Events / Program: Lesia Ukraїnka Fellowship

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	The Thin Red-Blue Line: Soviet Ukrainian Patriotism Re-Considered	Tue, 24.03.2026	Lecture	Andrii Portnov Marta Bucholc	The Thin Red-Blue Line: Soviet Ukrainian Patriotism Re-Considered Tue, 24.03.2026 Speakers: Andrii Portnov Marta Bucholc Series: Lecture In this lecture, Andrii Portnov reflected on the complex and contradictory relationship between the notions of “Soviet” and “Ukrainian,” including Soviet ideas of nationalism and patriotism, through a close reading of texts from the 1920s to the 1980s. He showed how these dynamics help explain the Soviet experience of Ukraine and their relevance for the dissolution of the USSR, post Soviet Ukraine, and the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Read more
The Thin Red-Blue Line: Soviet Ukrainian Patriotism Re-Considered Tue, 24.03.2026 Speakers: Andrii Portnov Marta Bucholc Series: Lecture In this lecture, Andrii Portnov reflected on the complex and contradictory relationship between the notions of “Soviet” and “Ukrainian,” including Soviet ideas of nationalism and patriotism, through a close reading of texts from the 1920s to the 1980s. He showed how these dynamics help explain the Soviet experience of Ukraine and their relevance for the dissolution of the USSR, post Soviet Ukraine, and the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Read more
	Stolen Childhoods: Russia’s Abduction of Ukrainian Children	Mon, 19.01.2026	Seminars and Colloquia	Olesya Khromeychuk Taras Fedirko	Stolen Childhoods: Russia’s Abduction of Ukrainian Children Mon, 19.01.2026 Speakers: Olesya Khromeychuk Taras Fedirko Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this colloquium, IWM Lesia Ukraїnka Visiting Fellow Olesya Khromeychuk examined one of the most disturbing crimes of Russia’s war against Ukraine: the systematic abduction of Ukrainian children. Read more
Stolen Childhoods: Russia’s Abduction of Ukrainian Children Mon, 19.01.2026 Speakers: Olesya Khromeychuk Taras Fedirko Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this colloquium, IWM Lesia Ukraїnka Visiting Fellow Olesya Khromeychuk examined one of the most disturbing crimes of Russia’s war against Ukraine: the systematic abduction of Ukrainian children. Read more