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Outlook speech: "Prospects for Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies"

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The opening ceremony of the Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies (KIU) was celebrated on 11th July 2024, a good five months after the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) made the decision to support the KIU in Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin with 2.5 million Euros. During the ceremony, tangible and specific steps for action were presented and a debate was held on the role that Ukrainian studies will play in those steps. Scientific coordinator, Dr. Susann Worschech, opened the KIU with the following outlook.

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One Mission and One Invitation – Opening Ceremony for Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies

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The opening ceremony of the Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies (KIU) was celebrated on 11th July 2024, a good five months after the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) made the decision to support the KIU in Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin with 2.5 million Euros. During the ceremony, tangible and specific steps for action were presented and a debate was held on the role that Ukrainian studies will play in those steps.

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Invitation to the opening ceremony of the KIU

Europa- und Ukrainefahne im Ehrenhof mit Blick auf das Viadrina Hauptgebäude

On Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 4 pm in the Auditorium Maximum of the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), we will celebrate the opening of the Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin (KIU).

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Media discussion on projects of the KIU

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On 7 March 2024, Viadrina President Prof. Dr Eduard Mühle and Prof. Dr Gwendolyn Sasse, Director of the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), gave an insight into the projects of the "Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder) - Berlin (KIU)" during a media conference. Following the decision of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to fund a Ukraine Centre under the direction of Viadrina, they described the research and teaching projects in detail for the first time in public.

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European University Viadrina invites to a media talk

On Thursday, 7 March at 11.30 a.m., the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) invites you to a media conference on the "Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder) - Berlin (KIU)".

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DAAD funds KIU

The European University Viadrina, leading the “Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies Frankfurt (Oder) - Berlin (KIU)”, has been awarded a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The network was successful in the competition alongside the “Denkraum Ukraine” at the University of Regensburg. The DAAD is providing a total of a five million euros for both projects until the end of 2028.

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