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<p>Liebes Kollegium, liebe Studierende,<br>
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unten leite ich Ihnen den Call for Applications zur
Sommerschule <i> Greifswalder Ukrainicum</i> mit dem Thema "After
the Empires? Ukraine’s (Post-)Colonial Entanglements" weiter.<br>
<br>
Herzliche Grüße<br>
Irenäus Kulik<br>
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<td>Hubel, Melina <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:melina.hubel@wiko-greifswald.de"><melina.hubel@wiko-greifswald.de></a></td>
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Liebe Kolleg*innen, liebe Interessierte,<br>
<br>
<br>
hiermit möchte ich Sie auf den CfA für die Sommerschule Ukrainicum<br>
"After the Empires? Ukraine’s (Post-)Colonial Entanglements"<br>
aufmerksam machen, die vom 07.08.2023 bis zum 19.08.2023 in
Greifswald<br>
stattfinden wird.<br>
<br>
Über eine Weiterleitung an Ihre Studierenden und Doktorand*innen
der<br>
Slawistik und Ukrainistik würden wir uns sehr freuen. Auch<br>
Interessierte anderer Disziplinen und Karrierestufen sind herzlich<br>
dazu eingeladen, sich bis zum 19. Juni um die Teilnahme und ein<br>
Reisestipendium zu bewerben!<br>
<br>
Um direkt zum CfA und zum Bewerbungsformular auf der Homepage des<br>
Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskollegs Greifswald zu gelangen, folgen
Sie<br>
einfach diesem Link [1].<br>
<br>
Bei Fragen stehe ich selbstverständlich zur Verfügung.<br>
<br>
<br>
Mit besten Grüßen aus Greifswald<br>
<br>
Melina Hubel<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
XXVII. Greifswalder Ukrainicum – Greifswald Ukrainian Summer
School<br>
under the academic direction of Professor Dr. Roman Dubasevych<br>
(Greifswald) and Dr. Oleksandr Chertenko (Giessen)<br>
<br>
Ever since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine on<br>
February 24, 2022, Ukraine has been the focus of attention on a
global<br>
scale. Most commonly, the Russo-Ukrainian war has been explained,
both<br>
in Ukraine and abroad, by applying the conceptual apparatus of<br>
Postcolonial Theory. In this vein, Putin’s aggression has been<br>
interpreted as a continuation of the centuries-old “Russian<br>
colonization.” Ukrainian resistance, in turn, has been largely<br>
recognized as an “anticolonial war” going hand in hand with a<br>
“decolonial” “canceling of Russian culture.”<br>
<br>
Such univocal explanations, however, do not do justice to
Ukraine’s<br>
multifaceted interactions with multiple imperial centers in the
past<br>
and in the present, esp. with the Russian and the Soviet one.<br>
Moreover, they seemingly disregard Ukraine’s conflicting, often<br>
polyvalent memories and cultural self-identifications, which arise<br>
from different imperial experiences, presenting the country’s<br>
history as a kind of teleological unity. But can this
understanding of<br>
Ukraine’s “postcoloniality” really cover the complexity of<br>
Ukraine’s cultural, political, social, and economic situation<br>
“after the empires”? And can Postcolonial Theory and Postimperial<br>
Studies be pulled back from the clutches of propagandistic<br>
oversimplification in times of war-induced mobilization?<br>
<br>
Using this as a starting point, the upcoming summer academy will
try<br>
to figure out how both Postcolonial Theory and Postimperial
Studies<br>
can possibly remain productive for the analysis of the highly
complex<br>
and dynamic balances of power and knowledge between culturally and<br>
ethnically related “colonizers” and “colonized.” What<br>
historical and cultural backgrounds does Ukrainian<br>
“postcoloniality” (or “postimperiality”) imply and what modes<br>
of interaction with imperial centers did it develop in the course
of<br>
time? Can Ukrainian situation after 1991 (and after February 2022)
be<br>
compared to the situation in other Eastern European
(post-socialist,<br>
post-communist, post-Soviet) countries, such as Belarus or Poland,
and<br>
if yes—what insights can such a comparison produce? Is there any<br>
space for the exploration of postcolonial complexities in wartime?<br>
What are the possible pitfalls for employing
postcolonial/postimperial<br>
vocabulary and analytical tools?<br>
<br>
The summer academy on Ukraine “After the Empires” will deal with<br>
these and other issues in a transdisciplinary manner. Basing on<br>
historical and contemporary Ukrainian examples, it will at the
same<br>
time try to contextualize the phenomenon of “postcolonial Ukraine”<br>
within the “postcolonial Eastern Europe” and within the global<br>
debates on post- and decoloniality. We will thus focus on the
specific<br>
profile of Ukraine’s post-socialist
postcoloniality/postimperiality<br>
as compared to the postcolonialities in “classic” oversee<br>
colonies. On top of that, we will discuss other—non-Russian and<br>
non-Soviet—postcolonial/postimperial continuities, such as the<br>
legacies of the “Western” Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the<br>
Habsburg Empire. Hereby, a highly complex relation between<br>
postcoloniality and nationalism, as well as various nationalist<br>
appropriations of the postcolonial discourse for the sake of<br>
“national consolidation” will be addressed. Ultimately, we will<br>
try to figure out what these multiple postcolonial/postimperial<br>
positionalities mean for the theory and how the theory could help
us<br>
in understanding Ukrainian situation during and after the war.<br>
<br>
All attendees will get a chance to work intensively on these
topics in<br>
Greifswald. During this time, they will also have multiple<br>
possibilities to network with other junior and experienced
academics<br>
and scholars.<br>
<br>
Application deadline is June 19th.<br>
<br>
XXVII. Greifswalder Ukrainicum’s keynote lecture on<br>
“Postcolonial Perspectives on Eastern Europe: Ambivalences and<br>
Simplifications” will be held by Prof. Dr. Dirk Uffelmann (Justus<br>
Liebig University Giessen). The introductory lecture will be given
by<br>
JProf. Dr. Roman Dubasevych (University of Greifswald).<br>
This year’s seminars will be held, among others, by Prof. Dr.<br>
Tomasz Zarycki (Warsaw),Dr. Tarik Cyril Amar (Istanbul) and Dr.<br>
Oleksandr Chertenko (Giessen).<br>
Language courses are going to be taught by PD Dr. Hanna Shvets<br>
(Kyiv), Dr. Olena Synchak (L’viv) and Dr. Ksenia Borodin (L’viv).<br>
Guest speaker is Dr. Inna Melnykovska.<br>
In response to the growing demand, Lydia Nagel (Berlin), a<br>
renown translator of Ukrainian literature into German, will offer
a<br>
mini-workshop which will introduce the participants into the<br>
challenges of literary translation. The workshop will take place
on<br>
August 12.<br>
Greifswalder Ukrainicum will also include the screening of two<br>
movies: “Atlantis” (Atlantyda, UA 2019) by Valentyn Vasyanovych,<br>
and “Luxemburg, Luxemburg” by Antonio Lukich. Each of the<br>
screenings will be followed by a discussion.<br>
<br>
In addition to the main program, we warmly invite you to take part
in<br>
the workshop “Ukraine and Eastern Europe in Post-Soviet Period:<br>
Democratization, Nationalization, Autocratization (1991-2021)”
which<br>
will take place during Ukrainicum as part of the joint project<br>
"(Un-)Disciplined: Pluralizing Ukrainian Studies—Understanding<br>
Ukrainian War" funded by German Ministry of Education and
Research.<br>
Conducted by Dr. Mykhailo Minakov, the workshop consists of three<br>
units—August 10 (per Zoom), August 15 & 16 (in presence)—and<br>
focuses on the analysis of Ukraine’s development from<br>
transitological and decolonial perspectives. Its members will be<br>
granted a separate funding, so we strongly encourage the
participants<br>
of the Ukrainicum to apply for this event, too. Separate
applications<br>
for this event are also welcome.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Melina Hubel M.A.<br>
[sie/ihr; she/her]<br>
Betreuung Schwerpunkt Mittel- und Osteuropa<br>
Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald<br>
Martin-Luther-Straße 14<br>
17489 Greifswald<br>
Tel.: +49 3834 420-5014 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:melina.hubel@wiko-greifswald.de">melina.hubel@wiko-greifswald.de</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.wiko-greifswald.de">www.wiko-greifswald.de</a><br>
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aktuellen Corona-Pandemie keine regelmäßige Präsenz im<br>
Büro möglich ist.<br>
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