#  2026 TCUP Conference 

 



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## Solidarity Within and Beyond Ukraine

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Graphics by Mari Kinovych.### January 30-31, 2026  
Cambridge, MA

**Tsai Auditorium (S010)**  
**CGIS-South Building**  
**1730 Cambridge Street**  
**Cambridge, MA 02138**

At the time of the 2026 TCUP Conference, we will be approaching four years of Russia's war in Ukraine. The stakes of the war have never been higher— for Ukraine or for the world. What does Solidarity mean in a global context where we are on the brink of a world war?  
  
We will explore the shifting dynamics of global solidarity with Ukraine (and the forces that undermine this solidarity) as well as the evolving forms of political engagement that are giving renewed meaning to the idea of Solidarity within Ukraine itself.

**Keynote speaker: Maksym Butkevych, human rights activist, journalist, and winner of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize (2025).**

### Conference Program

*Please note, this program is subject to change.*

#### January 29, 2026

**6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.**  
**Film Screening:** ***2000 Meters to Andriivka*** **by Mstyslav Chernov**

#### January 30, 2026

**9:45 a.m.**   
**Opening Remarks**

**10 a.m. to noon**   
**Panel 1: Global Solidarity with Ukraine**

Moderator: Rory Finnin, University of Cambridge

Panelists:   
Nataliya Gumenyuk, Public Interest Journalism Lab (online)   
Yevhen Hlibovytsky, Frontier Institute   
Sergio Jaramillo, Acordemos (online)   
Roman Waschuk, Former Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine

**1:00-2:00 p.m.**  
**Art Exhibit: With Ribbons and Flags.**

Introduction and Discussion with Emily Channell-Justice and Sam Veremchuk. (Belfer Case Study Room)

**2:00-4:00 p.m.**   
**Panel 2: Солідарність: Political Activism and Civic Engagement**

Moderator: Emily Channell-Justice, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

Panelists:   
Yuliya Bidenko, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute/V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University   
Emma Mateo, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute   
Ivan Shmatko, Washington and Lee University   
Yevhen Shybalov, independent consultant and author

**4:30-6:00 p.m.**   
**Keynote Lecture: Maksym Butkevych**

#### January 31, 2026

**10 a.m. to noon**   
**Panel 3: Solidarity under Occupation**

Moderator: Oleksandra Tarkhanova, University of St. Gallen

Panelists:   
Alim Aliev, Ukrainian Institute, PEN Ukraine   
Neringa Klumbyte, Miami University, Ohio   
Oksana Mikheieva, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)  
Alisa Sopova, Princeton University

**2:00-4:00 p.m.**   
**Panel 4: US-Ukraine Solidarity: Activism and Advocacy**

Moderator: Melinda Haring, Razom for Ukraine

Panelists:   
Sean Kivlehan, Mass General Brigham/Harvard Humanitarian Initiative   
Meaghan Mobbs, Weatherman Foundation (Online)  
Nate Mook, All Hands & Hearts  
Sarah Phillips, Indiana University

**4:30-6:00 p.m.**   
**Closing Reception** **will include a performance by Yaryna Tsymbal**

*Lee Gathering Room (S-030, CGIS South Building)*

**Please join us for light refreshments, conversation, and music.**



 

 Conference Program

 



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