# Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University # Advancing knowledge of Ukraine through teaching, research, and publication [LEARN MORE chevron\_right](/mission) ![](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2025-02/panel%204%20screens.jpg?itok=OS9Z1en7) ## Upcoming Events [### Art Exhibit: Davyd Chychkan, "With Ribbons and Flags,” 2022-2024 ](/event/art-exhibit-davyd-chychkan-ribbons-and-flags-2022-2024?occ_id=0)Jan. 29 - Aug 9, 2026 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM EST | IN-PERSON In Person “With Ribbons and Flags” is the last project by Ukrainian artist and activist Davyd Chychkan (1986-2025). He created "With Ribbons and Flags" in 2022-2024, before volunteering to fight on the frontline himself. ![Davyd Chychkan. Ukrainian soldiers with ribbons](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-01/2026%20Chychkan%20Exhibition-1920x1536-web-thumbnail.png?h=bcdfea21&itok=k4PSWjEW) [### 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) [ View All Events arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.huri.harvard.edu/events) ## News and Announcements [### СТИПЕНДІАТИ УНІГУ: НАТАЛЯ КУДРЯВЦЕВА ](/news/2026/05/news-natalia-kudriavtseva) May 27, 2026 Український науковий інститут Гарвардського університету був заснований з метою підтримки та просування українознавства у світі. Фонди, зібрані небайдужими жертводавцями Північної Америки, дали змогу створити кілька потужних стипендіальних програм... ![Kudriavtseva](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Kudriavtseva_HURI_2026_900.png?itok=bbvgdV_P) [### Call for Applications: Translating Ukraine Residency (July–September 2026) ](/news/2026/04/call-applications-translating-ukraine-residency-july-september-2026) April 08, 2026 The Translating Ukraine Summer Institute (TUSI), in partnership with its alliance of co-organizers, is pleased to announce a new opportunity for Ukrainian-to-English literary translators: the **Translating Ukraine Residency (TUR)**, to be hosted by the... ![Translating Ukraine Residency](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/TranslatingUkraineResidency2026_16x9TN.png?itok=oID5sY7Q) [### Book Release — Furious Harvests by Alex Averbuch ](/news/2026/04/book-release-furious-harvests-alex-averbuch) April 08, 2026 Another remarkable bilingual poetry collection has been released by HURI Books: 𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 by Alex Averbuch, translated with an introduction by Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky. ![Furioua Harvests](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/FuriouaHarvestsTN.png?itok=LOXI3OxL) [ SEE ALL NEWS arrow\_circle\_right ](/huri-news) ## Fellowships school [### Early/ Mid - Career Scholars ](/fellowships)The Mihaychuk and HURI Research Fellowships support scholars at the beginning and middle of their academic careers. school [### Senior Scholars ](/jacyk-distinguished-fellowships)The Petro Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship in Ukrainian Studies is offered biennially to advanced scholars. school [### Harvard Students ](/funding-harvard-students)HURI offers financial support to Harvard graduate and undergraduate students studying Ukraine, as well as to summer school students taking HUSI courses, regardless of home institution. ## Programs [### Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute ](/harvard-ukrainian-summer-institute)Run jointly with Harvard Summer School, our summer program offers seven intensive weeks of accredited study on Ukraine. ![HUSI students read Krytyka magazine](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/huri/files/husi_-_krytyka_-_4x6.jpg?itok=qYLoAu3H) [### Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program ](/temerty-contemporary-ukraine-program)Bringing together scholars and policy makers, TCUP fosters new conversations on contemporary Ukraine. ![Group of people at a conference.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/huri/files/place-holder-cardimg.jpg?itok=VQeSjZro) [### Seminars and Memorial Lectures ](/seminars-and-memorial-lectures)Open to the public, our weekly seminar series, lectures, and special events feature scholars from around the world. ![Olesia image](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-07/2025_04_24_Love_and_War%20%2813%29-4.jpg?itok=sS1ueijP) ## New Release This issue of *Harvard Ukrainian Studies* features a thematic block discussing the recently published academic edition of the Chronicle of Samiilo Velychko, an eighteenth-century historical account of the Cossack polity from 1620 to 1700, much of it based on the author’s personal observations. [LEARN MORE chevron\_right](https://husj.harvard.edu/volumes/volume-38-number-3-4-2021) [### Books Published by HURI ](https://books.huri.harvard.edu)HURI's publications program is conducted at the high standard of scholarship and editing expected of Harvard. Our books are distributed by Harvard University Press and reviewed internationally. [**HURI Books website**](https://books.huri.harvard.edu) ![books-home-page](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/books-home-page.jpg?h=005c9c19&itok=Jna3OjY1) [### Harvard Ukrainian Studies Journal ](https://husj.harvard.edu/)*Harvard Ukrainian Studies (HUS)* serves as an international forum for new scholarship in Ukrainian studies. All submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review. [**Visit the** ***HUS*** **website**](https://husj.harvard.edu/) ![husj-home-page](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/husj-home-page.jpg?h=451ef123&itok=6AsTv0n_) ## Resources [LEARN MORE chevron\_right](/resources) book [### Library ](/library-and-archives)With rare books, scholarly works, and extensive archives, Harvard’s libraries contain the largest Ukrainian collection outside Eastern Europe. map [### MAPA ](/mapa)The interactive Digital Atlas of Ukraine offers researchers, students, and teachers data and visualization tools to explore historical and contemporary Ukraine. list [### Teaching Resources ](/teaching-resources-list)Built to assist with remote coursework during the COVID-19 pandemic, this list of online resources may be useful to those studying and teaching Ukraine. web [### Ukraïnica ](https://ukrainica.huri.harvard.edu/)The Primary Database of Ukrainian Studies is a platform that connects a growing database of Ukrainian literary works, historical documents, and films in high-quality English translation with a syllabus-building tool. collections [### Library Collection ](/library-collection)The collection includes serials, monograph titles supporting courses in Ukrainian studies, reference aids such as encyclopedias and dictionaries, and specialized bibliographies of monographs and serials. collections\_bookmark [### Special Collections ](/special-collections)Manuscript and archival collections include personal documents, correspondence, telegrams, minutes, financial and administrative records, publications, press clippings, and photographs. ## Newsletter Subscription Sign up for email notifications about events, publications, fellowships, and other HURI news. 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