Past Programs

Ukraine: Reexamining the Decolonization Paradigm

Course co-directors: Ostap Sereda (Ukrainian Catholic University / Bard College Berlin) and…

Writing-in-Process

Course director: Olha Bryukhovetska (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy / FernUniversität in…

Ukraine’s Environment: From Imperial Frontiers to Ecocidal War

Course co-directors: Oleksii Chebotarov (University of Oslo / University of St. Gallen)…

Feminisms and Women’s Rights in Eastern and Central Europe

Course co-directors: Oksana Kis (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) and Zsófia Lóránd (University…

Minorities in War-Torn Ukraine: Legacies, Policies and Identities

Course director: Viktoriya Sereda (WIKO Berlin / Kyiv School for Economics) This…

Civil Society and State in Times of War and Post-War Recovery: Legal Dimensions

Course co-directors: Marta Mochulska (Ivan Franko University of Lviv) and Mariia Zivert…

Beyond the West: History, Politics, and Prospects of Ukraine’s Engagement with Africa, Latin America, and South-East Asia

Course director: Maksym Yakovlyev (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy) Ukraine’s outreach to…

Protests, Social Transformations, and the EU:Rethinking the Balkans for Ukraine

Course co-directors: Marija Mandić (University of Belgrade) and Olesia Marković (Kyiv- Mohyla…

Facing the Legacy of the Yugoslav Wars

Course co-directors: Vladimir Petrovic (NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies,…

Elemental Warfare. From Colonial Legacies to Decolonial Resistance & Solidarity

Course director: Svitlana Matvienko, Simon Fraser University This course is focused on…

Migrations and Diversity in Modern East-Central Europe

Course co-directors: Oleksiy Chebotarov, University of Oslo, and Vladyslava Moskalets, Lviv Center…

Rule of Law Ideals: Legal Reforms in Ukraine amidst War and Peace

Course co-directors: Marta Mochulska, Ivan Franko University of Lviv, and Nazarii Stetsyk,…

Belarus-Lithuania-Poland-Ukraine: Polycentric Narratives and Legacies

Course co-directors: Elzbieta Kwiecinska, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Iryna Ramanava, European…

Semi-periphery and Borderlands in the European Integration: Rethinking Balkans for Ukraine

Course co-directors: Marija Mandić, University of Belgrade, and Olesia Marković, Kyiv- Mohyla…

Research Methods for the Social Sciences

Course co-directors: Levente Littvay (CEU Democracy Institute) and Inna Melnykovska (European University…

(Re)thinking “Soviet”: Modern Ukrainian Identity and the Legacy of Communism

Course director: Olena Palko (University of Basel) In the last decade, the…

Civil Society and the State in Ukraine

Course co-directors: Diána Vonnák (University of Stirling) and Taras Fedirko (University of…

Sexuality and Decoloniality

Course co-directors: Nadiya Chushak (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy / Bard College Berlin) and Olena…

Migration, Belonging, Policies

Course co-directors: Oksana Mikheieva (ZOiS / European University Viadrina / Ukrainian Catholic…

The Security and Political Economy of EU Integration: Theory and Policy

Course co-directors: Veronica Anghel (European University Institute) and Inna Melnykovska (Central European…

Times of Uncertainty: Wars, Revolutions, and the Politics of Historical Events

Course co-directors: Tetiana Zemliakova (CEU Democracy Institute) and Guillaume Lancereau (European University…

Research Methods for the Social Sciences

Course director: Levente Littvay (CEU Democracy Institute) The course introduces students to…

Politics and Narratives at European Borderlands: Rethinking Balkans for Ukraine

Course co-directors: Marija Mandić (University of Belgrade) and Olesia Marković (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy)…

Beyond War and Peace: Rethinking the Balkans for Ukraine

Course co-directors: Aleksandar Pavlović and Olesia Marković The southeastern peninsula of the…

European Union Enlargement and Reform: A Common Path for Ukraine’s European Future

Course co-directors: Veronica Anghel and Inna Melnykovska The course explores the European…

Cultural Diplomacy during the War: Practices and Institutional Strategies

Course director: Yana Barinova The course aims to provide a comprehensive and…

Sustaining Rule of Law and Democracy in Ukraine amidst War and Post-War Reconstruction

Course co-directors: Olena Boryslavs’ka and Nazarii Stetsyk The course will deal with…

Rethinking Nationalism: Conceptual Frameworks and Political Challenges

Course co-directors: Valeria Korablyova and Vladimir Petrović The course will concern national…

Intellectual Debates in Modern Ukrainian History and Contemporary Public Sphere

Course co-directors: Ostap Sereda and Balázs Trencsényi This course will be structured…

Ukraine’s EU Integration: Compliance and Resilience in Times of War & Geopolitical Rivalries

Inna Melnykovska, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Central European University Nazarii…

The Politics of Warfare: Key Concepts in the History of Modern Military Thought

Tetiana Zemliakova, Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute This course introduces…

Identities-Borders-Orders: Migration and Belonging

Viktoriya Sereda, Professor, Ukrainian Catholic University, Senior Fellow, Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin…

Sexuality and Decoloniality 

Nadiya Chushak, Professor, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Maria Mayerchyk, Senior Research…

Late Soviet and Post-Soviet Counter-Cultures in Ukraine and East Central Europe

Bohdan Shumylovych, Head of Public History Programs at the Center for Urban…

Western Balkans: Imperial Legacies, Nation-Building, State Disintegration

Vladimir Petrović, Research Professor, Institute of Contemporary History, Belgrade, and CEU Democracy…

Imagined Geography of Ukraine from the Late Eighteenth till the Late Twentieth Centuries: Regions, Cities, Landscapes, Population

Kateryna Dysa, Associate Professor, Department of History, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy…

Rethinking Ukrainian Studies in a Global Context

Ostap Sereda, Associate Professor in History at the Ukrainian Catholic University in…

War and Media

Oksana Sarkisova, Research Fellow, Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives, Director…

Social Entrepreneurship: Emergence, Models, and Impact

Tetiana Vodotyka, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of History of…

Public History

Viktoriya Sereda, Research Fellow, Imre Kertesz Kolleg, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Senior…

Re-interpreting European Security in the aftermath of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Xymena Kurowska, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Central European University This…

Rule of Law and Human Rights: Old Challenges and New Opportunities in Times of War and Uncertainty

Nazar Stetsyk, Associate Professor, Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law, Ivan…

(Post)conflict Transformations in the Western Balkans: Drawing Insights for Ukraine?

Vladimir Petrovic, Research Professor, Institute of Contemporary History, Belgrade, and CEU Democracy…

Evidence and Truth – Reflecting on the War in Ukraine in a Global Context

21–29 January 2023 The winter school reflects on the key intellectual problems…

Displacement and (Trans)National Solidarities in Ukraine in the Global Contexts (Society track)

Course Director Viktoriya Sereda (Ukrainian Catholic University, The Forum transregionale Studien) This…

Ideologies on the Move: Transnational Ideas in Local Intellectual Cultures

Course Director Tetiana Zemliakova (European University Institute) The course seeks to introduce…

Heritage-Based Post-War Urban Reconstruction in Ukraine

Course Directors Dóra Mérai (Central European University), Loes Veldpaus, (Newcastle University), Volodymyr…

War, Memory, and the City. Shaping Collective Remembrance and Re-Articulation of Past in Ukraine in European Contexts

Course Director Tetiana Vodotyka (Institute of History of Ukraine, NASU / Georg-August-Universität…

History of the Public Sphere in Ukraine and East Central Europe

Course director Ostap Sereda (Central European University, Ukrainian Catholic University) The course…

Ukraine: Imperial, Soviet, Independent, European

Course directors Vladimir Petrovic (Boston University), Nazarii Stetsyk (Ivan Franko National University…

Making Ukraine Visible – Images, Narratives, Institutions

10–19 July 2022 The summer school reflects on how Ukrainian culture, identity,…

Transformation, Conflict, and Migration: Study of Exceptions from Rules, Vulnerability to Risks and Unacceptable Conditions

Course Director ​​Volodymyr Artiukh (University of Oxford) The course focuses on social…

Between Norms and Realities: Challenges to Europeanization, Democratization and the Rule of Law in a Transnational Context

Course Directors Nazarii Stetsyk (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv), Vladimir Petrovic…

Culture and Heritage Studies

Dóra Mérai (Central European University) The course focuses on memory cultures and…

Symbolic Geography, Contested Identities, and Mass Violence: Ukrainian History in European Contexts

Course Director Vladimir Petrovic (Boston University) The courses focuses on questions of…