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Ukraine Day

Research
Culture and languages
Society and economy

Welcome to the multidisciplinary Ukraine day. This symposium will provide unique insights into current research on Ukraine at the University of Gothenburg. In addition, you will have the opportunity to listen to two invited speakers, both leading researchers in their fields. You are cordially invited to register for participation!

Conference
Date
16 Nov 2023
Time
All Day
Location
Humanisten, Renströmsgatan 6

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated the pressing need for research that can help to explain what is going on in the country. Firm knowledge of language, history, culture and politics are necessary constituents of a satisfactory understanding of the situation in Ukraine. For people who have been affected by the war and its countless consequences, knowledge and skills in, e.g., War medicine and Trauma care are essential. The war also leaves its mark on the environment and therefore ecological perspectives are also necessary.

In a future where peace reigns in the country, issues concerning the laws of armed conflict, reconciliation, the role of civil society, language policy and architectural reconstruction will be central.

Invited external keynote speakers

  • Per-Arne Bodin, Professor of Slavic languages and expert on Ukrainian literature, Stockholm University
  • Jakob Hedenskog, Analyst and Expert on Ukraine, Stockholm Centre for East European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Programme

Time Presenter Title
9.00–9.15

Pauli Kortteinen, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Gothenburg

Opening address

9.15–10.15

Per-Arne Bodin, Stockholm University

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1: På spaning efter den stora romanen. Ukrainsk litteratur efter 1991

10.15–10.30  

COFFEE BREAK

10.30–11.00

Greg Bucken-Knapp, University of Gothenburg

Messages from Ukraine: A Research Comic about War, (Im)mobility and Resilience

11.00–11.30

Britta Olinder, University of Gothenburg

Ukrainian Diaspora in Literature

11.30–12.00

Hanna FIlipova, University of Gothenburg

Reflections of the current Russian-Ukrainian war in my «Dialogues, disputes and battles:
propaganda during the Great Northern War 1700–1721» project

12.00–13.00  

LUNCH BREAK

13.00–14.00

Jakob Hedenskog, UI: The Swedish Institute of International Affairs

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2: Ukrainskt och ryskt i Donbas och på Krim

14.00–14.30

Karin Johansson, University of Gothenburg 

Hur känner växter av att det blir med koldioxid i luften? 

14.30-15.00

Oksana Shmulyar-Green & Svitlana Odynets, University of Gothenburg

To flee, return or remain?: a sociological study on the ambivalent decisions in the course of forced migration from Ukraine to Sweden

15.00–15.30  

COFFEE BREAK 

15.30–16.00

Edmé Dominguez Reyes, University of Gothenburg 

The new cold war – the race for influence in the Global South- Latin America’s positioning in front of the Russian invasion to Ukraine

16.00–16.30

Max Petzold & Violeta Dubovyk, University of Gothenburg

Strengthening phd-training in Public Health at Bogomolets National Medical University

16.30–17.00

Fredrik Fällman, Thomas Rosén, Magnus P. Ängsal, University of Gothenburg

Concluding remarks 

Organizing Committee

Fredrik Fällman, Thomas Rosén, Magnus P. Ängsal, Department of Languages and Literatures