Events / Program: Ukraine in European Dialogue

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	“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
	Workers’ Experiences of Post-Soviet Deindustrialisation	Mon, 01.04.2019	Seminars and Colloquia	Anastasiya Ryabchuk Marci Shore	Workers’ Experiences of Post-Soviet Deindustrialisation Mon, 01.04.2019 Speakers: Anastasiya Ryabchuk Marci Shore Series: Seminars and Colloquia As the socialist project went bankrupt with the break-up of the USSR, workers were left in an ideological vacuum. It was filled either by hope-filled dreams of successful individual adaptation to the capitalist order, or by nostalgic sentiment towards the Soviet past as a means of critiquing the present, or (on the contrary) by blaming all the current problems on the Soviet past in an attempt at ‘decommunisation’ and investing in nationalist or religious conservative projects. Read more
Workers’ Experiences of Post-Soviet Deindustrialisation Mon, 01.04.2019 Speakers: Anastasiya Ryabchuk Marci Shore Series: Seminars and Colloquia As the socialist project went bankrupt with the break-up of the USSR, workers were left in an ideological vacuum. It was filled either by hope-filled dreams of successful individual adaptation to the capitalist order, or by nostalgic sentiment towards the Soviet past as a means of critiquing the present, or (on the contrary) by blaming all the current problems on the Soviet past in an attempt at ‘decommunisation’ and investing in nationalist or religious conservative projects. Read more
	Witness: Ukraine in the Photographs of Aleksandr Chekmenev	Mon, 25.11.2019	Visual and Performing Arts	Katherine Younger Konstantin AkinshaAleksandr Chekmenev	Witness: Ukraine in the Photographs of Aleksandr Chekmenev Mon, 25.11.2019 Speakers: Katherine Younger Konstantin AkinshaAleksandr Chekmenev Series: Visual and Performing Arts Aleksandr Chekmenev is one of the leading contemporary photographers in Ukraine. His works have frequently been published in Time, The Guardian, Vice, Libération, and many other international news outlets. But Chekmenev is not a traditional photojournalist. His photographs have often been included in exhibitions of contemporary Ukrainian art and purchased by international art museums. Read more
Witness: Ukraine in the Photographs of Aleksandr Chekmenev Mon, 25.11.2019 Speakers: Katherine Younger Konstantin AkinshaAleksandr Chekmenev Series: Visual and Performing Arts Aleksandr Chekmenev is one of the leading contemporary photographers in Ukraine. His works have frequently been published in Time, The Guardian, Vice, Libération, and many other international news outlets. But Chekmenev is not a traditional photojournalist. His photographs have often been included in exhibitions of contemporary Ukrainian art and purchased by international art museums. Read more
	What We Gather	Mon, 29.04.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Iryna Zamuruieva Mariia Shynkarenko	What We Gather Mon, 29.04.2024 Speakers: Iryna Zamuruieva Mariia Shynkarenko Series: Seminars and Colloquia At the colloquium, Iryna Zamuruieva shared the strands of her research and creative work, where she works and thinks with certain plants. She is attempting to analyze the political ecology of land relations in Ukraine, developing methodologies rooted in Ukrainian intellectual thought and theories. Read more
What We Gather Mon, 29.04.2024 Speakers: Iryna Zamuruieva Mariia Shynkarenko Series: Seminars and Colloquia At the colloquium, Iryna Zamuruieva shared the strands of her research and creative work, where she works and thinks with certain plants. She is attempting to analyze the political ecology of land relations in Ukraine, developing methodologies rooted in Ukrainian intellectual thought and theories. 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
	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
	Ukrainian Identity in the Time of War	Thu, 23.03.2023	Lecture	Ayşe Çağlar Mariia ShynkarenkoVolodymyr Kulyk, Mariia Shynkarenko	Ukrainian Identity in the Time of War Thu, 23.03.2023 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Mariia ShynkarenkoVolodymyr Kulyk, Mariia Shynkarenko Series: Lecture Based on original data from a nationwide survey and a series of focus group discussions in different parts of the country, Kulyk demonstrated that not only has Ukrainian identity become more salient compared to other attachments, but it has also come to mean a stronger embrace of beliefs that have traditionally been associated with Ukrainian ethnic belonging. Read more
Ukrainian Identity in the Time of War Thu, 23.03.2023 Speakers: Ayşe Çağlar Mariia ShynkarenkoVolodymyr Kulyk, Mariia Shynkarenko Series: Lecture Based on original data from a nationwide survey and a series of focus group discussions in different parts of the country, Kulyk demonstrated that not only has Ukrainian identity become more salient compared to other attachments, but it has also come to mean a stronger embrace of beliefs that have traditionally been associated with Ukrainian ethnic belonging. Read more
	Ukraine: Thinking Together	Thu, 15.05.2014 - Mon, 19.05.2014	Conferences and Workshops	Timothy Snyder	Ukraine: Thinking Together Thu, 15.05.2014 - Mon, 19.05.2014 Speakers: Timothy Snyder Series: Conferences and Workshops Under the heading “Ukraine: Thinking Together” an international group of intellectuals gathered in Kyiv to demonstrate solidarity, meet their Ukrainian counterparts, and carry out a broad public discussion about the meaning of Ukrainian pluralism for the future of Europe, Russia, and the world. The discussions, which took place from 15 to 19 May, featured some of Europe’s, America’s, Russia’s and Ukraine’s most interesting opinion makers and intellectuals, including Wolf Biermann, Slavenka Drakulic, Viktor Erofeyev, Agnieszka Holland, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Bernard Kouchner, Ivan Krastev, Andrey Kurkov, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Adam Michnik, Mustafa Nayem, Mykola Riabchuk, Karl Schlögel, Karl Schwarzenberg, Sławomir Sierakowski, Timothy Snyder, Serhii Zhadan, and Josef Zissels. Read more
Ukraine: Thinking Together Thu, 15.05.2014 - Mon, 19.05.2014 Speakers: Timothy Snyder Series: Conferences and Workshops Under the heading “Ukraine: Thinking Together” an international group of intellectuals gathered in Kyiv to demonstrate solidarity, meet their Ukrainian counterparts, and carry out a broad public discussion about the meaning of Ukrainian pluralism for the future of Europe, Russia, and the world. The discussions, which took place from 15 to 19 May, featured some of Europe’s, America’s, Russia’s and Ukraine’s most interesting opinion makers and intellectuals, including Wolf Biermann, Slavenka Drakulic, Viktor Erofeyev, Agnieszka Holland, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Bernard Kouchner, Ivan Krastev, Andrey Kurkov, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Adam Michnik, Mustafa Nayem, Mykola Riabchuk, Karl Schlögel, Karl Schwarzenberg, Sławomir Sierakowski, Timothy Snyder, Serhii Zhadan, and Josef Zissels. Read more
	Ukraine's Place in a Fragmented World Order – Day 2	Tue, 11.07.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Luke Cooper Taras FedirkoCindy Wittke, Ekaterina Mikhailova, Alex Scrivener, Yuliya Yurchenko, Alexandra Dienes, Agata Mazurkiewicz, Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz, Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Myroslava Savisko	Ukraine's Place in a Fragmented World Order – Day 2 Tue, 11.07.2023 Speakers: Luke Cooper Taras FedirkoCindy Wittke, Ekaterina Mikhailova, Alex Scrivener, Yuliya Yurchenko, Alexandra Dienes, Agata Mazurkiewicz, Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz, Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Myroslava Savisko Series: Conferences and Workshops This two-day workshop providde the first opportunity for PeaceRep’s Ukraine program and associated contacts and networks to meet in person since the project's launch on 1st October 2022. Read more
Ukraine's Place in a Fragmented World Order – Day 2 Tue, 11.07.2023 Speakers: Luke Cooper Taras FedirkoCindy Wittke, Ekaterina Mikhailova, Alex Scrivener, Yuliya Yurchenko, Alexandra Dienes, Agata Mazurkiewicz, Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz, Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Myroslava Savisko Series: Conferences and Workshops This two-day workshop providde the first opportunity for PeaceRep’s Ukraine program and associated contacts and networks to meet in person since the project's launch on 1st October 2022. Read more
	Ukraine's Place in a Fragmented World Order – Day 1	Mon, 10.07.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Luke Cooper Mariia Shynkarenko Mary Kaldor Volha BiziukovaMariia Shynkarenko, Myroslava Savisko, Tymofii Brik, Oksana Potapova, Aliona Lyasheva, Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Wojciech Michnik, Aliaksandr Bystryk, Leon Hartwell	Ukraine's Place in a Fragmented World Order – Day 1 Mon, 10.07.2023 Speakers: Luke Cooper Mariia Shynkarenko Mary Kaldor Volha BiziukovaMariia Shynkarenko, Myroslava Savisko, Tymofii Brik, Oksana Potapova, Aliona Lyasheva, Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Wojciech Michnik, Aliaksandr Bystryk, Leon Hartwell Series: Conferences and Workshops This two-day workshop provided the first opportunity for PeaceRep’s Ukraine program and associated contacts and networks to meet in person since the project's launch on 1st October 2022. Read more
Ukraine's Place in a Fragmented World Order – Day 1 Mon, 10.07.2023 Speakers: Luke Cooper Mariia Shynkarenko Mary Kaldor Volha BiziukovaMariia Shynkarenko, Myroslava Savisko, Tymofii Brik, Oksana Potapova, Aliona Lyasheva, Karolina Czerska-Shaw, Wojciech Michnik, Aliaksandr Bystryk, Leon Hartwell Series: Conferences and Workshops This two-day workshop provided the first opportunity for PeaceRep’s Ukraine program and associated contacts and networks to meet in person since the project's launch on 1st October 2022. Read more