SUMMER SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Kyiv, Ukraine
Sept. 9 – 22, 2013
Deadline: May 25, 2013

COURSE ORGANIZATION:
The course is oriented towards advanced under-graduate students (2nd year and above), although graduate, post-graduate, and doctoral-level students are also encouraged to apply. The course focuses on political, economic and social issues, and is particularly suitable for students in the social sciences, humanities, and law, but open to all faculties. After completion of the course, students will be issued NaUKMA transcripts. The course combines in-class sessions (lectures and seminars, interactive presentations with discussion highly encouraged), a conference on Ukraine’s international relations, guest visits, joint discussions with local students, and tours to interesting sites in or around Kyiv.

COURSE AIMS AND CONTENTS:
Since its independence 20 years ago, Ukraine developed increasingly close co-operation with the West and the EU, but also never lost its ties to Russia. Whilst important events seemed to change the path towards one or the other direction – e.g. the Orange Revolution in 2004 – Kyiv’s orientation is still to both sides. It tries to sign a political association and free trade agreement with Brussels while, at the same time, entering a post-Soviet free trade zone and considering Moscow’s project of a Eurasian Union. How can one explain these balancing acts? Which were the critical transformations and events that determined the way in which Ukraine developed? What is specific for the Ukrainian culture and state, and where can we find typical traits of a post-Soviet society?

The summer school will introduce students to the analysis of these phenomena from different perspectives as the teaching will involve English-speaking political scientists, historians, economists, cultural scientists, and sociologists – mainly, but not only from National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”.

Topics treated that in one way or another will, among others, include:

- Post-Soviet Ukraine: Socio-Economic and Political Transformations
- Ukraine between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- The Origins of the Orange Revolution, and What Remains of It
- Ukraine’s Relationship to the European Union & Russia

In case of full attendance of, and active participation in, these lectures/seminars, students may obtain 2.5 ECTS points.

The participants will attend about two classes per work day, and can have further meetings and trips during the afternoons and at the weekend. They will meet and work with lecturers and students from National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”. The Summer school is organized by the NaUKMA International Office.
Two classes of survival Ukrainian are included into the program and covered by the general school fee.

HOURS:
Around 60 in-class hours (lectures, presentations, discussions) plus about 30 hours for course visits, meetings, group projects, project presentations etc.

Facultative Ukrainian-Language Course Work:

Additionally in parallel to the program, the students will be offered the opportunity to take part in a non-obligatory intensive course of Ukrainian. The course values 1,5 ECTS, with one or two sessions per work day, i.e. 14 x 2 = 28 hours. One course will be offered for those with no previous knowledge of a Slavic language, and one course for those with previous knowledge of a Slavic language (Russian, Polish, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian,…). Additional fees for these language courses will be charged (170-245 Euro depending on the number of the students registered). Language classes will not overlap with the program classes.

Course Instructor(s):
As the school is designed to be a mixture of different types of activities. The main school lecturer will be Dr. Mychailo Wynnyckyj (Director of the NaUKMA Doctoral School, Head of the NaUKMA Master’s Program in Sociology, lecturer at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School). Other lecturers invited will be mainly professors and experts of the NaUKMA, but we also put a special focus on external speakers.
For details please refer to the preliminary program to be published in due time.

CONFERENCE WITHIN THE SUMMER SCHOOL:
This year’s school will, for the first time, include a large, international conference under the title “What Can Tempt Ukraine to Get back on the Democratization Path? Kyiv between the EU’s Eastern Partnership and Russia’s Eurasian Union” on 12-13 September 2013.
The conference will be held in English at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and Institute of International Relations of Shevchenko University, and bring together leading Western, esp. German, and Ukrainian scholars engaged in the study of Ukraine’s domestic transformation and international relations.

How to apply to the Summer School
General Logistics

Arrival in Kyiv:
Students are expected to arrive in Kyiv on Monday on Monday, September 9. Pick-up service from Boryspil International Airport, Kyiv International Airport or Kyiv Railway Station can be arranged by the school organizers upon request for additional payment.

Departure is Sunday, September 22. Transportation to the airports or railway station can be arranged by the school organizers upon request for additional payment.

Place:
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (NaUKMA) is located in the historic Podil neighborhood of Kyiv. The campus is located on 3 city blocks stretching from the Kontraktova Square to the Dnipro river.
The campus of NaUKMA is composed of a number of buildings, but most of the in-class sessions of the course will be held at the International Office classroom (8/5 Voloska vul., NaUKMA Building 5, Auditorium 5-313).

Accommodation:
School organizers will suggest the students these types of accommodation:
1. Private apartment
Apartments are usually located in walking (up to 15 minutes) distance from the University and from each other. The apartments have typically 2 bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a toilet. All apartments are furnished, and include kitchen supplies, towels, utilities, and a local telephone (outgoing international calls are not allowed). It is recommended for two school participants to share one apartment. Apartments may cost (if to be shared by two participants!) – around 250-300 UAH per night per person, depending on the quality of the apartment.
2. Youth Hostel
Summer school students are advised to consider accommodation at the Dream House Youth Hostel. Hostel was opened in April 2012 and it claims to become one of the most modern hostels in Kyiv. It is located on famous Andriyvskyy Uzviz street and it takes about 5 minutes to get to NaUKMA from the hostel. This accommodation option is highly recommended!
Please note that the summer school students are responsible for their own reservations at the hostel, though the school organizers, upon getting permissions, can provide contact details of the selected school participants for the possibility to arranged shared rooms / apartments.
If preferred, you can arrange accommodation in Kyiv by yourself. We would recommend rent apartments either in the Podil district or close to it, in order to avoid using public transportation during the rush hours.

Meals:
Meals (but welcome and farewell event) will not be provided, but summer school students will be able to use the NaUKMA students canteen (25-30 UAH for lunch), the nearest Trapezna or Puzata Khata cafeterias (up to 50 UAH for lunches) and many other options available in the University neighborhood. A list of restaurants / cafes in Kyiv can be found on http://www.restaurant.ua/kiev/restoran/

Miscellaneous:
Applicants are asked to inform themselves extensively about living and traveling for foreigners in Ukraine. While Kyiv is not more dangerous than other cities in the region, we would like to alert you to occasional petty crime in public transportation, the presence of HIV/AIDS in Ukraine, and the necessity to boil tap water that you want to use for drinking or preparing meals. In the case of a medical emergency, Kyiv has high-class hospitals, but you should make sure you have sufficient health insurance that will cover any possible expenses. There are other things to observe. You can find in the relevant information in the major travel guides, or/and at your Kyiv embassy’s website.

Scholarships

German students may want to check the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) specialized stipend programme for the summer school attendance (1025 Euro per student).
See https://www.daad.de/ausland/studieren/stipendium/de/18756-go-east-sommerschulen-01/.

Please, note that those German students who wish to receive DAAD support have to apply separately and in parallel to the DAAD for this scholarship, before 25 May 2013. Note also that the DAAD has, unfortunately, only a limited amount of scholarships available for German students. Students who are able to cover their expenses and fees with other than DAAD funding or by themselves should indicate so in their application/s to the school, and DAAD.

Application Procedure

Those interested in participation should submit a competed application form ( http://dfc.ukma.kiev.ua/doc_new/2013/application_summer_course_NaUKMA_2013.doc) and other required documents (listed in the application form) by 25 May 2013 to the following e-mail address: larch@ukma.kiev.ua.
Students will be notified of participant selection results by 10 June, and should confirm their participation by 17 June 2013.
Course fee payments (partial) are due by 01 July 2013 (payment details will be provided upon receipt of confirmation of participation in the course).

Please, note that those interested in the DAAD stipend should apply for it separately, in parallel, directly to the DAAD, until the same deadline of 25 May 2013.

See https://www.daad.de/ausland/studieren/stipendium/de/18756-go-east-sommerschulen-01/

All questions about the course and the application procedure should be addressed to: Larysa Chovnyuk, larch@ukma.kiev.ua, tel. +38 0 44 425 77 70.

Organizer

National University of “Kyiv – Mohyla Academy

Information & contacts

Head of the Department for Foreign Cooperation Larysa Chovnyuk National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Department for Foreign Cooperation

address: 2 Skovorody vul., Kyiv 04070, Ukraine
Tel: + 38 044 425 77 70
Fax: +38 044 425 50 16
email: larch@ukma.kiev.ua

International Social Science Summer School in Ukraine – Mykolaiv (Ukraine)
The application must be sent by e-mail to ukrainesummerschool@gmail.com, by 30 April 2013.

http://www.ukrainianstudies.uottawa.ca/summer_school_2013.html

The 5th Annual International Social Science School, to be held in Mykolaiv, Southern Ukraine, on 2-9 July 2013, will have the theme of “Challenging the Social Order: Revolution, Reform and Transformation Under and After Socialism.” For an intensive week in early July, an international group of twenty doctoral students and up to a dozen faculties are converging to a different town in Ukraine to hear and discuss presentations on ongoing research on a critical theme. The Summer School is designed to be interdisciplinary and international and follows the format of a Workshop. The program also includes lectures and field trips, of historical and contemporary significance, within the region.

Co-Sponsored by The Embassy of France in Ukraine – The Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa (Canada)  – The Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales [EHESS] (France) – The Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University in Mykolaiv (Ukraine) – The Doctoral School of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine) – The University of Paris Ouest Nanterre-La Défense (France) – The Franco-Belarusian Center for European Studies (Belarus)
Program description

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, ch. 6

The countries of the former Socialist Bloc have repeatedly experienced throughout the last century the difficult, perilous and uncertain task Machiavelli warns us against. Building, managing and deconstructing socialist states and societies appears to be a circular process of radical social and economic transformation. Thus, collectivization, arguably one of the most ambitious attempts implemented by a state to alter the socio-economic order, can be been as a starting point for major crises such as famines, population displacement and deportation, and the disruption of the countryside. Perestroika, enacted as a response to the decline of the Soviet economy, served as a catalyst for painful transition processes in Central and Eastern Europe, the introduction of neoliberal reforms and steep rise of social inequalities. Similarly, Soviet informal practices have been interpreted both as a reaction to the deep economic crisis of the late 1980s and as constituting a major cause of yet another crisis, the failure of the rule of state and economic transition.

These challenges to the social order have had seminal political consequences, such as Soviet industrialization and the rise of Stalinism, the post-war establishment of Communist rule in Central Europe, the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the introduction of political pluralism under perestroika, the August 1991 putsch and the collapse of the Soviet Union, shock therapy, the 1998 financial crises in Russia, the colored revolutions and the return of authoritarianism.

The Summer School seeks to examine these moments of disruption of the existing social order when state and society are challenged in their institutions, rules, values and principles. Topics under consideration include:

the causes and dynamics of revolution, reform and transformation
mobilization, protest and rebellion
the management of social or political crisis
the production of new norms (informal, legal, economic, political)
the impact of dominant economic models
the management of the past: transitional justice, lustration, the politics of memory
how individuals and groups adapt to a new social order: career paths, survival strategies

The Fifth International Social Science Summer School in Ukraine welcomes proposals from the disciplines of history, sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, and adjacent fields. While the primary focus will be on the socialist and post-socialist era (in the former Soviet Union, Central, Eastern and Southern Europe), pre-Soviet history may also be examined.

The Summer School is designed to be interdisciplinary and international and follows the format of a Workshop. Each participant will have the opportunity to present a paper and receive comments from a group of international scholars, as well as from the other participants, who are expected to be active in these discussions. The School’s program consists of lectures, panel presentations and discussions, as well field trips within the region.
Location

The International Social Science Summer School in Ukraine takes places in a different city of Ukraine every year. Previous schools have been held in Uman (2009), Dnipropetrovsk (2010), Ostroh (2011) and Zhytomyr (2012). The 2013 Summer School will be hosted by the Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University in Mykolaiv, Southern Ukraine.

The history of Mykolaiv, located on the Black Sea Cost, about 110 kilometers east-northeast of Odessa, is closely linked to its Port. The Port of Nikolaev is an important river port and one of Ukraine’s largest and busiest ship-building centers. After the Russian Empire annexed the Black Sea coast in 1788, the Port of Mykolaiv was founded as a shipyard near the site of the ancient Greek Olbia. Originally built for repair of Russian Navy ships during the Russo-Turkish War, the Port of Mykolaiv was opened as a commercial harbor in 1862, and the first foreign ships were welcomed into the port. This also led to the establishment of several foreign consulates in Mykolaiv. In the early 19th century, as with most urban areas in Ukraine, Mykolaiv developed into one of the largest Jewish centers in the Russian Empire and was the birthplace of the the seventh leader in the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty.

In the Soviet era, Mykolaiv was a major shipbuilding center, closely linked to the military industry. The shipbuilding industry provided about 60% of Mykolaiv citizens with work. Because of this military orientation, the Port of Mykolaiv was closed to foreign visitors through the late 1980s. Most of the tragic events of the past century echoed in Mykolaiv’s history, such as the Civil War, the famine, the purges, German occupation and the Holocaust.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the industrial city of Mykolaiv faced a huge economic crisis. Most of the state-owned military-oriented industries faced restructuring and/or privatization, with unequal suc3 Fifth International Social Science Summer School in Ukraine cess. New branches of economy appeared. The image of the city is also evolving, sometimes in unexpected ways: the past city of shipbuilders became “the city of brides” with the development of foreign-oriented marriage agencies. In November 2012, the city was also in the center of the political news : the election vote count led to bloody clashes in Mykolaiv Oblast’s Pervomaisk, where pro-government and opposition candidates were both claiming victory in district 132.

A city of glory and a city in crisis, Mykolaiv is a perfect place for a Summer School focused on the challenges of a new social order.

Excursions and meeting organized by the Summer School team will focus on these different dimensions of the regional history.
Duration

One week, Tuesday 2 July – Tuesday 9 July 2013.
Call for application
Eligibility

The Summer School is open to PhD students (or students enrolled in a kandidat nauk program) and young researchers (up to six years removed from their PhD or kandidat nauk degree).

Proposals strong on theory and empirical research are particularly welcomed.

The working language of the Summer School is English.

Prospective participants must be fluent in English. Selected candidates will be notified before the end of May.
How to apply?

To be considered for the Summer School, candidates must complete an application form (that includes a 500 word project proposal) and add a CV.

They are also encouraged to send an additional written sample, such as a conference paper, a dissertation chapter, or a publication, although this is optional.

The application must be sent by e-mail to ukrainesummerschool@gmail.com,
by 30 April 2013.

The application form can be requested at ukrainesummerschool@gmail.com or downloaded on the following address: http://www.ukrainianstudies. uottawa.ca/summer_school_2013.html
The scientific committee is being set up.

26. Februar 2013
17.30 – 21.00 Uhr (Einlass ab 16.30 Uhr)
Auswärtiges Amt, Europasaal
Unterwasserstr. 10
10117 Berlin

Der von der EU im März 2012 ins Leben gerufene Modernisierungsdialog mit Belarus hat zum Ziel, sowohl in verschiedenen Ländern der EU als auch in Belarus,  Diskussionsveranstaltungen zur politischen, sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Modernisierung des Landes durchzuführen. In diesem Kontext veranstaltet das Auswärtige Amt in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutsch-Belarussischen Gesellschaft (dbg) / Minsk Forum, dem Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft, der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, der Friedrich-Ebert?Stiftung, dem Internationalen Bildungs- und Begegnungswerk, der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde und mit Unterstützung der Commerzbank eine Fachkonferenz zum Thema “EU-Modernisierungsdialog mit Belarus: Ansätze für soziale und kommunalpolitische Reformen”. Entsprechend den Zielsetzungen des EU-Modernisierungsdialogs werden in der Auftaktveranstaltung am 26. Februar sowie in anschließenden Expertengesprächen am 27. Februar 2013 Ansätze für Reformen im Sozialbereich und in der Wohnungspolitik auf nationaler und kommunaler Ebene in Belarus diskutiert. Wir laden Sie herzlich zur öffentlichen Auftaktdiskussion mit abendlichem Empfang am 26. Februar 2013 um 17:30 Uhr in die Räume des Auswärtigen Amtes ein. Das Programm finden Sie in der Anlage.

Grußwort:
Staatsministerin CORNELIA PIEPER, Auswärtiges Amt

Podium:
ALEXANDER CHUBRIK, Direktor, Institute of Privatisation and Management (IPM) Research Center, Minsk
JOHN KJAER, Referatsleiter „Östliche Partnerschaft – Bilaterale Beziehungen mit der Ukraine, Belarus, der Republik Moldau und den Ländern des Südlichen Kaukasus“, Europäischer Auswärtiger Dienst (EAD), Brüssel
Botschafterin ANTJE LEENDERTSE, Beauftragte für Osteuropa, Kaukasus und Zentralasien, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin
ELENA TONKACHEVA, Legal Tansformation Center „Lawtrend”, Belarus
UTA ZAPF, MdB, Vorsitzende der Deutsch‐Belarussischen Parlamentariergruppe, Berlin

Moderation:
PROF. DR. RAINER LINDNER, Geschäftsführer, Ost‐Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft; Vorsitzender, deutsch‐ belarussische gesellschaft (dbg) / Minsk Forum, Berlin

Eine Anmeldung bis zum 22. Februar 2013 an minskforum@dbg-online.org unter Angabe Ihres vollständigen Namens ist unbedingt erforderlich. Wir bitten Sie, am Veranstaltungstag einen Ausweis bereit zu halten.

A u f t a k t v e r a n s t a l t u n g
ab 16:30 Einlass und Registrierung
17:30 Grußwort
STAATSMINISTERIN CORNELIA PIEPER, Auswärtiges Amt
ca. 17:45 Eröffnungspanel
„POLITISCHE VORAUSSETZUNGEN UND PERSPEKTIVEN FÜR SOZIALE REFORMEN“
Erwartungen an den EU‐Modernisierungsdialog mit Belarus
ALEXANDER CHUBRIK, Direktor, Institute of Privatisation and
Management (IPM) Research Center, Minsk
JOHN KJAER, Referatsleiter „Östliche Partnerschaft – Bilaterale
Beziehungen mit der Ukraine, Belarus, der Republik Moldau und den
Ländern des Südlichen Kaukasus“, Europäischer Auswärtiger Dienst
(EAD), Brüssel
BOTSCHAFTERIN ANTJE LEENDERTSE, Beauftragte für Osteuropa, Kaukasus
und Zentralasien, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin
ELENA TONKACHEVA, Legal Tansformation Center „Lawtrend”, Belarus
UTA ZAPF, MdB, Vorsitzende der Deutsch‐Belarussischen
Parlamentariergruppe, Berlin
Moderation: PROF. DR. RAINER LINDNER, Geschäftsführer, Ost‐Ausschuss
der Deutschen Wirtschaft; Vorsitzender, deutsch‐belarussische
gesellschaft (dbg) / Minsk Forum, Berlin
Anschließend: Empfang
Ende der Veranstaltung ca. 21.00 Uhr

ed. by B. Klid, A.J. Motyl

The Holodomor Reader: A Sourcebook on the Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine

In commemoration of the eightieth anniversary of the famine-genocide of 1932–33 in Ukraine, CIUS Press has published The Holodomor Reader, the first comprehensive English-language sourcebook on this tragedy of the Ukrainian people. The Reader is an indispensable text for those who teach, study, or simply seek to better understand the Soviet Union, Stalinism, Ukraine, and genocide. Compiled, edited, and with an introduction by Bohdan Klid and Alexander J. Motyl, The Holodomor Reader offers a comprehensive array of materials on the Holodomor, many of which have been translated especially for this publication. The materials are grouped in six sections: scholarship; legal assessments, findings, and resolutions; eyewitness accounts and memoirs; survivor testimonies, memoirs, diaries, and letters; documents; and works of literature. Each section is prefaced with introductory remarks describing the contents. The book also contains a bibliographic note and a map showing the intensity of the famine by region.
Materials for the Reader were selected with three key aims in mind. The first was to offer a broad picture of the Holodomor by presenting a large number and variety of sources and writings. The second aim was to introduce readers to the context and consequences of this genocide and to illustrate the many different ways in which it was perceived and treated by the international community, as well as by Ukrainian communities outside Soviet Ukraine. The third aim was to highlight the national characteristics and consequences of the famine and its relation to nationalism and the nationality question in the Soviet Union. The book’s focus on this third aspect of the Holodomor, largely ignored in Western scholarship, reveals more clearly its genocidal nature.
The new book was published with the support of the estate of Edward Brodacky of London, England, and the newly created Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC).
Bohdan Klid is assistant director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. He has published articles on Ukrainian history, politics, and music.
Alexander J. Motyl, professor of political science at Rutgers University, is a specialist on Ukraine, Russia, and the USSR. He has written six scholarly books and six novels.

Canadian Institute of Ukranian Studies Press

Emmanuelle Armandon

La Crimée entre Russie et Ukraine
Un conflit qui n’a pas eu lieu

Dans un style clair et précis, cet ouvrage offre un éclairage original et inédit en français sur l’un des facteurs les plus marquants et les plus déstabilisants de la vie politique ukrainienne et des relations ukrainorusses.
Couvrant la période allant de 1991 à nos jours, il est un apport significatif à la connaissance de l’Ukraine, plus grand voisin oriental de l’UE, et à la compréhension des difficultés que la Russie éprouve à
accepter la perte de son statut d’empire. Ce travail novateur intéressera tous ceux qui s’interrogent sur les conflits de l’après-guerre froide et sur les équilibres européens de demain.

Emmanuelle ARMANDON est Docteur en science politique de l’IEP de Paris, chargée de cours à l’Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO-Paris) et, depuis 2008, directrice des études de la formation Hautes
Etudes Internationales de l’INALCO. Diplômée de l’INALCO (Etudes russes) et de Sciences Po-Paris où elle a soutenu sa thèse qui a été récompensée par le Premier prix scientifique (ex aequo) 2009 de l’Institut des Hautes Etudes de
Défense Nationale (IHEDN-Paris).

Bruylant

Convegno

Il Partenariato Orientale.
Verso l’integrazione con l’UE, democrazia e rafforzamento della società civile

giovedì 15 novembre 2012 alle ore 9:00
Facoltà di Scienze Politiche – Università Roma Tre, Aula Magna
Via G. Chiabrera 199 – Roma
Interverranno tra gli altri:
il Vicepresidente del Parlamento Europeo Jacek Protasiewicz

il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Marta Dassù

Programma

9:00 Registrazione
9:30 Saluti di benvenuto e introduzione
 prof. Guido Fabiani – Rettore dell’Università degli Studi Roma Tre
 Wojciech Ponikiewski – Ambasciatore della Repubblica di Polonia
 prof. Francesco Guida – Preside della Facoltà di Scienze Politiche all’Università di Roma Tre
La prospettiva storica sull’Europa orientale (paesi del PO) nella storiografia italiana
10:00-11:45 Sessione I – Dimensione politica del Partenariato Orientale
 Jacek Protasiewicz – Vicepresidente del Parlamento Europeo
Il Partenariato Orientale come una priorità della politica europea di vicinato
 John O’Rourke – Servizio Europeo di Azione Esterna dell’Unione Europea
I fondamenti e le priorità del Partenariato Orientale
 Boris Tarasyuk – Presidente della Euronest, Assemblea Parlamentare del Partenariato Orientale
L’importanza del Partenariato Orientale per i paesi partner del PO
 Marta Dassù – Sottosegretario di Stato al Ministero degli Affari Esteri,
Il punto di vista italiano sul Partenariato Orientale
moderatore: Ettore Greco – Direttore, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Roma
11:45-13:30 Sessione II – Quale Partenariato per i cittadini? Rafforzamento della società civile
 Siarhei Lisichonak – Coordinatore del Civil Society Forum in Belarussia
L’importanza del Partenariato Orientale per il processo democratico in Bielorussia
 Nona Mikhelidze – Istituto Affari Internazionali,
L’importanza dei paesi partner del PO per la sicurezza energetica dell’UE e la cooperazione economica
 prof. Loretta Gregorini – Direttore del Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Bologna,
Il progetto Copernico come esempio di cooperazione scientifica UE-PO paesi partner
(Università di Bologna, Università Niccolò Copernico di Toruń e l’Istituto Georgiano di Astronomia)
moderatore: prof. Federigo Argentieri, Direttore del Guarini Institute for Public Affairs, John Cabot University

Contact: email. segrepol@uniroma3.it, tel. +39 0657335277

The German Occupation Regime in the Soviet Union 1941-1944

German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst
November 22-24, 2012, Neue Mälzerei, Friedenstr. 91, 10249 Berlin

On June 22, 1941 Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The preparations for this attack were aimed at an unprecedented war of annihilation which took for granted the death of many millions in the territories to be conquered. A brutal policy of murder, repression and hunger followed the invasion immediately. Over three million Soviet prisoners of war were not the only group of casualties. The civilian population was targeted as well. Millions starved to death or were killed as part of the fight against Partisans. The Jewish population, Roma and civilian officials of the Soviet Party and state apparatus were killed specifically, as were often patients of mental institutions. Millions of locals were forced to work for the occupiers. International researchers convening at this conference will examine these different aspects of the German occupation regime and investigate the reactions on the part of the local population. In what way was everyday life in the occupied territories affected? What were the specific experiences women made? What can we tell about the population’s strategies of survival and resistance? Last but not least, we turn our attention to the remembrance of German occupation in Russia, Belarus, the Baltic states and Ukraine. The aim of the conference is to reflect on recent controversies concerning particular issues, as well as to discuss open questions in this field of research.

To attend the conference we kindly ask you to register no later than October 15, 2012 by e-mail to
Ms Tatjana Turowez: turowez@museum-karlshorst.de
The number of participants is limited to 100. There is no conference fee.

Program

An Interdisciplinary Conference (Rome 18-20 June 2012)

organized by
University of Roma Tre, University of Verona, Italian Association of Ukrainian Studies, Ukrainian Catholic University

18 June: 3.00 – 7.00 pm (University of Roma Tre, via Chiabrera 199)
Serhii Plokhii, Yuri Shcherbak, Anna Veronika Wendland, Yevhen Zakharov, Nadiya Trach

19 June: 9.30 am – 12.00 pm (University of Roma Tre, via Chiabrera 199)
Mykhailo Honchar, Pietro Grilli Di Cortona, Marta Dyczok, Caterina Filippini, Renata Caruso
12.15 – 1.00 pm: Presentation of books about Ukraine
19 June: 3.30 – 7.00 pm (University of Roma Tre, via Chiabrera 199)
Alois Woldan, Simone Bellezza, Giovanna Siedina
Round table: European Integration of Ukraine: Dreams and Realities.
Serhii Plokhii (Chair), Yuri Shcherbak, Mykhailo Honchar, Yevhen Zakharov, Myroslav Marynovych, Marta Dyczok

20 June: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm (U.C.U.- Religious Association S. Sophia, via Boccea 478, Rome)
Marko Pavlyshyn, Alessandro Achilli, Myroslav Marynovych, rev. Iwan Dacko and Oleh Turiy
2.00 pm: Visit of the S. Sophia Church and Ukrainian Cultural Center

FOR PATRONAGE AND SPONSORSHIP THE ORGANIZERS EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE TO:
Italian Association of Ukrainian Studies (A.I.S.U.), University of Verona, Ukrainian Catholic University, University of Roma Tre, Italian Association of Slavists (A.I.S.)

Programm

Scientific Committee:
Giovanna Siedina, Giovanna Brogi, Oxana Pachlovska, Francesco Guida
Contacts:
giovanna.brogi@gmail.com, home phone: +39.06.5124662, cell phone: +39.329.8468202;
pachlovska@gmail.com, home phone: +39.06.52363903, cell phone: +39.389.0808679

International Forum 2012 on “Transnistria—The Forgotten Holocaust, 1941 to 1944”

Chișinău (Moldova), Odessa (Ukraine)
Period: Sep. 23-29, 2012
Deadline for application: Jun. 24, 2012

Description of the Event

The International Forum is part of the programme GESCHICHTSWERKSTATT EUROPA initiated by the German Federal Foundation ”Remembrance, Responsibility and Future“ (EVZ). The Forum looks at the conflicting recollections of the contemporary history of Europe and at recent debates and research on the collective and cultural memory of the Europeans. It will be led by the Leipzig historians Matthias Middell and Stefan Troebst.
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Transnistria, the region between rivers Dniester (Nistru) and Bug, is still a white spot on the map of the Holocaust. Today mostly part of Ukraine with a small strip belonging to Moldova’s separatist eastern edge, the self-proclaimed ‘Dniester Moldovan Republic’, it was from the summer of 1941 to the spring of 1944 under Romanian civilian administration. In the Treaty of Tighina of 30 August 1941, the German Reich had handed over this formerly Soviet territory to its Romanian ally while still maintaining a military presence there. Between September 1941 and October 1942, some 100,000 Jews from Romania including the regained provinces of Northern Bukovina and Bessarabia were deported beyond river Dniester. In the regional capital Odessa and in concentration camps like Bogdanovka, Domanovka, Akmetchetka or Vapniarka mass shootings of Jews took place, while others were put to death by hunger or diseases.

An estimated number of up to 300,000 Romanian and Ukrainian Jews fell victim to the Holocaust in Transnistria. Perpetrators were Romanian officials, military personnel and civilians as well as German military units and administrative staff, also members of the regional German community, i.e., Schwarzmeerdeutsche. Probably only 100,000 Jews survived. There is, however, also an additional dimension to the Holocaust in Transnistria: In the summer and fall of 1942, also some 25.000 Romanian Roma were deported to the region. Here approximately 11.000 died of cold, hunger or illness and some were shot, while the others could return to Romania in 1944.

During this one-week event seminars and lectures will be delivered. Furthermore, visits to museums like the Museum of the History of the Jews of Odessa and excursions to the site of the concentration camp Bogdanovka will take place. Scholars from various fields of study and different parts of Europe will lecture on the events of 1941 to 1944 and on their place in Moldovan, Romanian and Ukrainian cultures of remembrance.

Guidelines for applying

Please send your applications by e-mail together with a letter of motivation and a curriculum vitae to the coordination office of the International Forum. Closing date for applications will be June 24, 2012. Applications will be reviewed by June 30, 2012, and applicants will be notified immediately thereafter.
Organizers

Global and European Studies Institute of the University of Leipzig
German Federal Foundation ”Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”

Information & contacts

Coordinator Ulrike Breitsprecher
International Forum | GESCHICHTSWERKSTATT EUROPA
address: Universität Leipzig Global and European Studies Institute
Emil-Fuchs-Strasse 1
04105 Leipzig, Germany
tel.: 0049.(0)341.973.34.93
e-mail: ifgwe@uni-leipzig.de

A National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” Summer School for Foreign Students

27 August – 9 September 2012
(Monday arrival / Sunday departure)

Application deadline: 25 May 2012

School site: dfc.ukma.kiev.ua/comming-to-naukma/international-summer-programs/walking-the-rope-ukraine-balancing-act-between-europe-and-eurasia

Summer School Director:
Larysa Chovnyuk, M. A.
Head of the Department for Foreign Cooperation
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”

Summer School Managing Coordinator:
Olha Fedotkina, M.A.
Manager at the Department for Foreign Cooperation
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”

Summer School Co-Coordinator:
Valerio Trabandt, M.A.
Bosch Lecturer in Political Science
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”

Academic Advisor:
Andreas Umland, Dr. phil., Ph. D.
DAAD Senior Lecturer in Political Science
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Prerequisites
A strong interest in contemporary Ukrainian affairs. Good English language knowledge.

Course Organization
The course is oriented towards advanced under-graduate students (2nd year and above), although graduate, post-graduate, and doctoral-level students are also encouraged to apply. The course focuses on political and social issues, and is particularly suitable for students in the social sciences, humanities, and law, but open to all faculties. After completion of the course, students will be issued NaUKMA transcripts. The course combines in-class sessions (lectures and seminars, interactive presentations with discussion highly encouraged), guest visits, joint discussions with local students, and tours to interesting sites in and around Kyiv.

Course Aims and Contents
Since its independence 20 years ago, Ukraine developed a stronger co-operation with the West and the EU, but also never lost its ties to Russia. Whilst important events seemed to change the path towards one or the other direction – namely the Orange Revolution in 2004 – Kyiv’s orientation is still to both sides. It tries to negotiate an association and free trade agreement with Brussels while, at the same time, entering a post-Soviet free trade zone and considering Moscow’s project of a Eurasian Union. How can one explain these balancing acts? Which were the critical transformations and events that determined the way in which Ukraine developed? What is specific for the Ukrainian culture and state, and where can we find typical traits of a post-Soviet society?

The summer school will introduce students to the analysis of these phenomena from different perspectives as the teaching will involve English-speaking political scientists, historians, economists, cultural scientists, and sociologists – mainly, but not only from National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”.

Topics treated that in one way or another will, among others, include:

- Ukraine between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- The Origins of the Orange Revolution, and What Remains of It
- Ukraine’s Relationship to the European Union & Russia
- The Transformation of Ukrainian Society in Comparative Perspective
- Ukraine’s Economy and the World Financial Crisis
- Ukraine’s Coming to Term with Its Past
- Ukraine’s Post-Soviet Cultural Life, Social Change and Modernization Since 1991
- Ukraine and the Question of Gender Equality
- Ukraine and the Challenge of Ecological Change Including the Issue of Chernobyl

In case of full attendance of, and active participation in, these lectures/seminars, students may obtain 2.5 ECTS points.

The participants will attend about two classes per work day, and can have further meetings and trips during the afternoons and at the weekend. They will meet and work with lecturers and students from National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”. The Summer school is organized by the Department for Foreign Cooperation
Two classes of survival Ukrainian are included into the program and covered by the general school fee.

Hours
Around 60 in-class hours (lectures, presentations, discussions) plus about 30 hours for course visits, meetings, group projects, project presentations etc.

Facultative Ukrainian-Language Course Work
Additionally, in parallel to the program, the students will be offered the opportunity to take part in a non-obligatory intensive course of Ukrainian. The course values 1,5 ECTS, with one or two sessions per work day, i.e. 14 x 2 = 28 hours. One course will be offered for those with no previous knowledge of a Slavic language, and one course for those with previous knowledge of a Slavic language (Russian, Polish, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian,…). Additional fees for these language courses will be charged (170-245 Euro depending on the number of the students registered). Language classes will not overlap with the program classes.

Course Instructor(s)
As the school is designed to be a mixture of different types of activities. Lecturers will be mainly professors and experts of the NaUKMA, but we also put a special focus on external speakers. For details please refer to the preliminary program to be published in due time.

Place:
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Department for Foreign Cooperation
2 Skovorody vul. 04655 Kyiv
Ukraine
www.dfc.ukma.kiev.ua

COURSE FEES
The overal basic fee for the course is 500 (five hundred) Euro.

This basic fee of 500 Euro includes tuition and selected cultural events only. There may be additional, facultative cultural events suggested by the school to the students. Attendance of these non-obligatory events will be possible for moderate, separate fees.

Please, note that courses of Ukrainian language, international airfare, transfers, medical insurance, accommodation, meals, public transportation and other private expenditures are not covered by the basic fee.

SCHOLARSHIPS

German students may want to check the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) specialized stipend programme for the summer school attendance (1025 Euro per student). See www.daad.de/ausland/foerderungsmoeglichkeiten/ausschreibungen/19755.de.html

Please, note that those German students who wish to receive DAAD support have to apply separately and in parallel to the DAAD for this scholarship, before 25 May 2012. Note also that the DAAD has, unfortunately, only a limited amount of scholarships available for German students. Students who are able to cover their expenses and fees with other than DAAD funding or by themselves should indicate so in their application/s to the school, and DAAD.

GENERAL LOGISTICS

Arrival in Kyiv
Students are expected to arrive in Kyiv on Monday, August 27. Pick-up service from Kyiv-Boryspil International Airport can be arranged by the school organizers upon request by the school organizers for additional payment.

Departure is Sunday, September 9. Transportation to the airport can be arranged upon request by the school organizers for additional payment.

If you arrive earlier or depart later, we will not be able to help with transportation to the airport or train station, and also not be able to help with securing accommodation before 27 August and after 9 September.

Place
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (NaUKMA) is located in the historic Podil neighbourhood of Kyiv. The campus is located on 3 city blocks stretching from the Kontraktova Square to the Dnipro River.

The campus of NaUKMA is composed of a number of buildings, but most of the in-class sessions of the course will be held in the Department for Foreign Cooperation (Voloska vul. 8/5, Building 5, Auditorium 5-313).

Please visit www.ukma.kiev.ua for more information about the University.

Accommodation

1. NaUKMA student hostel. The hostel is the least costly option, offers basic accommodation, and is located on Kharkivske shosse (avenue), on Kyiv’s left bank. It takes about 35 minutes by public transport to get to NaUKMA from the hostel. The hostel is divided into accommodation units with 7 simple rooms, mostly double, in each unit. The rooms of one unit share a common kitchen and 2 bathrooms. Dorm rooms are furnished with a desk, chairs, and beds. Linens are provided. The dormitory offers laundry facilities as well. Summer school students can request single or double (a room shared with another school student) accommodation. Single accommodation – 1200 UAH per person for entire school duration; double accommodation – 600 UAH per person for entire school duration. Please, note that this is a typical post-Soviet student hostel, and that the quality and service of the accommodation corresponds to the rent. You may be living on an upper floor, and will not have a lift at your disposal. Also, you might have only irregular water supply (i.e. have to use saved water). There is no WiFi, in that hostel. However, we had already placed, in this hostel, Western summer school students before who understood such limitations and accepted the living conditions (against the background of the low rental costs).

2. Private apartment. Apartments are usually located in walking (up to 15 minutes) distance from the University and from each other. The apartments have typically 2 bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a toilet. All apartments are furnished, and include kitchen supplies, towels, utilities, and a local telephone (outgoing international calls not allowed). It is recommended for two school participant to share one apartment. Apartments may cost (if to be shared by two participants!) – between 250 UAH and 500 UAH per night per person, depending on the quality of the apartment. Students may also arrange by themselves for such apartments. See for instance: www.homehotel.com.ua/eng/apartments/

Other accommodation options may be made available.

3. If preferred, you can also arrange accommodation in Kyiv by yourself. We would recommend to rent either in the Podil district or close to it, in order to avoid using public transportation during rush hours.

Some of the above rents in UAH proceed from the UAH/USD/EUR exchange rate as of 16 April 2012, and may change in the case of currency rate developments, until August / September 2012.

Meals
Meals will not be provided, but summer school students will be able to use the NaUKMA students canteen (25-30 UAH for lunch), the nearest Trapezna Cafeteria, located in one of the University’s buildings (up to 50 UAH for lunches) and many other options available in the University neighborhood.
A list of restaurants/cafes in Kyiv can be found on www.restaurant.ua/kiev/restoran/

Miscellaneous:
Applicants are asked to inform themselves extensively about living and travelling for foreigners in Ukraine. While Kyiv is not more dangerous than other cities in the region, we would like to alert you to occasional petty crime in public transportation, the presence of HIV/AIDS in Ukraine, and the necessity to boil tab water that you want to use for drinking or preparing meals. In the case of a medical emergency, Kyiv has high class hospitals, but you should make sure that you have sufficient health insurance that will cover any possible expenses. There are other things to observe. You can find in the relevant information in the major travel guides, or/and at your Kyiv embassy’s website.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Those interested in participation should submit a competed application form and other required documents (listed in the application form) by 25 May 2012 to the following e-mail address: larch@ukma.kiev.ua. Students will be notified of participant selection results by 10 June, and should confirm their participation by 15 June 2012. Course fee payments (partial) are due by 29 June 2012 (payment details will be provided upon receipt of confirmation of participation in the course).

Please, note that those interested in the DAAD stipend (www.daad.de/ausland/foerderungsmoeglichkeiten/ausschreibungen/19755.de.html ) should apply for it separately, in parallel, directly to the DAAD.

All questions about the course and the application procedure should be addressed to: Larysa Chovnyuk, larch@ukma.kiev.ua, tel. +38 0 44 425 77 70.

CONTACTS

Head of the Department for Foreign Cooperation
Larysa Chovnyuk
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Department for Foreign Cooperation,
2 Skovorody vul., Kyiv 04070, Ukraine
larch@ukma.kiev.ua
Tel: + 38 044 425 77 70
Fax: +38 044 425 50 16

dfc.ukma.kiev.ua/comming-to-naukma/international-summer-programs/walking-the-rope-ukraine-balancing-act-between-europe-and-eurasia
Kontakt:

Andreas Umland

DAAD, German Embassy, vul. Bohdana Khmelnitskoho 25, UA-01901 Kiev, UKRAINE

andreas.umland@stanfordalumni.org
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