarbonization Diplomacy, Khrystyna Kasyanova, Green H2 Business Development Manager, Head of Energy & Energy Transition Committee, AHK Ukraine, Viktoria Kanar, Co-Founder, Re-Fresh Global, Olga Miroshnychenko, Associate Professor, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv / Academic Visitor, Business School, Royal Holloway, University of London, Pia Dorfinger, Director Startup Ecosystem, German Energy Agency (dena)
  • From Ignorance to Disinformation? Eastern Europe and Ukraine in German (Historical) Consciousness, hosted by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Im Gespräch: Dr. Gesine Dornblüth, Journalistin; Prof. Dr. Winfrid Halder, Direktor der Stiftung Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus; Dr. Susann Worschech, Koordinatorin des KIU-Kompetenzverbunds Interdisziplinäre-Ukrainestudien; Dr. Kateryna Kobchenko, Habilitationsstipendiatin der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
  • Prof. Dr. Martin Schulze Wessel, historian of Eastern Europe presents his book ‘The Overlooked Nation: Germany and Ukraine since the 19th Century’ – the first comprehensive account of German-Ukrainian relations.
  • “Ukraine–Poland–Europe: The Challenge of a Common Textbook”. Panelists: Prof. Igor Kakolewski (Director, Centre for Historical Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Berlin); Maryna Kaftan (Content Expert, NUS Implementation Office, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine); Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov (historian and author, DUAG member); Jacek Staniszewski (history teacher, Pilecki Institute, Warsaw). Moderation: Natalia Latecka (Pilecki Institute Berlin).
  • Soviet War Memorials in Berlin: Dismantle or Preserve? The conversation will open with a keynote by Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of the Center for Civil Liberties and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2022), framing memory as a central element of transitional justice. The panel brings together Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov, expert in memory studies and post-Soviet history, and Dr. Axel Klausmeier – ex-monument conservator, director of the Berlin Wall Foundation (Stiftung Berliner Mauer), to discuss preservation, reinterpretation, and possible transformation of Soviet memorials in Berlin. The discussion will be moderated by Yeva Yakubovska, a board member of Vitsche e.V. and a curator at the Pilecki Institute Berlin. Impulses for the discussion will be provided by Dr. Kateryna Rietz-Rakul, Director of the Ukrainian Institute in Germany. Co-orginisers: Vitsche e.V., Pilecki-Institut Berlin
  • From short term to long term: energy security and climate agenda in Ukraine by Green Deal Ukraїna and GIZ Ukraine. Speakers: Susanne Nies, Green Deal Ukraina Project Lead, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Miriam Faulwetter, Head of Energy and Climate Portfolio, GIZ Ukraine, Sarah Weiß, Head of Sustainable Finance Unit, Energy and Climate Portfolio, GIZ Ukraine, Iryna Stavchuk, Interim Director for the Central & Eastern Europe and Ukraine Programmes, European Climate Foundation. Moderation: Anna Ackermann, Sustainable Development Expert at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
  • Quo vadis Ukrainian Studies? Teaching and research on Central and Eastern Europe after four years of a war of aggression. Speakers: Prof. Dr. Jan Behrends, historian, Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov, historian and author, Prof. Dr. Karl Schlögel, historian and Friedenspreisträger, Prof. Dr. Annette Werberger, cultural and literary historian (also moderator)
  • Where Can One Publish Research on Ukraine? Moderator: Andreas Umland, Book Series “Ukrainian Voices”/SPPS & JSPPS, ibidem-Press. Speakers: Alla Vaysband, “Dukh i Litera” Publishing and Research Association, Kyiv, Susann Worschech, Book Series “Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies,” Nomos Verlag, Andre Störr, Book Series “Ukraine im Fokus,” Verlag Friedrich Mauke, Iwona Reichardt, Magazine “New Eastern Europe,” Kolegium Europy Wschodniej, Simon Schlegel, Website “Ukraine verstehen,” Zentrum Liberale Moderne, Michael Dobbins, Book series “Ukraine erklären,” Springer VS
  • Books Against Forced Silence: Ukrainian Folk Tales, 20th-Century Diaspora Publishing Houses, and Cultural Resilience to the Present Day. Speaker: Iryna Dzhava, Publisher, translator with a background in cultural and literary studies and German studies. Founder of edition d’Ukraïne.
  • Explaining Ukraine: Introducing Two New Books on Ukraine. In 2024, two comprehensive edited volumes were published: Das politische System der Ukraine: Institutionen – Akteure – Politikfelder (The Political System of Ukraine: Institutions – Actors – Policy Fields), edited by Michael Dobbins (Springer VS), and Freiheitsschauplatz – ein Gesellschaftsportrait der Ukraine (Scence of Freedom – A Societal Portrait of Ukraine), edited by Susann Worschech (Nomos). Moderated by Eduard Klein (Research Centre for East European Studies, Bremen), Susann Worschech (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)), Michael Dobbins (Leibniz University Hannover) and Garry Poluschkin (Berlin Economics) will present the edited volumes and discuss current developments in Ukraine.

 

  • 23.02, Berlin, online

“Science First Hand” Lecture (in German): “Cultural monuments as bearers of Ukrainian historical memory/ Kulturdenkmäler als Träger des ukrainischen historischen Gedächtnisses”, by Dr. Iryna Lavrova

  • 24.02, Leibniz-Saal of the BBAW, Markgrafenstr. 38, 10117 Berlin

The Long Shadow of War: Learning from History for Russia’s War against Ukraine, with Josip Glaurdić (University of Luxembourg), Anne Deighton (University of Oxford), Oleksandr Zabirko (BBAW’s Young Network TransEurope) and Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS).

  • 25.02, online and in person (Cambridge, MA, USA)

Lecture: Centering the Margins of Ukrainian Language: Changing Perceptions of Surzhyk and Dialects. A lecture by Laada Bilaniuk, HURI Research Fellow at Harvard and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. Moderated by Emily Channell-Justice, Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at HURI. This event is organized by HURI as part of the Seminar in Ukrainian Studies public event series and Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program.

  • 25.02, 19:00-21:00, ZeitZentrum Zivilcourage, Theodor-Lessing-Platz 1A, 30159 Hannover

Diskussionsreihe “Ukraine im Blick – Demokratie, Reformen, und gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt in Zeiten des Krieges” with Prof. Dr. Michael Dobbins (University of Hannover), author of the book „Das politische System der Ukraine“, former Member of the European Parliament Viola von Cramon, und Oksana Chorna (Research Centre for Eastern Europe, Bremen).

  • 25.02, Potsdam, St. Nikolaikirche 

„LICHTZWANG“: Konzert zum vierten Jahrestag des großangelegten russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine. Das Ukrainische Institut in Deutschland lädt zu diesem Konzert ein. Das Programm wird von renommierten ukrainischen Musiker:innen präsentiert und ist dem vierten Jahrestag des großangelegten russischen Angriffskrieges gegen die Ukraine gewidmet. Im Konzertprogramm werden Werke von Komponisten wie Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Wojciech Kilar, Valentyn Silvestrov, Maxim Shalygin und anderen präsentiert.

  • 25.02, in person, Tübingen

Die (un)sichtbare Realität des Russischen Krieges gegen die Ukraine. Vortrag und Gespräch mit Mavilie Demirdzhaieva und Lidiia Shumska (JLU Gießen) im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe “Brennpunkt Ukraine”. Moderation: Prof. Dr. Klaus Gestwa, Osteuropäische Geschichte und Landeskunde der Universität Tübingen. Diese Veranstaltung findet in Kooperation mit dem Deutsch-Amerikanischen Institut Tübingen statt.

  • 27.02, in person (Cambridge, MA, USA)

Ukraine Symposium 2026: This inaugural symposium organized by the Ukraine Caucus at the Harvard Kennedy School brings together leaders from government, civil society, academia, and the private sector to examine Ukraine’s future and its role in the global order.

March 2026

  • 04.03, in person (Cambridge, MA, USA)

Europe in a Time of War:  Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist, in conversation with Harvard’s Serhii Plokhii. The Forum: Europe in a Time of War is a collaboration between the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard.

  • 11.03, online and in person (Cambridge, MA, USA)

Lecture: Curative Mythmaking: Children’s Bodies, Medical Knowledge, and the Frontier of Health in Early Soviet Odesa, by Matthew Pauly, Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University

  • 14.03, in person, Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 4th Ave., New York, NY , stream will be available

Lecture: “Kyivan Christianity”: The New Concept of Early Modern Religious History of Central and Eastern Europe, by Ivan Almes (Ukrainian Catholic University). During the event, the historian from Lviv will present the research project implemented at UCU since 2012, which has resulted in a 40-volume series published by UCU Press and aims to release 100 volumes. His most recent volume is In Search of Centres: Early Modern Kyivan Christianities (co-edited with Svitlana Potapenko, Oksana Prokopyuk, Vitalii Tkachuk, and Valerii Zema; Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, 2026)

  • 18.03, The Lydia Hotel Conference Centre, Tartu, Estonia and online

International Research Cooperation Conference Dedicated to Ukraine. The opening session will highlight initiatives from Estonia, Ukraine, the EU, and the Nordic-Baltic region that support the integration of Ukrainian researchers into the European Research Area. Thematic sessions will showcase Ukraine-related activities and international research cooperation projects involving Estonia and Ukraine. The conference is organised by the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) in cooperation with the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NRFU) and supported by ESTDEV (Estonian Centre for International Development).

  • 28.03, in person, Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 4th Ave., New York, NY , stream will be available

Lecture: Dr. Konstantin Frank, Unlikely (Viti)cultural Hero? The Legacy of Ukrainian Agriculture Science that Transformed American Winemaking, by Daniel J. Epstein, Lecturer on Government at Harvard University, who also currently works at the Harvard University’s Davis Center as Assistant Director for Scholars Without Borders, an initiative to support scholars affected by Russia’s war on Ukraine

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: