BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news2338@dg.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260217T110855 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260614T090000 SUMMARY:Understanding Ukraine\, Rethinking Europe DESCRIPTION:With Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022\, Ukraine has entered the limelight of world media. Ever since\, there has been a d emand for expertise on Ukraine\, with many more people wishing to go beyon d the headlines to familiarise themselves with Ukraine’s past and presen t. Thus\, the invasion gave an impetus for re-evaluating Ukraine as an aca demic subject\, pushing scholars working in area studies as well as East E uropean and Russian history\, cultural\, literary and social studies\, to reconsider how they teach and write the history of the region. \\r\\nDesp ite the relevance of Ukraine for the general public\, the academic communi ty\, and international affairs\, Ukraine still remains a lesser-known coun try. While there are a few scholarly monographs on Ukraine\, there is no r ecent comprehensive textbook on Ukrainian history that can be used in West ern universities and by the general public. To fill in this gap\, an impor tant scholarly project has been launched in 2024 – the first-ever handbo ok of Ukrainian history\, edited by Olena Palko (University of Basel)\, Fa bian Baumann (Heidelberg University)\, and Börries Kuzmany (University of Vienna)\, to be published in 2028. The handbook is under contract with Ox ford University Press\, the leader in academic publishing in the world.\\r \\nThis conference will become a milestone in this project\, bringing toge ther leading scholars in the field of modern European and Eastern Europea n history\, both from Western academic institutions and Ukraine\, who have agreed to contribute to this handbook survey of Ukrainian history. At Mon te Verità\, they will discuss their individual contributions and identify general patterns in history writing\, as well as the contours shaping our discipline in the future. During the conference\, scholars will benefit f rom small group discussions\, scholarly exchanges\, peer review\, and plen aries\, shaping the resultant Handbook.\\r\\nThe general goal of the event \, as well as the future Handbook\, is to enhance historical understanding \, foster critical thinking about Ukraine\, and revisit the country’s pl ace in Europe and the world. By encouraging dialogue across academic tradi tions\, the conference will identify important aspects of how scholars of Ukraine can influence major scholarly debates\, as well as test potential avenues for applying unorthodox theoretical and methodological models to U krainian studies. X-ALT-DESC:

With Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022\, \; Ukraine has entered the limelight of world media. Ever since\, there has b een a demand for expertise on Ukraine\, with many more people wishing to g o beyond the headlines to familiarise themselves with Ukraine’s past and present. Thus\, the invasion gave an impetus for re-evaluating Ukraine as an academic subject\, pushing scholars working in area studies as well as East European and Russian history\, cultural\, literary and social studie s\, to reconsider how they teach and write the history of the region.  \;

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Despite the relevance of Ukraine for the general public\, the a cademic community\, and international affairs\, Ukraine still remains a le sser-known country. While there are a few scholarly monographs on Ukraine\ , there is no recent comprehensive textbook on Ukrainian history that can be used in Western universities and by the general public. To fill in this gap\, an important scholarly project has been launched in 2024 – the fi rst-ever handbook of Ukrainian history\, edited by Olena Palko (University of Basel)\, Fabian Baumann (Heidelberg University)\, and Börries Kuzmany (University of Vienna)\, to be published in 2028. The handbook is under c ontract with Oxford University Press\, the leader in academic publishing i n the world.

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This conference will become a milestone in this proje ct\, bringing together \;leading scholars in the field of modern Europ ean and Eastern European history\, both from Western academic institutions and Ukraine\, who have agreed to contribute to this handbook survey of Uk rainian history. At Monte Verità\, they will discuss their individual con tributions and identify general patterns in history writing\, as well as t he contours shaping our discipline in the future. During the conference\, scholars will benefit from small group discussions\, scholarly exchanges\, peer review\, and plenaries\, shaping the resultant Handbook.

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The general goal of the event\, as well as the future Handbook\, is to enhanc e historical understanding\, foster critical thinking about Ukraine\, and revisit the country’s place in Europe and the world. By encouraging dial ogue across academic traditions\, the conference will identify important a spects of how scholars of Ukraine can influence major scholarly debates\, as well as test potential avenues for applying unorthodox theoretical and methodological models to Ukrainian studies.

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