Calendar
Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
HUSI 2026 | June 22–August 7
Check back soon for more information about HUSI events this coming summer!
HUSI Event Calendar
This list contains upcoming events that are organized as part of the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI). Please note that not all HUSI events are open to the public. Private events are noted.
2026 HUSI Student Orientation [Private Event]
Private event for HUSI students, including program information, introductions, and library orientation.
2026 HUSI Opening Reception [Private Event]
HUSI students and instructors are invited to a casual "welcome" reception to mark the opening of the summer term.
Home-Making in Displacement Among Ukrainians in Europe and North America: Collective Memories and Re(Dis)Located Heritages in the Wake of Russian Aggression
A lecture by Eleonora Narvselius, HURI Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor of European Studies at Lund University, Sweden
Back to the USSR—and Farther: Russia’s War Against Ukraine, Mnemonic Abuse, And Memoricide
A lecture by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed, Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University
David and Goliath: Understanding the Russo-Ukrainian War
A lecture by Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University
The Carpathians: Periphery or Center?
A lecture by Patrice M. Dabrowski, a HURI Associate, a member of the Board of Directors of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, and editor of H-Poland
A Lecture by Stanislav Menzelevskyi as Part of the 2026 HUSI Public Lecture Series
More information coming soon!
Previous HUSI Events
This list contains past HUSI events. Links to videos of recorded events are available on the event pages.
2025 HUSI Closing Ceremony [Private Event]
Celebrate all that you have accomplished this summer!
Film Screening: Будинок «Слово» Нескінчений Роман [Private Event]
Screening of the feature film with English subtitles.
HUSI Study Break [Private Event]
Join fellow HUSI students for casual food and conversation @ HURI!
Displacement, Emplacement, and Reintegration: IDP Experiences, 2014-2021
A lecture by Emily Channell-Justice, Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at HURI
A Private Conversation with Yevhen Hlibovytsky [Private Event]
A private, off-the-record conversation with Yevhen Hlibovytsky, Ukrainian public intellectual and founding partner of the Frontier Institute
HUSI Study Break [Private Event]
Join fellow HUSI students for casual food and conversation @ HURI!
When Soft Power Turns Hard: Cancel-Culture Controversy During the Russian-Ukrainian War
A lecture by Mykola Riabchuk, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies in Kyiv and a Visiting Researcher at the George Washington University
HUSI Study Break: A Literary Evening with Dr. Volodymyr Dibrova [Private Event]
A literary evening with Volodymyr Dibrova, writer, translator, and scholar