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Viadrina Debate: Can Society Grow Through Crisis?

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Viadrina opens Ukrainian Week

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

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Ukrainian Studies Distinguished Award for the Competence Network for Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder)–Berlin

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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. September 2026

Can Society Grow Through Crisis? What Eastern Europe Teaches Us About Resilience – and Why Ukrainians Can’t Stand the Word Anymore

Wednesday, 14 October 2026, 4 p.m. | Audimax, Logenstraße 4, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder) | How do crises change societies? What role do digitalisation, democracy, urban development and civic engagement play in this? And what does ‘resilience’ actually mean when a country continues to function under the conditions of a devastating war? These questions, and what Germany and the EU can learn from Eastern Europe, will be discussed by journalist Vassili Golod and Viadrina sociologist Susann Worschech, together with the audience on 14 October 2026 at the Viadrina Debate to mark the start of the winter semester. | The event will be simultaneously interpreted into English and Ukrainian.

09. September 2026

Opening of Ukrainian Week in Germany

Monday, 12 October 2026, 1 – 7 p.m. | Logensaal, Logenhaus, Logenstraße 11, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder) | The Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies’ Ukrainian Week will be launched at the European University Viadrina. In a variety of formats, distinguished guests will discuss Ukraine’s European future and reaffirm the importance of German-Ukrainian cooperation in teaching and research. At the same time, Viadrina will formally join the Global Coalition.

04. September 2026

‘The Bandura Beyond Borders: Digital Transformation, Migration, and Cultural Diplomacy’ – Khrystyna Petrynka

15 September 2026, 6.00 p.m. | AM 104, Europa-Universität Viadrina | Lecture as part of the KIU Summer School on the topic ‘Nationalities, minorities and identity: (Re)Configuring Ukraine?’. Open to anyone interested.

04. September 2026

Short film evening and discussion ‘Reimagining Ukrainian Identity’

14 September 2026, 7:00 p.m. | KUMA Gerstenberg, Ziegelstraße 28A, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder) | Short films from Ukraine and a discussion as part of the KIU Summer School on the topic ‘Nationalities, minorities and identity: (Re)Configuring Ukraine?’. Open to anyone interested. Running time: 78 minutes

04. September 2026

Ambicoloniality: Cultural Proximity, Agency, and the Afterlives of Empire – Svitlana Biedarieva

10 September 2026, 6.00 p.m. | HG 109, Europa-Universität Viadrina | As part of the KIU Summer School 2026, art historian, artist and curator Svitlana Biedarieva will introduce her concept of ambicoloniality and explore the complex colonial dynamics of Ukrainian–Russian relations. Drawing on art history and decolonial theory, the lecture will examine cultural proximity, Russian colonial expansion, Ukrainian resistance and the role of socially and politically engaged art in processes of liberation.

03. September 2026

Beyond the Nation: Minorities, Identities and Ukraine’s European Future

8 September 2026, 6.00 p.m. | AM 03, Europa-Universität Viadrina | Panel discussion on ‘Beyond the Nation: Minorities, Identities and Ukraine’s European Future’ with German Bundestag member Robin Wagener, Sarah Reinke (Society for Threatened Peoples) and Oksana Mikheieva (Viadrina).

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