Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies

Inauguration of the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies

Thursday, 30 November 2023
Auditorium Maximum
European University Viadrina

With the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies (VCPU), the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) has established a new central academic institution. Its aim is to create new opportunities for an intensified research of Ukrainian and Polish history, culture, politics and society in European and global entanglements.

The Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies is headed by Prof. Dr. Dagmara Jajeśniak-Quast, Professor of Interdisciplinary Polish Studies, and Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov, Professor of Entangled History of Ukraine.

At the inauguration ceremony, the directors of the VCPU and the participants in the panel discussion will share their thoughts on the perspectives for Polish and Ukrainian Studies at the Viadrina and worldwide.

The event will be in English and will be streamed live on this site. All interested parties are cordially invited.
Please note that the event has been moved to the Auditorium Maximum.

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Programme

4:30 p.m.
Opening Remarks

Prof. Dr. Eduard Mühle
President of the European University Viadrina
Dr. Manja Schüle
Brandenburg Minister of Science, Research and Culture
Oleksii Makeiev
H.E. Ambassador of Ukraine
Dariusz Pawłoś
H.E. Ambassador of Poland

Awarding the DAAD-Prize for Outstanding Achievements of an International Student to Anastasiia Latkovska 

Keynote
Ukrainian Studies at Viadrina. Thinking about new Possibilities and Challenges

Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov
Co-Director of the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies
Introduction: Prof. Dr. Dagmara Jajeśniak-Quast
Co-Director of the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies

Panel Discussion
Ex Oriente Lux? What can we learn from Ukraine and East-Central Europe?

Dr. Katarzyna Jędraszczyk
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań
Prof. Dr. Maren Röger
Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)
Dr. Tatiana Zhurzhenko
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)

Moderated by
Prof. Dr. Rory Finnin
University of Cambridge

7:00 p.m.
Reception

Registration and contact information

Please register online by 29 November 2023

Department of Communication

Martina Klepek