Information from and about Ukraine

Ukraïnica: The Primary Database of Ukrainian Studies is a platform that connects a growing database of Ukrainian literary works, historical documents, and films in high-quality English translation with a syllabus-building tool for creating and exporting editable reading lists with references for primary and secondary course materials.

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Free online courses:

  • Coursera: Ukraine: History of Civil Society. The online course was prepared as part of the Phoenix Project, implemented by East Europe Foundation and funded by the European Union. The course was developed in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute.
  • Prof. Timothy Snyder started to teach a course The Making of Modern Ukraine at Yale University. He’s generously making the lectures available on YouTube. You can check the syllabus here. Lectures are available on Yale’s YouTube Channel
  • The online university Choice31, in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, creative agency Banda, and experts in history, culture, theology, business, and political science, has developed the interactive course “Be Brave Like Ukraine.” It is about how Ukrainian identity and courage were formed. The course consists of 15 brief lessons about culture, geography, history, and business that illustrate the formation of the country. It is available in English and Ukrainian.
  • The Ukrainian Institute, together with educational studio EdEra, has launched an online course on the past and present of Crimea and Crimean Tatars, indigenous people of Ukraine, called “Crimea: History and People.” You can watch it in English on the Udemy platform. The course is free of charge.  It consists of ten sections and 21 lectures with a 1-hour 45-minute total length. The course will also provide information about the indigenous people of Crimea — the Crimean Tatars, and their long struggle for the right to return to their homeland.

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