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"Rebuilding Ukraine, Rebuilding the World" Conference Recordings
The third annual Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program conference, "Rebuilding Ukraine, Rebuilding the World," took place on February 9 and 10, 2023 in Cambridge, MA and online. Nearly 1,000 people attended either in person or online. Registrants hailed...
Amb. Marie Yovanovitch Reflects on Russia’s War in Ukraine
On January 13, 2023, Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, joined Dr. Emily Channell-Justice, Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, for a “ fireside chat” on Ukraine at Harvard University. Ambassador Yovanovitch retired in...
Fashion as a Window into Soviet History and Ukraine's Unique Identity: Q&A with Olha Korniienko
Olha Korniienko is a historian of Soviet fashion and founder of the Ukraine Fashion History Digital Archive. She was a HURI Research Fellow at Harvard University during the Fall 2022 semester, at which time she carried out research for her monograph...
Watch: Fireside Chat with Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and Emily Channell-Justice
January 19, 2023: Ambassador (ret.) Marie Yovanovitch joins TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice for a conversation about the situation in Ukraine, her tenure as ambassador, and her new memoir, Lessons from the Edge. Watch on YouTube Write-Ups Harvard...
New in "Volunteering for Ukraine": Helping Ukrainian Refugees in Romania
In the latest "Voluinteering for Ukraine" post, journalist David Kirichenko shares his experience traveling to Romania to assist Ukrainian refugees as a translator. "The memories of my time volunteering on the Romanian border with Ukraine are vivid and...
Register Now for the 2023 TCUP Conference, "Rebuilding Ukraine, Rebuilding the World"
Registration is now open for the 2023 TCUP Conference, "Rebuilding Ukraine, Rebuilding the World," which will take place in a hybrid format February 9-10, 2023. A core component of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, the annual conference brings...
Now Accepting Applications for HURI's Research Fellowships (2023-2024)
The Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University is now accepting applications for the Jaroslaw and Nadia Mihaychuk Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ukrainian Studies, HURI Research Fellowships in Ukrainian Studies, and Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship in...
Book Release: The Torture Camp on Paradise Street by Stanislav Aseyev
The Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University is pleased to announce the publication of The Torture Camp on Paradise Street by Stanislav Aseyev. Rendered beautifully into English by Zenia Tompkins and Nina Murray, this account offers a painful...
Defending Their State without “the State”: Q&A with Emily Channell-Justice
“Emily, we just occupied the Ministry! Come down here, you’re going to want to write about this!” When she received this exuberant phone call from an activist friend in February 2014, Emily Channell-Justice was on Khreshchatyk taking photos of memorials...
Now Accepting Applications: Non-Residential Fellowships for Scholars from Ukraine
Recognizing the need for ongoing support of Ukraine’s intellectual community in the face of Russia’s war of aggression, the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna), the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University (HURI), and the Harriman...
Assessing the Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Eight Months On
On the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, few predicted the success with which Ukrainian forces have been able to defend against the Russian onslaught. Ukrainian forces beat back the Russian Army north of Kyiv. They have challenged Russian...
