Today we are publishing the final text from the KIU Summer School, written by Maryna Olinishevska, a participant in the academic writing course: entanglements.hypotheses.org/6409?fbclid=...
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Today we are publishing the final text from the KIU Summer School, written by Maryna Olinishevska, a participant in the academic writing course: entanglements.hypotheses.org/6409?fbclid=...
02.03.2026 10:08 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Film Screening & Discussion
Attention: Children | Svitlana Rudiuk | Documentary | 2024 | 75’
5 March 2026 | 6:30 p.m.
📍GD HS 08, European University Viadrina
Europaplatz 1, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Entrance is free
Language: Ukrainian
Subtitles: English
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ZUR SACHE | Neuwahlen in der Ukraine?
Selenskyj hat sich offen für die Durchführung von Wahlen gezeigt. Im neuen KIU-Format „Zur Sache“ ordnen der Politikwissenschaftler Oleksij Haran und die Meinungsforscherin Inna Volosevych diese Entwicklungen ein.
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TO THE POINT | Elections in Ukraine?
Zelenskyy has expressed openness to holding elections. In the new KIU format ‘To the Point’, political scientist Oleksiy Haran and public opinion researcher Inna Volosevych assess these developments.
www.kiu.europa-uni.de/en/publicati...
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Read the piece by KIU Summer School participant Ruslana Ivaniura on our blog Entanglements: entanglements.hypotheses.org/6380
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KIU & VCPU at Café Kyiv 2026
🗓 23 February 2026 | Colosseum Berlin
🔗 More information and the full programme cafekyiv.kas.de/en/programme/
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We invite you to take a look inside the KIU Summer School by reading texts written by the Ukrainian participants who joined the academic writing course.
entanglements.hypotheses.org/6297?fbclid=...
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📢 Open Call: Research Scholarship for a Postdoc from Ukraine
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Faculty of Political Science and Journalism) announces a call for applications for a six-month research scholarship for a postdoc from Ukraine.
More info: bip.amu.edu.pl/__data/asset...
KIU PhD Students’ Activities 🎓
Pauline Foret, KIU PhD student, will teach at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) from 5 February to 3 April 2026 as part of the ValEUs Co-Teaching Program.
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Fellows’ Activities
We are pleased to share a book publication by Michael Dobbins, KIU Fellow alumnus (Summer Term 2025) and political scientist whose research focuses on education policy, post-communist transformation processes, and organized interests
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
KIU RECOMMENDS | NEUERSCHEINUNGEN
Susanne Frank (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, KIU-Netzwerk) veröffentlicht im Frühjahrsprogramm des Arco-Verlags gleich zwei neue Bücher, die zentrale Beiträge zur ukrainischen Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte leisten.
www.book2look.com/book/XWdhMjn...
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👩💻 KIU IN DEN MEDIEN
Susann Worschech im Interview mit Deutschlandfunk Kultur
🖇️ www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/krieg-in-der...
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KIU recommends | Dispatches Essay
Pauline Foret 'Dark Winter', published by the Kennan Institute
www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/dar...
We invite you to support life-saving energy resilience by donating to ukraine2power.org/en/donate/?t... which helps restore electricity in Ukraine.
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KIU Fellows’ alumni activities
06.02.2026I (10:45–12:00)
Yuriy Matsiyevsky, will take part at the International Academic Conference at Collegium Polonicum with the impulse talk: 'Russia’s War, Ukrainian Resistance, and Its Implications for Central and Eastern Europe' europa21.edu.pl/Program2026....
Call for Papers: Academic Workshop
Organised by: Centre Marc Bloch, ZOiS, KIU
Submission guidelines:
A single PDF including
title & abstract (max. 500 words, English)
CV (max. 150 words)
Deadline: 20 February 2026
to ukrainianworkinglives@cmb.hu-berlin.de
More info www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jbib1...
📢 KIU RECOMMENDS 📢
Open Call for six-month research and teaching fellowships
Organised by: Ukrainian Research in Switzerland
Location: University of Basel, Switzerland
Duration: 6 months
Application deadline: 16 March 2026
Full call, requirements, and application details (DE / EN): www.uris.ch
„Gefangene: System des Terrors“
Über die Vorführung berichtete Deutschlandfunk Kultur (Fazit). In dem Beitrag zitierte die Journalistin Gesine Dornblüth Susann Worschech (KIU):
🔗 www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gefangene-sy...
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UKRAINE LECTURE SERIES - Final lecture
Complexity and Community in International Relations: Nurturing Resilience in Central Eurasia: Book presentation and discussion
Tuesday, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
European University Viadrina, GD HS 08 (Gräfin-Dönhoff Building)
europa-uni-de.zoom.us/j/6872966985...
We invite you to take a minute to participate in an online survey for the research of one of our KIU Fellow Alumna - Yaroslava Gnezdilova
🔒 Anonymous & confidential
📅 Survey open until: 31 January 2026
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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UKRAINE LECTURE SERIES
Victoria Donovan
Everything for Everybody: Archival Resilience in Wartime Ukraine
20.01.2026 | 11:00 a.m.
📍 European University Viadrina, GD HS 08 (Gräfin-Dönhoff Building), Europaplatz 1, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
🔗 europa-uni-de.zoom.us/j/6872966985...
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Film Screening & Discussion
“Prisoners: The System of Terror” by Activatica
Duration: 45 minutes
Language: Russian and Ukrainian with German subtitles
Registration forms.office.com/pages/respon...
More info on our Inst, FB and Linkedin channels
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KIU Publications
War as a singular crisis?
An analysis of the singularity and continuity of crises using the example of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
Susann Worschech (2025)
Culture, Practice & Europeanization (CPE), Vol. 10 (1), pp. 27–46
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5771/2566...
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Susann Worschech|Denkraum Ukraine
Von Resilienz bis Widerstand: Rollen und Phänomene der ukrainischen Zivilgesellschaft im Krieg
21.01.2026, 14:00–16:00 Uhr
Universität Regensburg, Altes Finanzamt, Raum 017
Landshuter Str. 4, 93047 Regensburg
www.denkraum-ukraine.de/veranstaltun...
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UKRAINE LECTURE SERIES
Images and Objects of Russia´s War against Ukraine
Natasha Klimenko, Miglė Bareikytė, Viktoriya Sereda
Tuesday, 13 January 2026 | 11:00 a.m.
Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
europa-uni-de.zoom.us/j/6872966985...
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💻 ONLINE Q&A SESSION — KIU RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS (SUMMER TERM 2026)
🗓 7 January 2026
⏰ 2:00 p.m.
⛓️💥Zoom: europa-uni-de.zoom-x.de/j/6802916494...
More info: www.kiu.europa-uni.de/en/fellowshi...
👩💻UKRAINE LECTURE SERIES
Waldemar Rapior:Enduring Solidarity: Grassroots Activism and Transnational Support Networks in Times of War
06.01.26| 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Europa-Universität Viadrina, GD HS 08, Europaplatz 1, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Link europa-uni-de.zoom.us/j/6872966985...
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KIU Annual Recap 2025
We sincerely thank you all and look forward to continued collaboration, shared projects, critical thinking, and dialogue in 2026!
Check the full recap on our Insta, FB and Linkedin
👩💻We’re coming back to social media in the first week of January
Entanglements
Polish and Ukrainian Studies
The final piece in the series “Ukraine in Europe: Controversies, Complexities, and Agency of a Multifaceted Interconnection.”
Read here: entanglements.hypotheses.org/date/2025/09
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👩💻KIU IN DEN MEDIEN
Unsere wissenschaftliche Koordinatorin Susann Worschech war zu Gast in der Phoenix-Sendung ukraine krieg nachgehakt.
🔗 Link: www.phoenix.de/sendungen/ge...
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