Nonresidential Scholars Program for Ukraine, led by Indiana U and supported by the BTAA and partner universities, is pleased to announce our December research workshops for the 2025 program, featuring the scholarship of the new cohort of fellows. Our research workshops will take place on Tuesday, December 9, and on Thursday, December 11. Each workshop will last one hour, including a 30 minute presentation and 30 minutes Q&A. The link for all workshops is here: https://iu.zoom.us/j/83074856556?pwd=am5wdVhIRFJuaWlmdEZFOFJ5ek9vZz09
Meeting ID: 830 7485 6556
Password: Indiana
We look forward to seeing you at the workshops!
As our Nonresidential Scholars Program for Ukraine 2025 comes to an end, we warmly invite you to join us for 45 minutes after the final presentation on Thursday for a special social celebration and program wrap-up. It will be a wonderful opportunity to reflect on our collective achievements and celebrate the successful conclusion of this year’s program together.
Tuesday Lectures will take place in Ukrainian, with simultaneous English interpretation:
Tuesday, December 9. “Digital Influencers as Actors in the Public Sphere: Emotions, Trust, and Influence on Ukraine’s Generation Z During Wartime”
7:00 PST | 9:00 CST | 10:00 EST | 17:00 Kyiv
Speaker: Ihor Tsyhvintsev (Political Science, I.F. Kuras Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Research)
Tuesday, December 9. “Holodomor Denial in the USSR and Modern Russia: Historical Parallels and Structural Specificities”
8:00 PST | 10:00 CST | 11:00 EST | 18:00 Kyiv
Speaker: Andriy Kozytskyi (History, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv)
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Thursday Lectures will take place in English, no interpretation provided:
Thursday, December 11. “From Different to Special: The Practice of Comparisons and Postwar Place-Making”
7:00 PST | 9:00 CST | 10:00 EST | 17:00 Kyiv
Speaker: Sofia Dyak (History, Center for Urban History of East Central Europe, Lviv)
Thursday, December 11. “African Students in Ukrainian Universities under Wartime: Is There Solidarity and Education for Everyone?”
8:00 PST | 10:00 CST | 11:00 EST | 18:00 Kyiv
Speaker: Olga Filippova (Sociology/Anthropology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, University of Eastern Finland)
Thank you for your interest in the Nonresidential Scholars Program for Ukraine. We hope to see you at the research workshops! We are grateful to all the BTAA partner universities sponsoring fellows in the program: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, UIUC, Washington, and Wisconsin!
For more information on the Nonresidential Scholars Program for Ukraine, click here.