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Block seminar: Exploring the North Azovian Greeks in Ukraine

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KIU Launches: Certificate Programme in Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies for Master’s students

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Check out the Lecture Series for Summer Semester 2026!

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New Course Catalogue for the Sommer Semester 2026 has arrived!

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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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09. June 2026

Yanush Panchenko: ‘Can a Roma serve in the military?’

MONDAY, 4–6 p.m. | Hybrid format | In this lecture, Yanush Panchenko examines the participation of Ukrainian Roma in the Russo-Ukrainian war as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Drawing on ethnographic research, interviews with Roma servicemembers, and focus groups with civilian Roma communities, the lecture explores how Russia’s full-scale invasion has reshaped attitudes toward military service, law enforcement, and belonging. It asks how war transforms Romanipe — the traditional value system and ethnic self-awareness of Roma in Ukraine — and what these changes reveal about identity, solidarity, and participation under conditions of ongoing war. More details...

09. June 2026

OPEN CALL | KIU Guest Lectureship 2026/27

Deadline: 5 July 2026 | Fellowship period: 01.10.2026 – 31.02.2027 | The Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies invites applications for the KIU Guest Lectureship in Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). This year’s umbrella topic is: ʼTransitional Justice in Ukraine: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accountability, Memory, Democratic Renewal and Reconstructionʼ. More details...

09. June 2026

OPEN CALL | KIU Research Fellowships 2026/27 — ‘Transitional Justice in Ukraine: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accountability, Memory, Democratic Renewal and Reconstruction’

Deadline: 5 July 2026 | Fellowship period: 01.10. – 31.12.2026 | The Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies invites applications for 9 on-site research fellowships at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) for the winter term 2026/27. Applications are open to postdoctoral researchers and scholars at all career stages after the completion of their doctorate. More details...

09. June 2026

OPEN CALL | KIU Summer School 2026 — Nationalities, Minorities and Identity: (Re)Configuring Ukraine?

Deadline: 01 July 2026 | At this year’s summer school, participants will learn more about communities such as Crimean Tatars, Roma and Sinti, Hungarians, Romanians, Jews, North Azovian Greeks, Urums and Rumeans, and their role in shaping Ukraine’s multilingual and multicultural landscape — especially against the backdrop of Russia’s war of aggression. More details...

28. May 2026

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.

28. May 2026

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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