The UKRainian Academic International NEtwork
19 November 2021

Dear colleagues,

With this 29th issue of our Newsletter we are pleased to announce the 2nd call for applicants of the blended learning training course "Management of Internationalisation and German-Ukrainian Academic Cooperation (apply by 30 November)report on the Days  of Ukraine in Berlin & Brandenburg (16-17 September 2021) and 2 successful German-Ukrainian Autumn Schools, celebrate some remarkable awards and, as always, provide you with a digest of the latest news, selected funding opportunities and events related to Ukrainian Studies and academic cooperation with Ukraine. In November we also remember and honor millions of victims of the Holodomor - see a number of related events here.

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Stay healthy and with kind regards,

Dr. Oksana Seumenicht, Managing Director, the German-Ukrainian Academic Society/ Research Development Manager, MDC, Berlin & Professor Olga Garaschuk, President, the German-Ukrainian Academic Society/ Chair of the Department of Neurophysiology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Anna Grebinyk for her significant contribution as the Newsletter’s Assistant Editor, as well as to Nataliya Butych, Gaby Feldmann, Jochen Fornasier, Olesia Lazarenko, Jana Liashko, Thomas Luhmann, Pablo Markin, Halyna Moroz, Veronika Skip, Kostiantyn Yanchenko for their valuable contributions of news items included in this issue and posted on our web-page and in the LinkedIn group.

Community Corner
Event Report: Days of Ukraine in Berlin and Brandenburg, 16-17 September 2021
Days of Ukraine in Berlin and Brandenburg were held in Berlin on 16-17 September 2021 under the motto “Fostering German-Ukrainian Academic Cooperation and Building a Stronger Europe Together”. With this…
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New Publications on Populism in Ukraine and Beyond
DUAG associate member Kostiantyn Yanchenko, PhD student at the Department for Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Hamburg, has recently published results of his research on modern Ukrainian populism. Kostiantyn’s research interests…
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Defending my German PhD: more of an adventure, less of a challenge
By Anna Grebinyk Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather Vyacheslav Mykhailov, on his 85th Birthday The year of 2021 will forever stick in my memory – not just as an…
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Policy Brief (2021): Building Political Will to Combat Corruption
In this policy brief, published by the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy, Marcia Grimes (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), Oksana Huss (Bologna University, Italy & DUAG member) and Ksenia Ivanyshyn (Anti-Corruption…
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Awards and Distinctions
Oleksandr Marynych wins the Prize of the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society in America for young mathematicians in Ukraine
Dr. Oleksandr Marynych, a lecturer at the Faculty of Computer Science and Cybernetics of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, was awarded the prize of the Taras Shevchenko Scientific…
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Mozart Prize 2021 awarded to the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and its conductor Oksana Lyniv
By awarding the Mozart Prize 2021, the Sächsische Mozart-Gesellschaft e. V. honors the commitment of the orchestra and its conductor Oksana Lyniv to the musical work and activities surrounding Wolfgang…
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Ukrainian talents among the EUCYS winners
The European Union Contest for Young Scientists, better known as ‘EUCYS’, rewards and celebrates Europe’s best young scientific talent. Every year, the event gathers promising young scientists from all over…
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Eugenia Lopata, the director of the Poetry Festival "Meridian Czernowitz", distinguished by the award of the president of Germany
Eugenia Lopata, the director of the Poetry Festival “Meridian Czernowitz“, was awarded the Medal of Merit, one of the highest civilian award of Germany. The head of the cultural department of…
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2021-2022 Research Fellows in Ukrainian Studies announced
The Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University (HURI) welcomes six research fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year. Put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, the fellowship program is expected to…
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Cooperation Highlights
Conference volume "On the Banks of the Bug" brings together archaeological, numismatic and scientific analyses on the early period of the ancient Greek colony of Olbia Pontike
(For English version – please  scroll down): Seit 2015 arbeitet ein international besetztes Forscherteam aus Kyjiw, Frankfurt am Main (bis 2020) und Halle an der Saale (seit 2021) in der…
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Public Health in Ukraine: Fifth Volume of the Akkon Publication Series Published
Public Health in der Ukraine: fünfter Band der Akkon Schriftenreihe erschienen (For English version – please  scroll down) Das Institute for Research in International Assistance (IRIA) an der Akkon Hochschule…
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International project “Teaching Medical Skills”
“Teaching Medical Skills” is an international project serving non-profit educational purposes in Ukraine since February 2017, funded by Ukrainians studying in Germany and Ukraine. Members of the project promote an…
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Archival Research on Ukrainian Artists in Germany and the USA
Veronika Skip is a PhD student at the Faculty of Culture and Arts of the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Her research is focussed on a comparative study on post-war Ukrainian…
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British-Ukrainian mission to the Moon
The British company Spacebit is a British privately held company developing space robotics technology for lunar and planetary missions. The company was founded in 2014 by Ukrainian Pavlo Tanasyuk. The American…
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DAAD-funded German-Ukrainian research and development project VRscan3D
The objective of this project (2019-2023) is to develop a software tool for creating simulated mass data of objects that are recorded by a terrestrial laser scanner. These instruments create 3D…
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Student exchange project Oldenburg-Kyiv
Since 2015, an annual student exchange project has been carried between the Department of Civil Engineering Geoinformation and Health Technology of the Jade University of Applied Sciences in Oldenburg, Germany and the…
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New publication: "The Internationalisation - Perspectives from the THEA Ukraine project and beyond"
Within the THEA Ukraine project (October 2019 – September 2021), 32 Ukrainian Higher Education Administrators received training in the field of internationalisation in higher education and science management. The implementation…
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New Developments in Ukraine
Ukraine joins Horizon Europe and Euratom Research and Training Programme
At the EU-Ukraine Summit, the leaders of the European Union and its Member States, finalised the association of Ukraine to Horizon Europe, the EU research and innovation programme (2021-2027), and the…
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Event Report
UKRAINE, Kharkiv and Kyiv: 2 German-Ukrainian DAAD Autumn Schools
The Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau organized two Autumn Schools in Kharkiv and Kyiv entitled “Lessons for Biomedicine learnt from Nanotechnology and Artificial Intelligence” (27 September – 8 October 2021),…
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A selection of the forthcoming events, November 2021 - February 2022

Funding Opportunities
A SELECTION OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Bavaria, BAYHOST stipends for MSc & PhD students, apply by 1 December
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Parliamentary internship in Ukraine for German university graduates, apply by 7 December 2021
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Ukrainian Research in Switzerland (URIS): 2 fellowships, apply by 20 November 2021
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Application is open: Training Course "Management of Internationalisation and German-Ukrainian Academic Cooperation", apply by 30 November 2021
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DAAD Leonhard Euler-Programm, apply by 31 January
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