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Old Kyiv Pancakes with Frozen Hake: Entangled Soviet Modernisation and Ukrainian National Cuisine in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Maria Banko

Old Kyiv Pancakes with Frozen Hake: Entangled Soviet Modernisation and Ukrainian National Cuisine in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century

With the Promise to Return: Conditional Subjectivities of Ukrainian Zarobitchanky
Alisa Maiarchuk-DysaLisa Sokolova

With the Promise to Return: Conditional Subjectivities of Ukrainian Zarobitchanky

The “Ukraine Question” in Hungarian Culture Today
Diána Vonnák

The “Ukraine Question” in Hungarian Culture Today

Ecocide as a Crime: Advancing Environmental Justice Through the Lens of Human Rights
Anastasiia Puhach

Ecocide as a Crime: Advancing Environmental Justice Through the Lens of Human Rights

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Ecocide as a Crime: Advancing Environmental Justice Through the Lens of Human Rights
Anastasiia Puhach

Ecocide as a Crime: Advancing Environmental Justice Through the Lens of Human Rights

Where should we begin the conversation on ecocide?We can begin with the end.1 This article re-examines the international legal framework…

“The Form Stays: Where Chestnuts Bloom”
Oleksandra (Sasha) Kokhan

“The Form Stays: Where Chestnuts Bloom”

A Commentary on the Rights of the Hungarian Minority in Transcarpathia

A Commentary on the Rights of the Hungarian Minority in Transcarpathia

The Mass Politics School: The Museum of the Revolution in the 1920s–1930s Soviet Ukraine
Mariia Prokopenko

The Mass Politics School: The Museum of the Revolution in the 1920s–1930s Soviet Ukraine

Adjudicating in Times of War. A Conversation with Stanislav Kravchenko
Sergii KoziakovStanislav KravchenkoTetyana Antsupova

Adjudicating in Times of War. A Conversation with Stanislav Kravchenko

“Unbreakable” Caryatids: The Women Who Have Held Kharkiv
Mariia Dotsenko

“Unbreakable” Caryatids: The Women Who Have Held Kharkiv

Women’s Participation in Ukraine’s Euromaidan: A Conversation with Olena Nikolayenko
Olena Nikolayenko

Women’s Participation in Ukraine’s Euromaidan: A Conversation with Olena Nikolayenko

The City That “Survived Nazism” Twice
Vitalii Poberezhnyi

The City That “Survived Nazism” Twice

Cyberattacks on Ukraine’s Mobile Network: The Legal Perspective
Solomiia Beska

Cyberattacks on Ukraine’s Mobile Network: The Legal Perspective

On Ideas, Institutions, and Identities: A Conversation with Bohdan Krawchenko. Second Part
Bohdan KrawchenkoNadiia ChervinskaOstap Sereda

On Ideas, Institutions, and Identities: A Conversation with Bohdan Krawchenko. Second Part

On Ideas, Institutions, and Identities: A Conversation with Bohdan Krawchenko. First Part
Bohdan KrawchenkoNadiia ChervinskaOstap Sereda

On Ideas, Institutions, and Identities: A Conversation with Bohdan Krawchenko. First Part

The Politics of Deservingness in Europe’s Support for Displaced Ukrainians
Natalia Dziadyk

The Politics of Deservingness in Europe’s Support for Displaced Ukrainians

On the Uprooted Existence of the Ukrainian Intellectual in Postwar Germany in the 1940s 
ArticlesStoriesYuliia Karpets

On the Uprooted Existence of the Ukrainian Intellectual in Postwar Germany in the 1940s 

David vs. Goliath: Defeating Russian Autocracy—A Converstation with Serhii Plokhii
InterviewsOliver GarnerSerhii PlokhyStories

David vs. Goliath: Defeating Russian Autocracy—A Converstation with Serhii Plokhii

Shouldn’t Ukraine Negotiate with Putin?—Robert Person on Obstacles to a Negotiated Ending of Russia’s Ongoing War of Aggression
ContributorsFerenc LaczóInterviewsRobert PersonStories

Shouldn’t Ukraine Negotiate with Putin?—Robert Person on Obstacles to a Negotiated Ending of Russia’s Ongoing War of Aggression

Public Attitudes and Dynamics of Opposition in Russia Since 2022
ArticlesStories

Public Attitudes and Dynamics of Opposition in Russia Since 2022

Historians Seeking Answers after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine about the Soviet legacy: “Radianske” vs. “Sovietske”?
ArticlesContributorsOleksandr KozytskyiStories

Historians Seeking Answers after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine about the Soviet legacy: “Radianske” vs. “Sovietske”?

Ukraine Under Martial Law—Transformations of Domestic Policies and Civil Society
InterviewsSergiy KudeliaStoriesTaras Fedirko

Ukraine Under Martial Law—Transformations of Domestic Policies and Civil Society

Khlopomany (c) Wikimedia Commons
ArticlesContributorsMariana MyroshStories

Myth and Identity: Deciphering Ukrainian ‘Peasant-ness’ in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

The Significance and Trajectory of Ukrainian Democracy Since 2022
Arina KravchenkoInterviewsMykola RiabchukStories

The Significance and Trajectory of Ukrainian Democracy Since 2022

Miller vs Remy: The Contemporary Debate on the History of Modern Ukraine
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Miller vs Remy: The Contemporary Debate on the History of Modern Ukraine

Subculture or Counterculture: Kyiv’s Homosexual Communities in the Late Soviet and Post-Soviet Period (1985-2004)
ArticlesOleksandr KozytskyiStories

Subculture or Counterculture: Kyiv’s Homosexual Communities in the Late Soviet and Post-Soviet Period (1985-2004)

Legislating Memory: On Memory Governance and Decision-Making Amidst the War 
Dovile Sagatiene  InterviewsKateryna OsypchukNataliia ShuliakovaStories

Legislating Memory: On Memory Governance and Decision-Making Amidst the War 

Youth Volunteering and Its Influence on Ukraine’s Path to EU Accession
Anastasia KostenkoArticlesStories

Youth Volunteering and Its Influence on Ukraine’s Path to EU Accession

Decolonial Processes in Modern Ukrainian Literature: the Disclosure of the Soviet Man Image
ArticlesDiana PidburtnaStories

Decolonial Processes in Modern Ukrainian Literature: the Disclosure of the Soviet Man Image

The Special Tribunal For Russian Crimes of Aggression in Ukraine: a Conversation with Kateryna Busol
InterviewsKateryna BusolStories

The Special Tribunal For Russian Crimes of Aggression in Ukraine: a Conversation with Kateryna Busol

Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Question of Genocide: An Interview with Diana Dumitru
Diana DumitruFerenc LaczóInterviewsNadiia ChervinskaStories

Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Question of Genocide: An Interview with Diana Dumitru

Financing the Army: Fundraising for the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Legion during WWI
Andrii ToporovychArticlesStories

Financing the Army: Fundraising for the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Legion during WWI

Reforming Ukraine’s Judiciary—EU Accession, Democracy, and the Rule of Law
InterviewsOliver GarnerSergii KoziakovStoriesTetyana Antsupova

Reforming Ukraine’s Judiciary—EU Accession, Democracy, and the Rule of Law

Sanctions Against Russia: Is There a Way to Make Them More Effective?
Anastasiya LendelArticlesStories

Sanctions Against Russia: Is There a Way to Make Them More Effective?

The Myth of Taras Shevchenko in the Urban Public Space of Katerynoslav
ArticlesStories

The Myth of Taras Shevchenko in the Urban Public Space of Katerynoslav

Filling the Educational Gaps in War: The Experience of Invisible University for Ukraine
ArticlesOlha StasiukStories

Filling the Educational Gaps in War: The Experience of Invisible University for Ukraine

It’s too much for me: (Theoretical) Practice During the Wartime Acceleration
ArticlesOleksii MinkoStories

It’s too much for me: (Theoretical) Practice During the Wartime Acceleration

Propaganda, or Not Propaganda: That is the Question?
Anton ShekhovtsovInterviewsKateryna LysenkoStories

Propaganda, or Not Propaganda: That is the Question?

The Criminality in Kyiv in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
ArticlesOlha KrasinkoStories

The Criminality in Kyiv in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Emerging Researchers II: Academic Papers from IUfU Scholarship Program
ArticlesStories

Emerging Researchers II: Academic Papers from IUfU Scholarship Program

How Ukraine Has Won Its War of Independence Without Restoring Its Territorial Integrity
Ferenc LaczóReviewsStoriesYaroslav Trofimov

How Ukraine Has Won Its War of Independence Without Restoring Its Territorial Integrity

The Dividing Line between Authenticity and Fakery: Folklore, Fakelore, and Invented Tradition
Armen TonoianInterviewsOksana KuzmenkoStories

The Dividing Line between Authenticity and Fakery: Folklore, Fakelore, and Invented Tradition

The Gender Representation of Male Veterans of the Russo-Ukrainian War in Ukrainian Feature Films (2019–2022)
ArticlesOleksii HavryliukStories

The Gender Representation of Male Veterans of the Russo-Ukrainian War in Ukrainian Feature Films (2019–2022)

“This is the Most Significant Thing to Ever Happen to Us”—Some Thoughts on Oleksandr Mykhed’s “The Language of War”
ReviewsVitalii Poberezhnyi

“This is the Most Significant Thing to Ever Happen to Us”—Some Thoughts on Oleksandr Mykhed’s “The Language of War”

Working With Archives Amid a War: Experience of a Ukrainian PhD Student
ArticlesMaryna TarasiukStories

Working With Archives Amid a War: Experience of a Ukrainian PhD Student

The Instance of Enunciation in the Researcher’s Position
ArticlesIvan ShcherbakovStories

The Instance of Enunciation in the Researcher’s Position

Ukrainians Started as the Scots and Ended Up as the Irish
Ferenc LaczóInterviewsMarta HaiduchokStoriesYaroslav Hrytsak

Ukrainians Started as the Scots and Ended Up as the Irish

Cover of the vinyl «Kiev Underground 1986-1995 — Part 1», created by Aby Sho Music.
Maria SonevytskyMarta HaiduchokReviewsStories

Sounds like Decolonization: Vopli Vidopliassova and Alternative Ukrainian Music in the 1980s

If Socially Relevant Research Does not Become Public Knowledge, What is it For? 
InterviewsKateryna OsypchukOleksandr IvashynaStories

If Socially Relevant Research Does not Become Public Knowledge, What is it For? 

Contested European Landscapes: Paul D’Anieri on Ukraine, NATO, and Russia’s Imperial Ambitions
InterviewsNadiia ChervinskaPaul D’AnieriStories

Contested European Landscapes: Paul D’Anieri on Ukraine, NATO, and Russia’s Imperial Ambitions

We Know What to Do, and We Are Doing It: an Anthropological Look at Ukrainian Resistance
Emily Channell-JusticeInterviewsNadiia ChervinskaStories

We Know What to Do, and We Are Doing It: an Anthropological Look at Ukrainian Resistance

War, Migration, and Resilience: New Perspectives on Ukraine’s IDP Crisis
InterviewsNadiia ChervinskaNataliia ShuliakovaOksana MikheievaStoriesViktoriya Sereda

War, Migration, and Resilience: New Perspectives on Ukraine’s IDP Crisis

Emerging Researchers: Academic Papers from IUfU Scholarship Program
ReviewsStoriesYevhen Yashchuk

Emerging Researchers: Academic Papers from IUfU Scholarship Program

The Scheme of Squares and Main Roads of Zhytomyr (1991)
ArticlesStoriesYevhen Yashchuk

(Post-)Soviet Transition, Memory Politics, and the Postcolonial Lens

Women in History and Women’s History
InterviewsKateryna LysenkoStoriesYevhen YashchukZsófia Lóránd

Women in History and Women’s History

A Savage War of Russian Decline
Ferenc LaczóInterviewsMarta HaiduchokReviewsSerhii PlokhyStories

A Savage War of Russian Decline

Dnipro(petrovsk), early 70s
ReviewsSerhii SilvanovychStories

City in/and Narrative

The Curse of Russian Imperialism - The interview with Martin Schulze Wessel on Imperial Optics, False Dichotomies, and the Need to Reconsider East European History
Ferenc LaczóInterviewsReviewsStories

The Curse of Russian Imperialism

Collecting, Sharing, Letting Be — An Interview with Vesna Teršelič on Dealing with the Past
InterviewsKateryna LysenkoKateryna OsypchukStoriesVesna Teršelič

Collecting, Sharing, Letting Be

The Ideas Behind the IUFU
Balázs TrencsényiInterviewsOstap SeredaStories

The Ideas Behind the IUFU

Culture, Memory, and Wars in the Recent Studies of History
InterviewsJoep LeerssenStoriesYevhen Yashchuk

Culture, Memory, and Wars in the Recent Studies of History

Why Ukraine’s Millions of Displaced People Will Define Its Future
ArticlesDanilo MandićStories

Why Ukraine’s Millions of Displaced People Will Define Its Future

A Complex History of Ukrainian History
Andrii PortnovInterviewsKateryna LysenkoStories

A Complex History of Ukrainian History

Language, in the Plural
ArticlesDiána VonnákStories

Language, in the Plural