Events / Program: Ukraine in European Dialogue

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	War and the Future of Ukraine - Conference	Fri, 18.11.2022	Conferences and Workshops	Katherine YoungerPaul Chaisty, Roy Allison, Gwendolyn Sasse, Timothy Garton Ash	War and the Future of Ukraine - Conference Fri, 18.11.2022 Speakers: Katherine YoungerPaul Chaisty, Roy Allison, Gwendolyn Sasse, Timothy Garton Ash Series: Conferences and Workshops 10am on Friday, 18 November 2022 to 2pm on Saturday, 19 November 2022 Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College Chair: Katherine Younger (Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna); Paul Chaisty (OSGA, St Antony's); Roy Allison (REES, St Antony's); Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS, Berlin); Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's). Convenors: REES, OSGA; ESC & RESC, St Antony's; Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna; Centre for East European and International Studies, Berlin. Read more
War and the Future of Ukraine - Conference Fri, 18.11.2022 Speakers: Katherine YoungerPaul Chaisty, Roy Allison, Gwendolyn Sasse, Timothy Garton Ash Series: Conferences and Workshops 10am on Friday, 18 November 2022 to 2pm on Saturday, 19 November 2022 Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College Chair: Katherine Younger (Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna); Paul Chaisty (OSGA, St Antony's); Roy Allison (REES, St Antony's); Gwendolyn Sasse (ZOiS, Berlin); Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's). Convenors: REES, OSGA; ESC & RESC, St Antony's; Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna; Centre for East European and International Studies, Berlin. Read more
	Documenting Ukraine Info Session	Mon, 12.09.2022	Session	Katherine YoungerKseniya Kharchenko	Documenting Ukraine Info Session Mon, 12.09.2022 Speakers: Katherine YoungerKseniya Kharchenko Series: Session This info session was intended for those considering applying for a grant within the framework of the IWM's Documenting Ukraine project. Learn more about the project's concept and goals, the application and evaluation process, and what happens after a proposal is accepted. Project staff will be available to answer questions in English and Ukrainian. Read more
Documenting Ukraine Info Session Mon, 12.09.2022 Speakers: Katherine YoungerKseniya Kharchenko Series: Session This info session was intended for those considering applying for a grant within the framework of the IWM's Documenting Ukraine project. Learn more about the project's concept and goals, the application and evaluation process, and what happens after a proposal is accepted. Project staff will be available to answer questions in English and Ukrainian. Read more
	Feminism, Modernism and Resistance to Empire in Ukraine	Tue, 28.06.2022	Panels and Discussions	Katherine Younger Uilleam BlackerTamara Hundorova	Feminism, Modernism and Resistance to Empire in Ukraine Tue, 28.06.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Uilleam BlackerTamara Hundorova Series: Panels and Discussions Tamara Hundorova and Uilleam Blacker discussed the work of Lesia Ukrainka (Larysa Kosach, 1871-1913), a Ukrainian modernist, feminist and anti-colonial thinker, in the context of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the move towards decolonizing the study of Russia and Eastern Europe. Lesia Ukrainka is a canonical figure in Ukraine, known for her fiery poems opposing Russian colonial rule in Ukraine and praising freedom. Her most accomplished works were her dramas, however, which transform stories and myths drawn from European and world culture into feminist and anti-imperial allegories: these with their focus on imperial violence, the importance of freedom and the twisting of truth, have much to teach us today. Read more
Feminism, Modernism and Resistance to Empire in Ukraine Tue, 28.06.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Uilleam BlackerTamara Hundorova Series: Panels and Discussions Tamara Hundorova and Uilleam Blacker discussed the work of Lesia Ukrainka (Larysa Kosach, 1871-1913), a Ukrainian modernist, feminist and anti-colonial thinker, in the context of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the move towards decolonizing the study of Russia and Eastern Europe. Lesia Ukrainka is a canonical figure in Ukraine, known for her fiery poems opposing Russian colonial rule in Ukraine and praising freedom. Her most accomplished works were her dramas, however, which transform stories and myths drawn from European and world culture into feminist and anti-imperial allegories: these with their focus on imperial violence, the importance of freedom and the twisting of truth, have much to teach us today. Read more
	Arts after Violence: How to Read the History of Ukrainian Art?	Mon, 16.05.2022	Seminars and Colloquia	Kateryna Iakovlenko Katherine Younger	Arts after Violence: How to Read the History of Ukrainian Art? Mon, 16.05.2022 Speakers: Kateryna Iakovlenko Katherine Younger Series: Seminars and Colloquia According to Walter Benjamin, there is no document of civilization that is not at the same time a document of barbarism. Thus, art history might be reviewed as a history of violence–and the history of Ukrainian art is no different. Today, learning of the deportation of Ukrainian art to Moscow or the destruction of cultural heritage, the methods of barbarism and colonization become clearer. During her talk, Kateryna Iakovlenko provided an overview of Ukrainian art through the lens of violence, emphasizing the role of Ukrainian artists in the socio-political and cultural struggle against tyranny. Read more
Arts after Violence: How to Read the History of Ukrainian Art? Mon, 16.05.2022 Speakers: Kateryna Iakovlenko Katherine Younger Series: Seminars and Colloquia According to Walter Benjamin, there is no document of civilization that is not at the same time a document of barbarism. Thus, art history might be reviewed as a history of violence–and the history of Ukrainian art is no different. Today, learning of the deportation of Ukrainian art to Moscow or the destruction of cultural heritage, the methods of barbarism and colonization become clearer. During her talk, Kateryna Iakovlenko provided an overview of Ukrainian art through the lens of violence, emphasizing the role of Ukrainian artists in the socio-political and cultural struggle against tyranny. Read more
	“Self-Organization” as Ukraine’s New Culture of Civic Engagement	Thu, 28.04.2022	Panels and Discussions	Kateryna Iakovlenko Katherine YoungerEmily Channell-Justice	“Self-Organization” as Ukraine’s New Culture of Civic Engagement Thu, 28.04.2022 Speakers: Kateryna Iakovlenko Katherine YoungerEmily Channell-Justice Series: Panels and Discussions A key element of Ukraine’s Euromaidan protests of 2013-2014 was “self-organization,” the idea that if someone has the ability to do something, and that thing needs to be done, the person should simply do it - a clear shift from a Soviet-era mentality of reliance on state institutions to meet people’s needs. This presentation explores the development of self-organization during Euromaidan, its role in later protest movements, and its contribution to reconceptualizing the state. Read more
“Self-Organization” as Ukraine’s New Culture of Civic Engagement Thu, 28.04.2022 Speakers: Kateryna Iakovlenko Katherine YoungerEmily Channell-Justice Series: Panels and Discussions A key element of Ukraine’s Euromaidan protests of 2013-2014 was “self-organization,” the idea that if someone has the ability to do something, and that thing needs to be done, the person should simply do it - a clear shift from a Soviet-era mentality of reliance on state institutions to meet people’s needs. This presentation explores the development of self-organization during Euromaidan, its role in later protest movements, and its contribution to reconceptualizing the state. Read more
	War in Ukraine and Universal Values	Fri, 11.03.2022	Panels and Discussions	Philipp Blom Serhii Plokhii Timothy Snyder	War in Ukraine and Universal Values Fri, 11.03.2022 Speakers: Philipp Blom Serhii Plokhii Timothy Snyder Series: Panels and Discussions On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, launching a full-scale war of aggression. This war is the product of imperialism rooted in historical fantasy, intended to deny Ukraine the fundamental right to exist. It is enabled by the Putin regime’s longstanding assault on the very notion of truth. While Ukrainians are left to defend their country, what is at stake goes far beyond the borders of Ukraine. Read more
War in Ukraine and Universal Values Fri, 11.03.2022 Speakers: Philipp Blom Serhii Plokhii Timothy Snyder Series: Panels and Discussions On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, launching a full-scale war of aggression. This war is the product of imperialism rooted in historical fantasy, intended to deny Ukraine the fundamental right to exist. It is enabled by the Putin regime’s longstanding assault on the very notion of truth. While Ukrainians are left to defend their country, what is at stake goes far beyond the borders of Ukraine. Read more
	No End to History	Tue, 01.03.2022	Lecture	Katherine Younger Serhii Plokhii	No End to History Tue, 01.03.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Serhii Plokhii Series: Lecture Thirty years ago, the world lived through one of the most optimistic moments of the 20th century. Communism—and the Soviet Union with it—had collapsed, the Cold War had come to an end, and democracy was on the rise around the globe. We are now in probably the grimmest moment since the start of the 21st century. The Cold War is making its way back, hot war has returned to the geographic center of Europe, and democracy is facing the most profound challenges since the end of World War II. Nowhere were the expectations for the arrival of a new era so high, and nowhere did they crash with such tragic consequences, as in the former Soviet space. Looking back, we see that 1991 did not mark the end of history, either as the ideological evolution of humankind or as a scholarly discipline that has documented the lengthy and painful disintegration of most of the world’s empires. What we see today is the continuing process of the disintegration of the USSR, complete with efforts to establish spheres of influence, border disputes, and open warfare. We also see Russia’s return to the international scene as it attempts to claim the role of not only a regional but also a global power, akin to the role played by the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. In this lecture Serhii Plokhii will discuss the developments of the last thirty years in the lands that once belonged to the USSR, bringing history in to explain the most recent developments in the region. Read more
No End to History Tue, 01.03.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Serhii Plokhii Series: Lecture Thirty years ago, the world lived through one of the most optimistic moments of the 20th century. Communism—and the Soviet Union with it—had collapsed, the Cold War had come to an end, and democracy was on the rise around the globe. We are now in probably the grimmest moment since the start of the 21st century. The Cold War is making its way back, hot war has returned to the geographic center of Europe, and democracy is facing the most profound challenges since the end of World War II. Nowhere were the expectations for the arrival of a new era so high, and nowhere did they crash with such tragic consequences, as in the former Soviet space. Looking back, we see that 1991 did not mark the end of history, either as the ideological evolution of humankind or as a scholarly discipline that has documented the lengthy and painful disintegration of most of the world’s empires. What we see today is the continuing process of the disintegration of the USSR, complete with efforts to establish spheres of influence, border disputes, and open warfare. We also see Russia’s return to the international scene as it attempts to claim the role of not only a regional but also a global power, akin to the role played by the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. In this lecture Serhii Plokhii will discuss the developments of the last thirty years in the lands that once belonged to the USSR, bringing history in to explain the most recent developments in the region. Read more
	Maria Winowska and the Search for a Modern (but Illiberal) Central and Eastern Europe	Thu, 24.02.2022	Cancelled	Katherine Younger Piotr Kosicki	Maria Winowska and the Search for a Modern (but Illiberal) Central and Eastern Europe Thu, 24.02.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Piotr Kosicki Series: Cancelled The years of the pandemic have witnessed a veritable renaissance of big-picture thinking about the trajectories of Central and Eastern Europe – in particular, about what modernization and modernity have meant for the region. Surprisingly, however, few of these historical accounts break free of classic heuristic assumptions: that liberal modernity was the inevitable endpoint of the region’s modernization (what Holmes and Krastev have decried as mimicry of the West) and that the national community, with the nation-state as its telos, is the most organic unit of analysis through which to approach the region. Read more
Maria Winowska and the Search for a Modern (but Illiberal) Central and Eastern Europe Thu, 24.02.2022 Speakers: Katherine Younger Piotr Kosicki Series: Cancelled The years of the pandemic have witnessed a veritable renaissance of big-picture thinking about the trajectories of Central and Eastern Europe – in particular, about what modernization and modernity have meant for the region. Surprisingly, however, few of these historical accounts break free of classic heuristic assumptions: that liberal modernity was the inevitable endpoint of the region’s modernization (what Holmes and Krastev have decried as mimicry of the West) and that the national community, with the nation-state as its telos, is the most organic unit of analysis through which to approach the region. Read more
	The Future of Belarus in Europe	Tue, 23.11.2021	Panels and Discussions	Katherine Younger Wojciech PrzybylskiSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Christian Ultsch, Franak Viačorka	The Future of Belarus in Europe Tue, 23.11.2021 Speakers: Katherine Younger Wojciech PrzybylskiSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Christian Ultsch, Franak Viačorka Series: Panels and Discussions What is the place of Belarus on the Western political agenda? How does the current situation impinge on future cooperation? Over the past year Belarus has made its mark Europeans’ mental map as a country with a vibrant civil society and the potential for democratic change. Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s authoritarian regime, in power for the last 27 years, has thwarted every attempt at change. He lost the presidential election in August 2020 and is holding society hostage domestically. He has also begun to threaten the EU. Unprecedented pressure is being put on the European block through the weaponization of refugees and migrants from MENA countries, who are brought on purpose to the borders of the EU by the regime. The European Union is seeking ways to respond to this most serious of challenges. That response entails weighing risks and opportunities for the future of the continent. What will the future hold for Belarus in Europe? Read more
The Future of Belarus in Europe Tue, 23.11.2021 Speakers: Katherine Younger Wojciech PrzybylskiSviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Christian Ultsch, Franak Viačorka Series: Panels and Discussions What is the place of Belarus on the Western political agenda? How does the current situation impinge on future cooperation? Over the past year Belarus has made its mark Europeans’ mental map as a country with a vibrant civil society and the potential for democratic change. Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s authoritarian regime, in power for the last 27 years, has thwarted every attempt at change. He lost the presidential election in August 2020 and is holding society hostage domestically. He has also begun to threaten the EU. Unprecedented pressure is being put on the European block through the weaponization of refugees and migrants from MENA countries, who are brought on purpose to the borders of the EU by the regime. The European Union is seeking ways to respond to this most serious of challenges. That response entails weighing risks and opportunities for the future of the continent. What will the future hold for Belarus in Europe? Read more
	Ukraine and the Borders of Europe	Mon, 08.11.2021	Seminars and Colloquia	Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Volodymyr Yermolenko	Ukraine and the Borders of Europe Mon, 08.11.2021 Speakers: Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Volodymyr Yermolenko Series: Seminars and Colloquia Volodymyr Yermolenko explored how evolving ideas and imagination of Europe in the 18th-20th centuries shaped evolving ideas and imagination of Ukraine, in particular the image of Ukraine as the “big frontier”. Moving beyond the geographical sense of border/frontier inherent in Ukraine’s name, the focus here is on the mental and geo-philosophical aspect: the evolution of the mental borders of Europe and the concepts, metaphors, and imagination of Europe that shaped and reshaped how Ukraine and the Ukrainian lands have been seen in intellectual history, both from within and from without. Read more
Ukraine and the Borders of Europe Mon, 08.11.2021 Speakers: Katherine Younger Ludger Hagedorn Volodymyr Yermolenko Series: Seminars and Colloquia Volodymyr Yermolenko explored how evolving ideas and imagination of Europe in the 18th-20th centuries shaped evolving ideas and imagination of Ukraine, in particular the image of Ukraine as the “big frontier”. Moving beyond the geographical sense of border/frontier inherent in Ukraine’s name, the focus here is on the mental and geo-philosophical aspect: the evolution of the mental borders of Europe and the concepts, metaphors, and imagination of Europe that shaped and reshaped how Ukraine and the Ukrainian lands have been seen in intellectual history, both from within and from without. Read more