Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin (KIU)

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The KIU Competence Network is a four-year DAAD-funded project to strengthen Ukraine-related research, teaching, networking and transfer activities. The Competence Network is initiated and managed by the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), and includes the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), the Humboldt University of Berlin, the Free University of Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin, as well as partner institutions from Ukraine and other European countries.

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Darya Tsymbalyuk: ‘War, ecocide and the living worlds of Ukraine’

MONDAY, 4–6 p.m. | Hybrid format | In this lecture, Darya Tsymbalyuk discusses her book Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Russia’s War, which examines the environmental devastation caused by Russia’s ongoing war and occupation. Combining environmental humanities, artistic research, and intimate reflection, the lecture explores how military violence erodes the conditions of life for both people and more-than-human beings in Ukraine, and asks what it means to inhabit lands under attack. More details...

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Valeria Korablyova: ‘(Re)Configuring Ukraine: Dividing Experiences and External Perceptions’

MONDAY, 4–6 p.m. | Hybrid format | This lecture explores how Russia’s full-scale invasion has transformed social relations and collective self-perception both within Ukraine and across the EU. It examines how earlier divisions — often framed through categories such as ‘East vs. West’ — have shifted, giving way to new tensions shaped by displacement, wartime experience, political fears, and different forms of solidarity. Drawing on sociological data and participant observation, the lecture asks how Ukraine is being reconfigured from within and perceived from the outside. More details...

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KIU Policy Brief: Making Ukraine’s EU Accession a Win-Win Insights – From the Agrifood Sector

Making Ukraine's EU Accession a Win-Win: Insights from the Agrifood Sector Since Russia’s 2022 invasion, agricultural trade has become a growing source of tension in EU–Ukraine relations. The first issue of the new KIU Policy Brief series by economist and KIU guest lecturer Oleh Nivievskyi examines the political impact of rising Ukrainian agrifood exports, highlighting both the challenges and the mutual benefits for Ukraine and the EU, while outlining four priorities for deeper, more stable integration.

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KIUrious Interview: The Long History of Suppressing Ukrainian Language and Culture

On 30 May 1876, Tsar Alexander II signed the Ems Decree, imposing restrictions on the Ukrainian language and cultural life across the Russian Empire. 150 years later, sociologist Fiona Rose Greenland reflects on how Ukrainian language and culture have repeatedly, and continue to be, treated as political threats to Moscow.

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Mariia Shynkarenko: ‘Translating Resistance: Crimean Tatars Between Occupation and Displacement’

MONDAY, 4 - 6 p.m. | Hybrid format I This lecture examines how Crimean Tatars have resisted Russian occupation since the 2014 annexation of Crimea, both from mainland Ukraine and within the occupied peninsula. It explores how displaced Crimean Tatars have advanced their cause through Ukrainian national identity and legal recognition, while those who remained in Crimea defend cultural identity under conditions of repression. More details...

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Call for Papers |Interdisciplinary Conference ‘Transitional Justice beyond the rule-based world order'

The European University Viadrina and the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy invite scholars and practitioners to submit abstracts for an interdisciplinary conference on Transitional Justice on 1–2 December 2026 in Frankfurt (Oder). The conference will explore how societies address grave human rights violations, rebuild institutions, restore trust, and pursue peace and justice amid shifting global orders and new forms of conflict. | Submission deadline: 15 June 2026.

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