International Workshop New Paradigms in Ukrainian Studies: History, Politics, Culture, and Religion

 26 May, CACSSS Seminar Room

 9:00 – 10:30 Global Legal and Political Perspectives on Ukraine

(Sponsored by UCC Collective Social Futures)

Moderator: Tatiana Vagramenko (University College Cork; Barcelona Supercomputing Center)

 Donnacha Ó Beacháin (Dublin City University)

Unfinished Empire: Russian imperialism in Ukraine and the near abroad

Andrew Cottey (University College Cork)

Guaranteeing Ukraine’s Security: Retrospective and Prospective

Olesia Zhytkova (Dublin City University)

Sexual Corruption in Ukrainian Higher Education: Evidence, Narratives, Wartime Dynamics, and Policy Implications

Bozena Cierlik (University College Cork)

Ukraine - a historical borderland, not a backwater.

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Culture, Religion and Memory

Moderator: Tatiana Vagramenko (University College Cork; Barcelona Supercomputing Center)

Catherine Wanner (Penn State University)

New Perspectives from Ukraine on the Social and Political Role of Religion in Governance

Oleh Turiy (Ukrainian Catholic University)

Faith and Freedom: The Role of Religion in Processes of Transformation from Totalitarianism to Democracy in Ukraine

12:00 – 13:00 Roundtable. Crimean Studies in the International Academic Context: Decolonising Knowledge and New Perspectives

Moderator: Olha Oseredchuk (Ukrainian Global Coalition)

Speakers:

Alim Aliev (Ukrainian Institute)

Roman Nazarenko (National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine)

This roundtable explores Crimea not only as an occupied territory or geopolitical issue, but as a space of Indigenous history, language, culture, memory, and knowledge. It reconsiders the place of Crimean studies within contemporary Ukrainian studies and the broader international discussion on decolonising knowledge, colonial legacies, and the role of universities in shaping academic narratives. Particular attention is given to the Crimean Tatar perspective, cultural resilience, memory, and the rights of Indigenous peoples. The Irish context offers an important comparative frame, opening space for reflection on language, cultural survival, and the rethinking of colonial pasts.

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

 14:00 – 15:30 Archives, History, and Heritage

(History Declassified Project – Critical Findings)

Moderator: Catherine Wanner (Penn State University)

Tatiana Vagramenko (University College Cork; Barcelona Supercomputing Center)

History Declassified: Secret Police Archives, Soviet Afterlives, and Memory Wars in Ukraine

Andriy Kohut (SBU Archives)

“On Our Secret Instructions”: How the NKGB Staged the 1946 Pseudo-Sobor

Julia Buyskykh (University College Cork)

“This is only for your eyes”: Ukrainian Greek Catholic local archives in Poland

James A. Kapaló (University College Cork)

Traversing Máriapócs: The Ukrainian and Hungarian Greek Catholic Underground Across Borders

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

 16:00 – 17:30 Cultural Expression: Literature, Music, and Folklore

Moderator: James Kapaló (University College Cork)

Olga Zaitseva-Hertz (University of Alberta; University of Regensburg)

Remixing Tradition: AI-Generated Folk Aesthetics and Cultural Identity in Contemporary Ukraine

Iryna Stavynska (University College Cork)

Supernatural Women at War: Militarized Magic, New Femininity, and Activism in Wartime Ukraine

Barbara Siller (University College Cork)

The novelistic and photo essayistic works of Katja Petrowskaja

Natasha Ryzhova (University College Cork)

Exploring the Language Practice Landscape of Ukrainian Temporary Protection Holders in Ireland: A Spatially-Aware Narrative Approach

College of Arts Celtic Studies and Social Sciences