Ukraine@viadrina

Ukraine@viadrina

News, teaching, support and experts

The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is an attack on peace and democracy in Europe and it also affects us as European University Viadrina. We deeply condemn this attack and we stand in solidarity with our students, partners and friends from and in Ukraine. We also stand with the people in Belarus and the Russian Federation who are speaking out against this war.

Ukraine has been one of our key topics at Viadrina for many years. On this website you will find an overview of events, research on Ukraine, support as well as a compilation of our academic experts.

Our academic experts on Ukraine

Partner universities

Karazin Charkiw National University

Ukrainian Catholic University in Lwiw

National University of Kyjiw Mohyla Academy

Taras Schevchenko University of Kyjiw

News

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Makeiev: "The common European future unites us"

On 4 May 2023, the day of his inaugural visit in Brandenburg, the Ukrainian Ambassador, Oleksii Makeiev, came to the Viadrina for the first time. After a visit in the President's Office, he discussed questions from students and employees in the Senatssaal. They were particularly interested in his expectations: of German universities, of Ukrainian students and of the German discourse on Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Zelensky speaks to Viadrina students

Students from the Viadrina and Berlin universities had the opportunity to talk to Volodymyr Zelensky in a video livestream. The President of Ukraine expressed his gratitude for the international support and gave an insight about job opportunities for Viadrina students in Ukraine (article in German).

Using Twitter to classify Russia's war against Ukraine

Annette Werberger has been a professor of Eastern European Literature at the Viadrina since 2012. She has used her twitter account since March 2022 to regularly share information and opinions on the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine with a steadily growing number of followers. In this interview she talks about her motivation using the social media network (article in German).

Research under conditions of war

Prof. Dr Oksana Mikheieva from Ukraine has been working as a guest lecturer at the Viadrina since three years - two semesters were planned. But the escalation of the Russian war of aggression has put her plans on hold. Regardless of this, the sociologist, who had to flee from her home town Donetsk to western Ukraine in 2014, continues to research on internally displaced persons in her home country. The circumstances - academically as well as personally - are difficult, as she says in the interview (article in German).

Upcoming events

Jun

Monday 18:15

Online colloquium: "Conversation about Babyn Jar" (in cooperation with the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter)

Jul

Monday 18:15

Online colloquium: "Consanguinity as a Category of Soviet Comparative Literary Studies in the late 1940`s: The Case of Lesia Ukrainka"

Teaching and training about Ukraine

Chair of Entangled History of Ukraine

The Chair of Entangled History of Ukraine conducts cross-border and cross-disciplinary research on the tragic and surprising history, culture and society of Ukraine. It focusses on the entanglements of Jewish, Ottoman, Polish, Russian and Soviet history and cultural studies. Prof. Dr Andrii Portnov organises discussions, lectures and exchanges on his YouTube channel, among other things.

Language centre: Ukrainian

The Viadrina Language Centre of the European University Viadrina invites interested people and students to learn Ukrainian. In addition to language skills, knowledge about the culture, geography and history of the country is also taught.

Summer school Viadrinicum

Every year, the Viadrinicum summer school addresses a new topic related to the post-socialist space (peace processes, inclusive urban planning, post-migrant society and migration). In August, international students and doctoral candidates, cultural workers and committed people from civil society develop their own artistic or research-oriented projects in different online and on-site formats.

Viadrina support for students and researchers from Ukraine

VIA-Support for Ukraine

Information and contact persons at the Viadrina Office for International Affairs for pupils, students, doctoral candidates, academics and employees who fled 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 at a Studienkolleg or previous studies in the home country are not necessary. Participation in the programme is free of charge.

Ukraine digital

With "Ukraine digital: Securing academic success in times of crisis" from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), the European University Viadrina supports teachers and students from Ukrainian universities with scholarships, digital teaching assignments and further training, thus securing the connection to the Ukrainian higher education system.

Securing Futures

The project "Securing Futures: Educational and Research Biographies", supported by the DAAD, goes beyond mere support measures. The project offers refugees from Ukraine as well as students and researchers living in Ukraine a perspective for their academic and professional future. It also intends to strengthen the resilience of the Ukrainian education system.

Apply for assistance from the Viadrina support and emergency fund "Ukraine"

The Viadrina supports students and researchers with the help of donations

The European University Viadrina Foundation Frankfurt (Oder) has set up a Viadrina Support and Emergency Fund for Ukrainian students and researchers and those who have fled Ukraine. The donated money facilitates the arrival for the affected people in Frankfurt (Oder), assures security, enables them to study at the European University and opens paths into the German academic system.

The funds raised, which amounted to around 100,000 euros in spring 2023, were used for: support on arrival, accommodation and help with daily needs, psychological counselling, scholarships and fellowships. Those in need can apply for help and support here.

Apply here for help and support

Our academic experts on Ukraine

culture and language

Research associate of the joint project European Times (EUTIM)

topics:

Ukrainian literature

translation from Ukrainian and Russian to German

contact: dathe@europa-uni.de

Research associate at the Viadrina Language Centre, Ukrainian

topics:

translation: Ukrainian-German

teaching language practice, Slavic linguistics, language contact and sociolinguistics
Ukrainian as foreign language in the context of other Slavic languages

contact: lazarenko@europa-uni.de

Associate member at the Center for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies

topics:

maledictology

works of Ukrainian modern writers in German translation

special languages

German and Polish borrowings in the Ukrainian language

contact: klodnicki@europa-uni.de

Associate member at the Center for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies

topics:

Ukraine in German media

German-Ukrainian relations

Ukraine after 1991

German and Polish borrowings in the Ukrainian language

contact: klodnicki@europa-uni.de

Chair of Eastern European Literature

topics:

literature and cultural history in Ukraine

Jewish studies

non-simultaneity in the cultures of Central and East Europa

avantgarde und avantgarde theory including Jewish and Ukrainian avantgarde

contact: werberger@europa-uni.de

history

Chair of Dictatorship and Democracy. Germany and Eastern Europe from 1914 to the present (in cooperation with the ZZF Potsdam)

topics:

contemporary history of Eastern Europe
European dictatorships
violence research

contact: behrends@europa-uni.de

Chair of culture and history of Central and Eastern Europe

topics:

history of Russia, Poland and East and Central Europe, focal points especially in the 18th to 20th century
minority issues in East and East Central Europe
border conflicts and border shifts in the 20th century

contact: presse@europa-uni.de

Research associate at the Center for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies

topics:

energy infrastructure in Eastern and East-Central Europe
transnational electricity, oil and gas pipelines
former Eastern Bloc countries

contact: flade@europa-uni.de

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Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies

topics:

Polish-Ukrainian relations

Polish-Ukrainian migration relations

contact: jajesniak-quast@europa-uni.de

Research associate at the chair of Entangled History of Ukraine

topics:

Ukrainian history in the 20th and 21st century

history and remembrance politics in Eastern and Central Europe

religious and nationalities policy in the Soviet Union

contact: Kozakevych@europa-uni.de

Chair of Entangled History of Ukraine

topics:

history of Ukraine

urban history and migration in East Ukraine

memory history in the Polish-Russian-Ukrainian triangle

contact: portnov@europa-uni.de

Chair of European contemporary history

topics:

history of violence and dictatorships in the 20th century

comparative empire history

historical processes of Europeanization and history of concepts of Europe

contact: presse@europa-uni.de

Chair of Heritage Studies

topics:

building and urban planning history (modern times, modernity)
cultural heritage studies
preservation of historical buildings

contact: presse@europa-uni.de

law

Chair of international law

topics:

international law

contact: frau@europa-uni.de

Research associate at the chair of public law, esp. public international law, European law and foreign constitutional law

topics:

international law

cyber warfar, cyber espionage

contact: gauseweg@europa-uni.de

Chair of international law

topics:

international law, in particular peacekeeping law (UN Charter), law of armed conflict, international law of the sea

EU common foreign and security policy

contact: presse@europa-uni.de

Adjunct chair of international law, Eastern law and comparative law

topics:

international law

Eastern law

human rights

protection of minorities

contact: presse@europa-uni.de

Junior chair of criminal law, criminal procedure law and economic criminal law

topics:

sanctions law

commercial criminal law

criminal prosecution

contact: kwegner@europa-uni.de

peace and conflict studies

Institute of Conflict Management / Center for Peace Mediation

topics:

dealing with conflicting goals, dilemmas and polarised attitudes in conflict mediation

dialogue between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian perspectives

contact: presse@europa-uni.de

Institute of Conflict Management / Center for Peace Mediation

topics:

peace mediation, esp. use of interests as a lever for conflict mediation

international law dimension of mediation processes

contact: kirchhoff@europa-uni.de

Associated partner at the Institute of Conflict Management

topics:

conflict resolution

reconciliation

post-conflict peacebuilding

alternative dispute resolution

mediation and dialogue

contact: t.kyselova@ukma.edu.ua

politics and society

Chair of European Studies (IFES) / Dean of the faculty of social and cultural sciences

topics:

Pan-European significance of the conflict

aspects of Russian politics

reactions in Germany

contact: presse@europa-uni.de

Research associate at the Center for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies

topics:

relations Ukraine-Germany

relations Ukraine-Poland

Ukraine during the First and Second World War

contact: presse@europa-uni.de

Project management „Ukraine Calling“ and summer school Viadrinicum

topics:

civil society in Ukraine

dialogical knowledge transfer: science ↔ civil society

networking of more than 90 organisations in Germany, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland from civil society, culture and education

contact: shenkel@europa-uni.de

Sociologist at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lwiw and currently DAAD guest lecturer at Viadrina

topics:

internal displacement in Ukraine

Ukrainian migration movements

paramilitary

contact: presse@europa-uni.de

Research associate at the Center for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies

topics:

borders, border demarcations and border conflicts

nationality issues in the Soviet Union

minority issues in Ukraine

history of Russia and the Soviet Union

contact: rindlisbacher@europa-uni.de

Research associate of European Studies

topics:

civil society in Ukraine

resistance and revolutions in Ukraine

democratisation and external democracy promotion

cultural development, German-Ukrainian cultural relations

German-Ukrainian town-twinning arrangements

transformation and Europeanisation (theoretical perspective on Ukraine)

contact: worschech@europa-uni.de

Stefan Henkel

Coordination, Ukraine expertise and networking

Logenhaus 105
Logenstraße 11, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
+49 335 5534 4275
shenkel@europa-uni.de