# Calendar ## expand\_more ![HUSI students listening to Serhii Plokhii speak in 2016](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/2025-12/HUSI-1200x600-web-calendar-page.png) ## 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 \[Private Event\] ](/event/2026-husi-student-orientation-private-event?occ_id=0)June 22, 2026 | 3:30PM - 5:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON In Person Private event for HUSI students, including program information, introductions, and library orientation. ![2026 Harvard Ukrainian SUMMER Institute logo; HUSI Student Orientation](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Placeholder%20Images-7-husi%20placeholder.png?h=cfed6c56&itok=ZP2sbSbT) [### 2026 HUSI Opening Reception \[Private Event\] ](/event/2026-husi-opening-reception-private-event?occ_id=0)June 25, 2026 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON In Person HUSI students and instructors are invited to a casual "welcome" reception to mark the opening of the summer term. ![2026 Harvard Ukrainian SUMMER Institute logo; HUSI Opening Reception](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Placeholder%20Images-8-husi%20opening%20reception.png?h=7b62ce87&itok=rTbG1YI5) [### Home-Making in Displacement Among Ukrainians in Europe and North America: Collective Memories and Re(Dis)Located Heritages in the Wake of Russian Aggression ](/event/Eleonora-Narvselius-home-making-displacement-among-ukrainians-europe-north-america-collective-memories?occ_id=0)July 1, 2026 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON AND ONLINE Hybrid A lecture by Eleonora Narvselius, HURI Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor of European Studies at Lund University, Sweden !["The Emigrant" Statue Created by Armando Barbon](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/2026.07.01%20Narvselius-2-1920x1536-web-thumbnail.jpeg?h=1078b1a2&itok=-vN45qSc) [### Back to the USSR—and Farther: Russia’s War Against Ukraine, Mnemonic Abuse, And Memoricide ](/event/Nataliya-Shpylova-Saeed-back-ussr-farther-russias-war-against-ukraine-mnemonic-abuse-and-memoricide?occ_id=0)July 8, 2026 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON AND ONLINE Hybrid A lecture by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed, Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University ![A collage featuring traditional Slavic symbols and a protesting crowd](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/2026.07.08%20Shpylova-Saeed-2-1920x1536-web-thumbnail%20%281%29.jpeg?h=7b62ce87&itok=xiyzfFRB) [### David and Goliath: Understanding the Russo-Ukrainian War ](/event/Serhii-Plokhii-david-goliath-understanding-russo-ukrainian-war?occ_id=0)July 15, 2026 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON AND ONLINE Hybrid A lecture by Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University ![Rock, cover of Plokhii's book David and Goliath](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/2026.07.15%20Plokhii-2-1920x1536-web-thumbnail%20%282%29.png?itok=-Qx1oFF7) [### The Carpathians: Periphery or Center? ](/event/Patrice-M-Dabrowski-carpathians-periphery-or-center?occ_id=0)July 22, 2026 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON AND ONLINE Hybrid 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 ![The Carpathian Mountains](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/2026.07.22%20Dabrowski-2-1920x1536-web-thumbnail%20%281%29.jpeg?h=9c93cd76&itok=XMD8FPj5) [### A Lecture by Stanislav Menzelevskyi as Part of the 2026 HUSI Public Lecture Series ](/event/lecture-stanislav-menzelevskyi-2026-husi-public-lecture-series?occ_id=0)July 29, 2026 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON AND ONLINE Hybrid More information coming soon! ![2026 Harvard Ukrainian SUMMER Institute logo; HUSI Public Lecture Series: Stanislav Menzelevskyi](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Placeholder%20Images-8-menzelevskyi%20husi%20placeholder%20%281%29.png?h=fb282029&itok=GxlaS_AN) ## 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 \[Private Event\] ](/event/2025-husi-closing-ceremony?occ_id=0)August 8, 2025 | 2:00PM - 3:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON In Person Celebrate all that you have accomplished this summer! ![HUSI Closing Ceremony and Reception](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/HUSI%202025-12-closing-event-1920x1536_0.png?h=ba072523&itok=2bpUlKaA) [### Film Screening: Будинок «Слово» Нескінчений Роман \[Private Event\] ](/event/film-screening-budinok-slovo-neskincheniy-roman-private-event?occ_id=0)August 6, 2025 | 5:00PM - 7:15PM EDT | IN-PERSON In Person Screening of the feature film with English subtitles. ![Будинок «Слово» Нескінчений Роман](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/HUSI%202025-14-film-event-1920x1536.png?h=4b1b7677&itok=5pgLs68_) [### HUSI Study Break \[Private Event\] ](/event/husi-study-break-2025-week6?occ_id=0)July 31, 2025 | 6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON @ HURI In Person Join fellow HUSI students for casual food and conversation @ HURI! ![HUSI Study Break](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/HUSI%202025-11-study-break-event-1920x1536.png?h=d5a05df0&itok=16CcuAyu) [### Displacement, Emplacement, and Reintegration: IDP Experiences, 2014-2021 ](/event/emily-channell-justice-displacement-emplacement-and-reintegration-idp-experiences-2014-2021?occ_id=0)July 30, 2025 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON AND ONLINE Hybrid A lecture by Emily Channell-Justice, Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at HURI ![A young girl standing outside a house, covering her face with her hands.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/AdobeStock_511359950.jpeg?h=77c5c94b&itok=0BIMWHBW) [### A Private Conversation with Yevhen Hlibovytsky \[Private Event\] ](/event/private-conversation-yevhen-hlibovytsky?occ_id=0)July 29, 2025 | 3:30PM - 5:00PM EDT | IN-PERSON @ HURI In Person A private, off-the-record conversation with Yevhen Hlibovytsky, Ukrainian public intellectual and founding partner of the Frontier Institute ![Yevhen Hlibovytsky](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/Hlibovytsky%20hromadske%20radio.jpg?itok=MJN3HPkv) [### HUSI Study Break \[Private Event\] ](/event/husi-study-break-2025-week5?occ_id=0)July 24, 2025 | 6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON @ HURI In Person Join fellow HUSI students for casual food and conversation @ HURI! ![HUSI Study Break](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/HUSI%202025-11-study-break-event-1920x1536.png?h=d5a05df0&itok=16CcuAyu) [### When Soft Power Turns Hard: Cancel-Culture Controversy During the Russian-Ukrainian War ](/event/mykola-riabchuk-when-soft-power-turns-hard-cancel-culture-controversy-during-the-russian-ukrainian-war?occ_id=0)July 23, 2025 | 5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON AND ONLINE Hybrid 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 ![A collage showing portraits of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Pushkin in one row against a red background.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%81-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD-%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%20Republic.jpg?h=1c94c5a2&itok=d2ArMsdP) [### HUSI Study Break: A Literary Evening with Dr. Volodymyr Dibrova \[Private Event\] ](/event/husi-study-break-literary-evening-dr-volodymyr-dibrova?occ_id=0)July 17, 2025 | 6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT | IN-PERSON @ HURI In Person A literary evening with Volodymyr Dibrova, writer, translator, and scholar ![HUSI Study Break](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/HUSI%202025-11-study-break-event-1920x1536.png?h=d5a05df0&itok=16CcuAyu) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")