We’re inviting journalists to attend and report on RUTA Conference 2026 (12–15 July, Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine). Theme: “Rooted knowledges and dialogues for change.” Applications open until 31 March: alexis.scott@ruta-association.org
See you in two hours! The event will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@UkrDSN
Coming up tomorrow! www.eventbrite.com/e/liberated-...
Less than one week till our panel discussion! Register for a Zoom webinar or join YouTube livestream. www.eventbrite.com/e/liberated-...
@yuliyayurchuk.bsky.social and I are organizing the Prairie Conference in Ukrainian Studies.
Please consider applying and share widely.
Date: April 30–May 3, 2026
Deadline: March 10, 2026
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Details: networks.h-net.org/system/files...
Join us for a talk on ambicolonial theory by Svitlana Biedarieva at the Decolonial Research Initiative webinar organized by the Institute for Central and Eastern Europe Intercultural Studies at the University of Warsaw. Anton Saifullayeu will moderate, Izabela Kalinowska will be the discussant.
In anticipation of our second panel discussion, those who missed the first one can watch it here!
Coming up in 2 weeks! www.eventbrite.com/e/liberated-...
The deadline to submit proposals for our sponsored panel at ASEEES is in 4 days!
We are happy to announce the second panel of our event series on March 3, featuring Oksana Kis, Agnieszka Graff, Alex Averbuch, and Tamara Martsenyuk, moderated by Kateryna Yeremieieva. Link to tickets in a comment
An important book talk at HURI next week, ONLINE!
www.huri.harvard.edu/event/greta-...
Ukraine Decolonial Studies Network announces an open call for papers for our panel series, which will be held at the 58th ASEEES Convention.
Please send your titles and abstracts (up to 200 words) of your proposed papers to our email address: ukraine.decolonial@gmail.com by February 20, 2026
Disentangling Russia’s Colonial Legacy in Ukraine - an interview with our executive board member, Svitlana Biedarieva.
ukrainian-studies.ca/2026/01/20/a...
We are grateful to Gayatri Spivak, @marcishore.bsky.social, @globalrhizome.bsky.social, and Tamara Hundorova for an inspiring discussion that has outlined important themes along which the decolonial study of Ukrainian culture will develop in the coming years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9pl...
Starting now!
Link to youtube stream www.youtube.com/live/4iDobpr...
See you on Monday at our first online panel discussion!
Some highlights from UDSN events at #ASEEES25. Thanks everyone who attended our business meeting, reception and sponsored panels!
Russia’s war on Ukraine has not only destroyed millions of human lives, it has also been catastrophic for the environment. In Ecocide in Ukraine, @daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social offers the first account of the devastation of Ukarine’s biodiversity and ecosystems.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
It was great to see so many colelagues at our business meeting at #ASEEES25 yesterday! Please come to our sponsored panels on Sunday!
Join our Business Meeting at #ASEEES25 !
Thu, November 20, 7:30 to 8:45pm EST, Washington DC Hilton, Floor: T, Cardozo
The event will be followed by a drinks reception.
Please indicate your interest in attending the meeting and reception here: forms.gle/nbQL8HD3fCzv...
A new volume of essays edited by our executive board member John Vsetecka was recently published.
We are happy to announce the inaugural panel of our new event series on December 15, featuring Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Marci Shore, Tamara Hundorova, and Vitaly Chernetsky, moderated by Svitlana Biedarieva. www.eventbrite.com/e/postcoloni...
My interview for The Ukrainians is now available in English. We talked postcolonialism, western cultural biases, translation, Ukrainian-Scottish parallels, and more. theukrainians.org/en/uilleam-b...
A podcast not to be missed by anyone who wants to understand #Ukraine. I've just devoured all 5 episodes. Thank you @okhromeychuk.bsky.social & @uilleamblacker.bsky.social for this crucial contribution. I particularly liked the fascinating episode on Crimea! www.olesyakhromeychuk.com/projects/the...
RUTA member Olga Burlyuk has a new essay on the mis-imagination of Ukraine as an empty land. In the text, she scrutinises the all too common suggestions of surrender to Russian occupation as the pornography of land concessions and reminds us:
there are people here
platformraam.nl/artikelen/29...
#IndigenousPeoplesDay honors the first stewards of the land—and resists erasure. In Ukraine, we uplift the Hutsuls, Crimean Tatars, and steppe peoples. Explore their stories through powerful reads. Let’s honor, learn, and amplify.
#HURIBooks #UkrainianLiterature
Colleagues in Europe, please consider attending one of the "Ambicoloniality and War" book presentations, depending on your location!
