ARCHIVES Danyliw Seminar 2017
ARCHIVES Danyliw Seminar 2017
Program Committee
Program Committee
PROGRAM 2025
Ukraine at War
Social Sciences Building (FSS) 4007 University of Ottawa Campus
Thursday September 25
9.30-11.15 AM Civilians in War
MODERATORS:
IIOULIA SHUKAN
(EHESS, France)
YULIYA YURCHUK
(Södertörn U, Sweden)
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VICENTE FERRARO
(U of São Paulo, Brazil)
The Impact of Military Occupation in Ukraine
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NERINGA KLUMBYTE
(Miami U Ohio, US)
Everyday Experiences under the Russian Occupation in Ukraine since 2022
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MATTHEW LIGHT
(U of Toronto, Canada)
AAARON ERLICH
(McGill U, Canada)
Debates over Civilian Handgun Ownership in Wartime Ukraine
11.30 AM-12.15 PM Reporting the War
MODERATORS:
DARIA MATTINGLY
(U of Chichester, UK)
IOULIA SHUKAN
(EHESS, France
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MICHAEL BOCIURKIW
(Odesa, Ukraine/Atlantic Council)
News Under Siege:
The Struggle to Save Independent Media in Wartime Ukraine
12.15-1.15 PM Lunch
1.15-2.45 PM War and Peace
MODERATORS:
DOMINIQUE AREL
(Chair of Ukrainian Studies,
U of Ottawa, Canada)
YULIYA YURCHUK
(Södertörn U, Sweden)
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MILA O’SULLIVAN
(Institute of International Relations Prague, Czechia)
Reclaiming Feminist Peace in Ukraine and Broader Central and Eastern Europe
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JUSTIN MASSIE
(UQAM, Canada)
Negotiating Peace: Prospects for Ending the Russo-Ukrainian War
2.45-3.30 PM Frontline War
MODERATORS:
DOMINIQUE AREL
(Chair of Ukrainian Studies,
U of Ottawa, Canada)
ANNA COLIN LEBEDEV
(U Paris Nanterre, France)
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ANASTASIA FOMITCHOVA
(Kyiv, Ukraine/Chair of Ukrainian Studies, uOttawa)
Book Presentation:
Volia: engagée volontaire dans la résistance ukrainienne (Grasset 2025)
4.00-7.00 PM Film Screening
MODERATORS:
ANNA COLIN LEBEDEV
(U Paris Nanterre, France)
MAYHILL FOWLER
(Stetson U, US)
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And Volodya Became Zelensky (France 2025, 133 min., English subtitles)
Followed by a Q&A with co-director Lisa Vapné (France)
All are invited!
7.00 PM Opening Ceremony and Reception FSS 4007
Friday September 26
9.00-11.00 AM Ukraine from Within
MODERATORS:
ANNA COLIN LEBEDEV
(U Paris Nanterre, France)
OXANA SHEVEL
(Tufts U, US)
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OLGA ONUCH
(U of Manchester, UK)
Rally and Leave:
Assessing Correlates of Shifts in Civilian Support in Wartime Ukraine
MODERATORS:
DOMINIQUE AREL
(Chair of Ukrainian Studies,
U of Ottawa, Canada)
DARIA MATTINGLY
(U of Chichester, UK)
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NATALIYA KIBITA
(U of Oxford, UK)
Book Presentation:
The Institutional Foundations of Ukrainian Democracy:
Power Sharing, Regionalism, and Authoritarianism (Oxford 2024)
MODERATORS:
DOMINIQUE AREL
(Chair of Ukrainian Studies,
U of Ottawa, Canada)
DARIA MATTINGLY
(U of Chichester, UK)
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JOHN-PAUL HIMKA
(U of Alberta, Canada)
National Democrats, Radical Nationalists, “Russophones,” 1989-2025
11.30 AM-12.30 PM War and Literature
MODERATORS:
MAYHILL FOWLER
(Stetson U, US)
DARIA MATTINGLY
(U of Chichester, UK)
AUTHOR:
IRYNA MAKARYK
(U of Ottawa, Canada)
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Book Presentation:
Shakespeare in Ukraine: Mirror, Prism, Megaphone
(Toronto 2025) Followed by book launch ceremony
12.30-1.30 PM Lunch
1.30-3.00 PM War Crimes
MODERATORS:
DOMINIQUE AREL
(Chair of Ukrainian Studies,
U of Ottawa, Canada)
YULIYA YURCHUK
(Södertörn U, Sweden)
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ANASTASIA CHUPIS
(Södertörn U, Sweden)
Documenting War Crimes and Building Transitional Justice:
Lessons from the Western Balkans for Ukraine’s Path Forward
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ELIZABETH A WOOD
(MIT, US)
Handmaidens of the Russian Regime:
Priests’ Wives Taking Ukrainian Children in Russia’s War against Ukraine
3.30-5.15 PM The War Since 2014
MODERATORS:
MAYHILL FOWLER
(Stetson U, US)
OXANA SHEVEL
(Tufts U, US)
YULIYA YURCHUK
(Södertörn U, Sweden)
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OLGA ZAITSEVA-HERZ
(U of Alberta, Canada)
Songs at War: Ukrainian Popular Music, AI, and the Digital Front
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NATALIA SAVELYEVA
(U of Wisconsin Madison, US)
To Die for: The Role of Ideology in the Mobilization of pro-Russian Combatants during the Donbas War
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IRINA KUZNETSOVA
(U of Birmingham, UK)
Book Presentation:
Bordering and Mobilities in Ukraine:
Inconvenient People in the Time of War
(Routledge 2025)
Saturday September 27
9.30-11.00 AM Caring in War
MODERATORS:
ANNA COLIN LEBEDEV
(U Paris Nanterre, France)
OXANA SHEVEL
(Tufts U, US)
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OKSANA DUTCHAK
(Institute for Systemic Alternatives, Kyiv, Ukraine)
Elderly Care in Ukraine during the War:
“Unpromising Sector” and the Dynamic Continuum of Fragmented Arrangements
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IOULIA SHUKAN
(EHESS, France)
Book Presentation:
Citoyennes soignantes: Guerre, femmes, et fabrique du commun en Ukraine
(Maison des sciences de l’homme 2025)
11.30 AM-1.00 PM War and Trauma
MODERATORS:
DARIA MATTINGLY
(U of Chichester, UK)
OXANA SHEVEL
(Tufts U, US)
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CYNTHIA BUCKLEY
(U of Michigan Ann Arbor, US)
Is a Systematic Approach to Trauma Exposure Possible?
How Ukraine Informs Global Approaches to Trauma Exposure
and Research Ethics in the Context of Armed Conflict
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RACHEL THIBEAULT
(Shevchenko National U, Kyiv, Ukraine)
Exporting the North American Semantic Expansion of Trauma to Ukraine:
A Barrier to Post-War Reconstruction?
1.00-2.00 PM Lunch
2.00-3.15 PM Civilian Activism in War
MODERATORS:
IOULIA SHUKAN
(EHESS, France
YULIYA YURCHUK
(Södertörn U, Sweden)
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ANASTASIIA OMELIANIUK
(Vrije U Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Political Care Among Ukrainian Grassroots and Beyond
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ALEXANDRA WISHART
(Chair of Ukrainian Studies, U of Ottawa, Canada)
Understanding Ukrainian Cultural Activism:
The Janus-head of Civil Society ‘Resilience’
3.30-5.00 PM War Visuals and Landscape
MODERATORS:
MAYHILL FOWLER
(Stetson U, US)
YULIYA YURCHUK
(Södertörn U, Sweden)
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VLADA SABADASH
(Karazin Kharkiv U, Ukraine)
From Brothers to Enemies:
Visualizing Russian-Ukrainian Relations (1954-2025)
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ZENIA KISH
(Ontario Tech U, Canada)
Landscapes at War:
Aerial Vision and Environmental Violence in the Russo-Ukrainian War
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DARYA TSYMBALIUK
(U of Chicago, US)
Book Presentation:
Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Russia’s War
(Polity 2025)