IGS seminar: “Ukraine: Reexamining the Decolonization Paradigm”
Course co-directors: Ostap Sereda (Ukrainian Catholic University / Bard College Berlin) and Balazs Trencsenyi (CEU). This series of workshops aims to explore the heuristic value of the decolonial paradigm in academic research on Ukraine and assess the potential for integrating…
IGS seminar: “Writing-in-Process”
Course director: Olha Bryukhovetska (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy / FernUniversität in Hagen) “Writing is easy,” quipped Gene Fowler, “all you do is stare at a blank page until drops of blood form on your forehead”—but what if the struggle…
Ukraine’s Environment: From Imperial Frontiers to Ecocidal War
Course co-directors: Oleksii Chebotarov (University of Oslo / University of St. Gallen) and Anna Olenenko (Khortytsia National Academy / University of Alberta) This course provides a historical exploration of Ukraine’s environment, examining it through the lenses of long-term human–environment relations,…
Feminisms and Women’s Rights in Eastern and Central Europe
Course co-directors: Oksana Kis (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) and Zsófia Lóránd (University of Vienna) This course focuses on the history of feminist movements, feminist ideas, and women’s rights in the broader region of Eastern and Central Europe, with special emphasis…
Minorities in War-Torn Ukraine: Legacies, Policies and Identities
Course director: Viktoriya Sereda (WIKO Berlin / Kyiv School for Economics) This course offers a multidisciplinary exploration of minority communities in Ukraine. It brings together historical, sociological, legal, and policy expertise. Course begins with a historical framework—unpacking Soviet-era policies, post-1991…
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 (Kyiv School of Economics) This course offers an exploration of the evolution, functions, and impact of civil society organisations in Ukraine, situating them within both historical and contemporary…
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 the countries of the “Global South” after the Russian full-scale invasion demonstrates the importance of expanding the scope of Ukraine’s foreign policy, but also proves that reaching out…
Protests, Social Transformations, and the EU:Rethinking the Balkans for Ukraine
Course co-directors: Marija Mandić (University of Belgrade) and Olesia Marković (Kyiv- Mohyla Academy) The course focuses on protests and social transformations in the Balkans, drawing parallels with Ukraine. It highlights different dimensions of past and present civil, intellectual, labor, academic,…
Facing the Legacy of the Yugoslav Wars
Course co-directors: Vladimir Petrovic (NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam) and Milos Hrnjaz (University of Belgrade) The course rests on a UNDP-sponsored project, “Overcoming points of contention: transgenerational coping with the legacy of the Yugoslav armed conflicts…
Research Methods for the Social Sciences
Course co-directors: Levente Littvay (CEU Democracy Institute) and Inna Melnykovska (European University Institute) This course offers a comprehensive introduction and practical training in qualitative research methods for undergraduate and graduate students in the social sciences. It is structured into modules,…