Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies
Inauguration of the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Auditorium Maximum
European University Viadrina
With the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies (VCPU), the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) has established a new central academic institution. Its aim is to create new opportunities for an intensified research of Ukrainian and Polish history, culture, politics and society in European and global entanglements.
The Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies is headed by Prof. Dr. Dagmara Jajeśniak-Quast, Professor of Interdisciplinary Polish Studies, and Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov, Professor of Entangled History of Ukraine.
At the inauguration ceremony, the directors of the VCPU and the participants in the panel discussion will share their thoughts on the perspectives for Polish and Ukrainian Studies at the Viadrina and worldwide.
The event will be in English and will be streamed live on this site. All interested parties are cordially invited.
Please note that the event has been moved to the Auditorium Maximum.

VCPU
Programme
4:30 p.m.
Opening Remarks
Prof. Dr. Eduard Mühle
President of the European University Viadrina
Dr. Manja Schüle
Brandenburg Minister of Science, Research and Culture
Oleksii Makeiev
H.E. Ambassador of Ukraine
Dariusz Pawłoś
H.E. Ambassador of Poland
Awarding the DAAD-Prize for Outstanding Achievements of an International Student to Anastasiia Latkovska
Keynote
Ukrainian Studies at Viadrina. Thinking about new Possibilities and Challenges
Prof. Dr. Andrii Portnov
Co-Director of the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies
Introduction: Prof. Dr. Dagmara Jajeśniak-Quast
Co-Director of the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies
Panel Discussion
Ex Oriente Lux? What can we learn from Ukraine and East-Central Europe?
Dr. Katarzyna Jędraszczyk
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań
Prof. Dr. Maren Röger
Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)
Dr. Tatiana Zhurzhenko
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)
Moderated by
Prof. Dr. Rory Finnin
University of Cambridge
7:00 p.m.
Reception
Registration and contact information
Please register online by 29 November 2023
Department of Communication
Martina Klepek
- Event Management
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