ukraine@viadrina
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For many years the European University Viadrina has been maintaining close partnerships with various representatives of Ukrainian academia and civil society. We are connected through professional exchange, scientific curiosity and friendly contacts. The attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine is an attack on peace and democracy in Europe and it also concerns us as the European University Viadrina. We strongly condemn this attack and stand in solidarity with our students, partners and friends from and in Ukraine, but also with the people in Belarus and the Russian Federation who are against this war.
Almost 250 people with Ukrainian citizenship currently work and study at Viadrina. Ukrainian students form the second largest group of international students at our university. Among others, we maintain close contacts with the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA), the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, the National Karazin Kharkiv University and the National Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv. Ukraine has been a focal point in the academic debate at Viadrina for many years. Numerous scholars of the university offer Ukraine-related expertise on an interdisciplinary level and contribute to Ukraine-related events, projects and initiatives as participants and organizers.
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Європейський університет Віадріна підтримує давні тісні партнерські відносини з українськими науковцями та громадянськими діячами. Нас пов'язує професійний обмін, зацікавленість наукою та дружні звязки. Напад Російської Федерації на Україну – це напад на мир і демократію в Європі, а також на нас, як на Європейський університет Віадріна. Ми рішуче засуджуємо цей напад і висловлюємо нашу солідарність з нашими студентами, партнерами та друзями з України та в Україні, а також з людьми в Білорусі та Російській Федерації, які виступають проти цієї війни.
Зараз у Віадріні працюють та навчаються майже 150 людей з українським громадянством. Українські студенти становлять третю за величиною групу іноземних студентів у Європейському університеті. Ми підтримуємо тісний зв'язок, зокрема, з Національним університетом «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА), з Українським католицьким Університетом у Львові, з Харківським національним університетом імені В. Н. Каразіна та з Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка. Україна вже багато років перебуває у центрі наукових дебатів у Віадріні.
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Европейский университет Виадрина поддерживает давние и тесные партнерские отношения с представителями и представительницами украинских академических кругов и гражданского общества. Нас связывают профессиональный обмен, научная любознательность и дружеские контакты. Нападение Российской Федерации на Украину — это нападение на мир и демократию в Европе, и оно также затрагивает нас, как Европейский университет Виадрина. Мы самым решительным образом осуждаем это нападение и выражаем солидарность нашим студентам, студенткам, партнерам, партнеркам и друзьям из Украины и в Украине, а также людям в Беларуси и Российской Федерации, которые выступают против этой войны.
В настоящее время в Виадрине работают и учатся почти 150 человек с украинским гражданством. Украинские студенты составляют третью по величине группу иностранных студентов в нашем университете. Мы поддерживаем тесные контакты, в частности, с Национальным университетом "Киево-Могилянская академия" (НаУКМА), Украинским католическим университетом во Львове, Харьковским национальным университетом имени В.Н. Каразина и Киевским национальным университетом имени Тараса Шевченко. Украина находится в центре академических дебатов в Виадрине на протяжении многих лет. Многие исследователи и исследовательницы нашего университета обладают экспертными знаниями, а также активно организуют и участвуют в мероприятиях, проектах и инициативах междисциплинарного характера, связанных с ситуацией в Украине.
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>>> Public Events
Every Tuesday (until 19 July), 4.15 pm / 6.15 pm
Lecture Series "Inside / Outside Ukraine: Ukrainian Affairs and Research @Viadrina
In a public lecture series, eight Ukrainian guest academics who have been hosted at the European University for research and teaching stays since the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine will give insights into their current research projects on Ukraine.
Programme
Location: Audimax, room 204
Every Tuesday (until 26 July), 9.15-10.45 a.m.
Public lecture "History of Ukraine. From the Beginnings to February 2022" for all interested parties (in German).
Historical myths and legends have often been misused in the history of Eastern Europe as well to justify territorial claims, border revisions and even to declare the non-existence of nations. Since February 2022, Ukraine and the world have learned that this pernicious tool is still one of the instruments of Russian geopolitics.
This is reason enough to look at the history of Ukraine in its entirety, starting in the 10th century at the latest. Ukrainian history is European history - it cannot be told without Greek, Tatar, Lithuanian, Polish, Swedish, Ottoman, Habsburg, German and certainly Russian history. This survey lecture is aimed at all those who are interested and for whom the currently often used historical set pieces and traditional images are not sufficient.
With: Prof. Dr. Werner Benecke (Chair of Culture and History of Central and Eastern Europe)
Location: Gräfin-Dönhoff-Building, Lecture Hall 1; no registration required.
Every Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.
During the weekly meeting "Eat & Read" of the Ecumenical Student Association Frankfurt (Oder) (ÖSAF) there is an opportunity for discussion and exchange about the war in Ukraine. Together with students from all over Germany, a praying service for peace will be held starting at 8:30 p.m. with the ESG Magdeburg and other student congregations. The zoom link for this can be requested from the Viadrina student pastor Reinhard Menzel at rmenzel@europa-uni.de.
Every Wednesday, 6:00-6:20 p.m.
Every Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. to 6:20 p.m., Ukrainian texts from the present and the past are read in online sessions. The European University Viadrina and Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen invite everyone to this series under the title "Reading for Ukraine". Interested persons will receive a link to the event after registering at slavistik@uni-tuebingen.de. The events will also be broadcast on YouTube. The texts will be read in German translation.
Every second Thursday, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
The series "Voices from Ukraine" offers Ukrainian researchers space for exchange. Dr. Susann Worschech, who initiated the series, explains in an interview, what stands behind it.
Registration
Online discussion via Zoom or via YouTube-Livestream
Monday, 20 June, 6.00 p.m.
Lecture "Russian War in Ukraine: A Genocide Case" (in German)
Sergey Summleny, former office director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Kyiv, reports from his point of view as an expert on Eastern Europe on why the war started, what the goals are, what the reactions of the international community are, what happens next and how the war crimes are perceived in Europe. Lecture in German. With subsequent discussion.
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Organisation: Viadrina Consulting Group e.V
Location: BLOK-O, Karl-Marx-Strasse 182, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Thursday, 30 June, 6.30 pm
"With Ukraine for Ukraine" - Charity Concert in the Friedenskirche
The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and the Ecumenical European Centre Frankfurt (Oder) invite you to a musical-poetic evening "With Ukraine for Ukraine". Together with Ukrainians who have found refuge in Frankfurt (Oder) and the region, musical pieces and short texts will be performed that convey a picture of Ukrainian poetry and culture. Musicians from Berlin and Frankfurt (Oder), under the artistic direction of Joanna Filus-Olenkiewicz, will present a diverse programme ranging from Wilhelm Friedemann Bach to Astor Piazzolla and contemporary Ukrainian pop music. The patron of the event is the President of the European University Viadrina, Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal. Oleksii Kysliak and Iryna Tkachivska, both Viadrina alumni, will lead the programme.
Admission is free. Donations are requested, which will go to the Viadrina Support and Emergency Fund Ukraine.
Organisation: The concert evening is organised by the Oekumenisches Europa-Centrum Frankfurt (Oder), the Karl Dedecius Foundation and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies. The project is supported by the Christian Association of Young People (CVJM e. V.) Frankfurt (Oder).
Location: Friedenskirche, Schulstraße 4 a, Frankfurt (Oder)
September 16, 2022
The consequences of the attack on Ukraine - what perspectives can migration and border studies offer?
The war in Ukraine has far-reaching geopolitical, humanitarian and socio-cultural consequences - not only for Ukraine itself, but also for the neighboring countries. In this public event, we will ask what migration and border studies can contribute to the understanding of the war and its consequences, and how they should be designed to address the new social challenges. The event will feature contributions from academics and civil society activists from Serbia, Croatia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Italy and Germany, who are cooperating in the Erasmus+-funded GlocalEast project "Developing a new curriculum in Global Migration, Diaspora and Border Studies in East-Central Europe", as well as from Ukrainian experts.
The event is aimed at both academic public and interested citizens. It is a multiplier event of the GlocalEast project and will take place in the framework of the GlocalEast Summer School "Global Migration, Diaspora and Border Studies in East-Central Europe" at the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION, European University Viadrina (September 5-16, 2022).
Organization: PD Dr. Carolin Leutloff-Grandits (Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION)
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Format: hybrid
Starting from Monday, March 7
"UKRAINE. Undeclared war" - exhibition and information point at the Collegium Polonicum.
The exhibition "UKRAINE. Unexplained War" by Oleksandr Klymenko can be visited in the foyer of the Collegium Polonicum in Słubice. The 30 boards, created by the Ukrainian photojournalist, show photos of the military clashes in the East of Ukraine in 2014 and 2015. Mondays through Fridays, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., the exhibition can be seen free of charge at the Collegium Polonicum.
The Collegium Polonicum also offers a counseling center for refugees from Ukraine. Every day from Monday to Saturday between 1 and 3 p.m., staff members advise people from Ukraine on general questions and study opportunities. Three courses of the Polish language offered to Ukrainians free of charge at the Collegium Polonicum are already in high demand. In addition, free online training is offered for Polish teachers regarding materials and formats for teaching Polish as a foreign language.
>>> Past Events
Winter Semester 2021/2022
East European Colloquium featured weekly online presentations by doctoral students and scholars from Germany and abroad. The aim of the colloquium was to bring together researchers of Ukrainian and Eastern European Studies from the European University Viadrina and other institutions in the area of Berlin and Brandenburg with colleagues in and outside Ukraine and neighboring countries. The lectures were followed by extended Q&A sessions. Due to teaching restrictions at universities, all events took place online via YouTube and are available for further viewing.
Chair of Entangled History of Ukraine
The Professorship for Entangled History of Ukraine is devoted to teaching and researching contested tragic and surprising history, culture, and society of Ukraine in a cross-border and cross-disciplinary manner. Ukrainian studies are characterized by entanglements of Jewish, Ottoman, Polish, Russian, and Soviet history and cultural studies. They integrate such profound categories as "class," "ethnicity," "religion," and "gender" into the Eastern European context. The head of the chair Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov regularly organizes discussions, lectures and exchanges, most of which are available via the chair’s YouTube-Channel.
Mediation and Dialogue Research: Approaches and Methods in the Context of Polarized Conflicts
Taking the war in Ukraine as a point of departure, the research project brings together various theoretical-conceptual and methodological-operational approaches to dialogue and mediation in polarized international and intra-societal conflicts, develops them further in a targeted manner, and feeds them into relevant contexts of action. The project links different research strands on dialogue in Ukraine, dealing with dilemmas and conflicting goals in conflict mediation, and local community dialogues in Germany. Researchers involved in the project: Anna Dick, Dr. Anne Holper, Prof. Dr. Lars Kirchhoff, Dr. Tetiana Kyselova and Elena Mika.
Heritage Studies: Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Context of Armed Conflicts
War is the worst emergency situation. As a result of unleashed violence, many people, including the most defenseless groups of civilians are killed and injured. During the Russian aggression in Ukraine, which may well be defined as a "war on identity", cultural heritage is not spared. Based on the direct contacts in Ukraine, the Chair of Heritage Studies follows the war coverage with a close eye on the fate of professional colleagues and on the state of cultural heritage.
The online webinar "Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Context of Armed Conflict" offered experts and graduates of the Master's program "European Cultural Heritage" information on the current situation in Ukraine, based on the example of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Historical Center of Lviv, on legal foundations, historical experiences and developments, as well as on the fate of cultural heritage in other armed conflicts of the 21st century around the world.
Polish Studies Blog
How historical revolutions in Europe can help in looking into the future, how Ukrainian society has changed in the recent years and what have been the experiences of those affected - Polish Studies Blog of the Viadrina-Center for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies brings together various contributions on the Russian war in Ukraine.
Ukraine Calling: Cross-Sectoral Capacity Building Program
Ukraine Calling is a project-oriented capacity building program for organizations from Ukraine, Belarus, France, Poland and Germany. In its latest edition in 2021, it offered seminars and workshops to provide orientational and applied knowledge on local development, support participants in developing cross-cutting competencies, and promote international networking.
Summer School Viadrinicum
Every year, the Summer School Viadrinicum at the Viadrina focuses on a new topic related to the post-socialist space (peace processes, inclusive urban planning, post-migrant society and flight). In 2021, it explored the impact of digitalization on society, culture and politics. In the second half of August 30 international students and PhDs, artists and civil society activists developed their own research-oriented and artistic projects in online and on-site formats, as well as created documentary films. In 2022, the focus will be placed on the consequences of the war in Ukraine.
Viadrina Fast Track
The Viadrina Fast Track enables international students, who normally cannot study in Germany immediately after graduating from school in their home country, to start their studies at the European University Viadrina directly. Attendance of a preparatory college or previous academic studies in the home country are not necessary. Participation in the program is free of charge.
Viadrina Scholarship Program for Graduate Students from Ukraine
Since 1997, Viadrina has awarded six full scholarships annually to graduates from Ukraine for master's studies in the fields of economics, cultural studies and law. The full scholarship program, funded by the German Foreign Office and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), has enabled over 200 Ukrainians to study at the European University Viadrina. Currently, twelve scholarship holders are financially supported and actively supervised within the framework of the program. The scholarship program will come to an end in this form after the end of the current two-year funding period in September 2023. At the same time, the European University VIadrina is intensively looking for possibilities to offer similar scholarships for graduates from Ukraine in future.
Contact E-Mail: ukraine-programm@europa-uni.de