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Graduate Research Seminar: Contemporary Studies on Ukraine

February 10, 2017 at 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Location:Alumni Boardroom, Room 617, 6th floor Robertson Hall
Cost:Free
Audience:Current Students
Key Contact:Mikhail Zherebtsov
Contact Email:mikhail.zherebtsov@carleton.ca
Contact Phone:613-520-2600 x6652

A graduate research seminar,  “Contemporary Studies on Ukraine,� will be hosted as part of the jointly sponsored Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue and Jean Monnet Chair Policy Workshop EU Partnership with Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia: Prospects for Reform with Implementation of the EU Association and Free Trade Agreements. The research seminar will provide a snapshot of current themes and issues related to the area of Ukrainian Studies, which graduate students are attempting to explore at various Canadian universities.

Chair: Mikhail Zherebtsov (Postdoctoral Fellow, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University)

Key speakers and topics:

Section A. Research paper presentations

The EU Foreign and Security Policy Change towards its Eastern Neighbours: The Case of Ukraine.
Tatsiana Shaban (PhD Candidate, University of Victoria)

The Role of EU Leverage in Ukraine Between the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan.
Viktoriya Thompson (PhD Candidate, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University)

Mapping the Borderland of the Knowledge Society: International Portfolios and Global Partnerships of Universities in Transition.
Peter Szyszlo (PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa)

Section B. Research report presentations

The “War Over the Past” Between Ukraine and Russia: The National Myths of Ukrainians and Russians.
Oleg Schindler (MA student, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University)

The Decommunization Law in Ukraine.
Lidiia  Meleshchenko  (MA student, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University)

Correlation Between Kremlin’s Propaganda Messages and Memory Policies in “DNR/LNR” Territories.
Varvara Shmygalova (MA student, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University)

EU-Ukraine Relations.
Vladimir Sukhodolskiy (MA student, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University)

With valuable contribution from leading experts in the field: Professor Joan DeBardeleben (ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University), (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy) and (University of Ottawa).

The graduate seminar is supported by the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (funded by SSHRC) and Jean Monnet Chair in the EU’s Relations with Russia and the Eastern Neighbourhood, which receives funding from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. Support is also provided by ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University.