Ukrainathon 2023 (Feb. 24-25)

Thank you for joining us! See the event recordings on YouTube.

A 24-hour marathon event spotlighting Ukrainian resilience through scholarship, art, and activism one year since Russia’s invasion.

The Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES), through PONARS Eurasia and the Petrach Program on Ukraine, invites you to join us for Ukrainathon, a virtual, 24-hour fundraising event recognizing one year since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and keeping momentum in support of Ukraine high.

The program will include research presentations, cultural performances, conversations with civil society leaders, student panels, and more, with the overall intent of honoring and showcasing Ukraine’s resistance and resilience.

Throughout the event, audience members are encouraged to donate to the Kyiv School of Economics’ (KSE) humanitarian aid campaign for Ukraine, which provides food supplies, transportation, and other refugee assistance for Ukrainians affected by the war, and purchases necessary medicines, first aid and protective kits for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Ukrainian Paramedic Association, and the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces to shield them against Russian aggression.

Schedule

9:00am-9:05am: Opening Remarks from Henry Hale

9:05am-9:30am: Remarks from Eugene Fishel
Eugene Fishel, Georgetown University
Moderated by Hope Harrison, The George Washington University

9:30am-10:30am: The Contribution of Ukrainian Self-Government to Resilience in War-Related Crises
Chair: Oleksandra Keudel, Petrach Fellow, The George Washington University
Myroslava Savisko, Senior Researcher and Project Manager, Center for Sociological Research, Decentralization, and Regional Development, Kyiv School of Economics
Bohdan Kelichavyi, Mayor of Kopychyntsi, Ternopil region
Oksana Huss, University of Bologna

10:30am-11:00am: The Health Impacts of the War
Judyth Twigg, Virginia Commonwealth University, in conversation with
Dr. Pavlo Kovtonyuk, former Deputy Health Minister and now founder/head of the Ukrainian Health Care Center

11:00am-11:30am: Presentation on MoveUkraine
Ken Shearer, U.S. MoveUkraine Team
Moderated by Volodymyr Dubovyk, Odesa Mechnikova National University

11:30am-12:00pm: Ukrainian Contemporary Art and the War
Kateryna Iakovlenko
Moderated by Volodymyr Dubovyk, Odesa Mechnikova National University

12:00pm-12:45pm: Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Decoloniality, and the Cultural Impact of the War 
Sviatlana Biedarieva
Moderated by Volodymyr Dubovyk, Odesa Mechnikova National University

12:45pm-1:00pm: Alarming Symphony
Sasha Kurmaz, Artist
Moderated by Sviatlana Biedarieva

1:00pm-1:30pm: Analyzing Ukrainian Economy, Sanctions, Rebuilding Policies, Security and Social Challenges with Experts from the Kyiv School of Economics
Tymofiy Mylovanov, Kyiv School of Economics
Nataliia Shapoval, Kyiv School of Economics
Moderated by Jennifer Murtazashvili, University of Pittsburgh

1:30pm-1:45pm: Remarks from Amb. (ret) William Taylor
Moderated by Jennifer Murtazashvili, University of Pittsburgh

1:45pm-2:00pm: The BRICS and Russia’s War in Ukraine
Hilary Appel, Claremont McKenna University
Moderated by Jennifer Murtazashvili

2:00pm-2:30pm: From Stalin to Putin: Understanding Past and Present Genocides in Ukraine
Kristina Hook, Kennesaw State University
Moderated by Lauren McCarthy, University of Massachusetts – Amherst

2:30pm-3:00pm: Discussion of the Book Ukraine’s Unnamed War: Before the Russian Invasion of 2022
Jesse Driscoll, University of California San Diego
Moderated by Lauren McCarthy, University of Massachusetts – Amherst

3:00pm-3:10pm: Remarks from Dean Alyssa Ayres
Alyssa Ayres, Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs
Moderated by Peter Rollberg, The George Washington University

3:10pm-3:15pm: A Message from Amb. (ret.) Marie Yovanovitch

3:15pm-3:30pm: The Evolution of the role of Nuclear Deterrence
Polina Sinovets, Odesa Mechnikov National University
Moderated by Peter Rollberg, The George Washington University

3:30pm-4:00pm: From Decommunization to Decolonization: Ukrainian Public Memory of Wartime
Kateryna Ruban, The George Washington University
Moderated by Jesse Driscoll, University of California San Diego

4:00pm-4:30pm: Responses to Forced Displacement in Ukraine and Europe
Emily Channell-Justice, Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Moderated by Jesse Driscoll, University of California San Diego

4:30pm-5:00pm: Results From Recent NSF Research in Ukraine
Karina Korostelina, George Mason University, and Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech
Moderated by Jesse Driscoll, University of California San Diego

5:00pm-5:30pm: Ukraine’s Institutional Rebuilding
Uliana Movchan, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Moderated by Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech

5:30pm-6:00pm: Second Order Effects of the War; The Concept of the War
Sufian Zhemukhov, The George Washington University
Moderated by Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech

6:00pm-6:30pm: Music Saves UA: A Case Study in Collaboration in the World of Music
Vladislav Yaremchuk, Music Saves UA
Moderated by Dinissa Duvanova, Lehigh University

6:30pm-7:00pm: Remarks from Amb. (ret) Steven Pifer
Moderated by Christopher Kojm, The George Washington University

7:00pm-7:30pm: Women’s Resistance During Wartime
Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham University
Moderated by Mariya Omelicheva, National War College

7:30pm-8:00pm: Victory or Stalemate: Possible Paths to Peace in Ukraine
Paul D’Anieri, University of California, Riverside
Moderated by Mariya Omelicheva, National War College

8:00pm-8:30pm: Future of US Security Assistance to Ukraine
Mariya Omelicheva, National War College
Moderated by J. Paul Goode, Carleton University

8:30pm-9:00pm: Economic Sanctions in the Russian-Ukrainian War: Ethical Implications and Efficacy
Volodymyr Kulikov, University of Texas, Austin
Moderated by J. Paul Goode, Carleton University

9:00pm-9:30pm: History of Electronic Music in Ukraine from 1990 to Present
Anton Lapov, Artist
Moderated by Brian Taylor, Syracuse University

9:30pm-10:00pm: Fighting for the Future: The Tradeoffs of Ukraine’s Recovery
Khrystyna Holynska and Jay Balagna, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Moderated by Brian Taylor, Syracuse University

10:00pm-10:30pm: Research on the War in Ukraine from the Perspective of a Displaced Researcher
Ibrahim Muradov, University of British Columbia
Moderated by Erica Marat, National Defense University

10:30pm-11:00pm: Ideas for teaching about the Russian War on Ukraine
Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderated by Erica Marat, National Defense University

11:00pm-11:20pm: Pro-Kremlin Propaganda’s Failure in Ukraine
Aaron Erlich, McGill University
Moderated by Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison

11:20pm-11:40pm: Decolonial Discourses on Russian Foreign Policy
Erica Marat, National Defense University
Moderated by Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison

11:40pm-12:00am: Public Goods Provision Across Regions of Ukraine, Decentralization Reforms During War
Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado – Boulder
Moderated by Yoshiko Herrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison

12:00am-12:30am: Heritage in the War
Dora Merai, Central European University
Moderated by Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado – Boulder

12:30am-1:00am: Sources and Implications for Research and Policy of Wishful Thinking About Russia and the War Outcome
Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University
Moderated by Jordan Gans-Morse, Northwestern University

1:00am-1:30am: History is Something That Happens to US: Ukrainians Assessing the Recent Past Before and After 2022
Natalia Otrishchenko, Lviv Center
Moderated by Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University

1:30am-2:00am: The Impact of Russia’s War on Global Food Security
Vitalii Dankevych, Polissia National University
Moderated by Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University

2:00am-2:30am: Spotlight on Day-to-Day Life of Ukrainians During the War
Ivan Gomza, Kyiv School of Economics
Moderated by Vitalii Dankevych, Polissia National University

2:30am-3:00am: Public Trust and Russia’s Regime Stability
Danielle Lussier, Grinnell College
Moderated by Tomila Lankina, London School of Economics

3:00am-3:30am: Why Ukraine’s Fate is Not Only About Ukraine: Wider Implications of Russia’s Attack and the West’s Response
Andreas Umland, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)
Moderated by Danielle Lussier, Grinnell College

3:30am-4:00am: Impact of the Ukraine War on Identity in Kazakhstan
Caress Schenk, Nazarbayev University
Moderated by Danielle Lussier, Grinnell College

4:00am-4:30am: Belarus-Russia Relations: At a Critical Point
Ryhor Nizhnikau, Finnish Institute for International Affairs
Moderated by Caress Schenk, Nazarbayev University

4:30am-5:00am: Impact of the War on Ukrainian National Identity
Volodymyr Kulyk, National Academy of Sciences Ukraine
Moderated by Caress Schenk, Nazarbayev University

5:00am-5:30am: Public Utilities in War
Sophie Lambroschini, Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin
Moderated by Olga Onuch, Manchester University

5:30am-6:00am: The Ghosts of Taras Bul’ba: The Cossack Image in the Ukrainian Military
Richard Arnold, Muskingum University
Moderated by Olga Onuch, Manchester University

6:00am-6:30am: The Work of Journalists in Ukraine/Disinformation
Olga Tokariuk, Journalist and Disinformation Researcher
Moderated by Sophie Lambroschini, Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin

6:30am-7:00am: Ukrainian Resistance in Occupied Territories
Yuri Matsiyevsky, Ostroh Academy National University
Moderated by Sophie Lambroschini, Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin

7:00am-7:30am: Reflections on Research During War
Erik Herron, West Virginia University
Moderated by Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University

7:30am-8:00am: Impact of Sanctions on the Russian Economy
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Moderated by Erik Herron, West Virginia University

8:00am-9:00am: Panel with Ukrainian Global University (UGU) Students and GWU Ukrainian-American Student Association (UASA)