March6–8,2025
Thisthree-dayconferenceincludespaneldiscussions,plenarysessions withscholarsandleaders,andculturaleventsandexperiences Further detailscanbefoundatgo.nd.edu/UkraineHope Unlessnoted,allevents willbeheldinMcKennaHall.PlenarysessionsareinRoom215/16,and parallelpanelsareinRooms205and206/207.
Thursday,March6,2025
5:00pm —Opening
AmbassadorOksanaMarkarova(UkraineMissiontotheU S )
BishopKevinC Rhoades(CatholicDioceseofFortWayne-SouthBend) Rev.RobertA.Dowd,C.S.C.(President,UniversityofNotreDame) TarasDobko(Rector,UkrainianCatholicUniversity[UCU])
5:45p.m.—PlenarySession1
“AConversationonCultivatingHopeinUkraine” withArchbishopBorysGudziakandProfessorRoryFinnin
MetropolitanArchbishopBorysGudziak(PresidentofUCU)
RoryFinnin(ProfessorofUkrainianStudies,UniversityofCambridge)
7:00p.m.—ReceptionwithArtExhibition Briefremarksat7:30p m
LesiaMaruschak(Ukrainian-CanadianArtist) IvaSidash(UkrainianPhotographer)
8:15p.m.—PrayerattheGrottoforPeaceinUkraine WithRev.YuryP.Avvakumov(NotreDame),Rev.AndrijHlabse(Notre Dame),andRev YuriyShchurko(UCU)
InclementWeatherBackupSite:HolyCrossChapel inStinson-RemickHall
SeeFullScheduleandPresenterBiographies go.nd.edu/UkraineHope
8:00a.m.—HolyMass(Optional)withRev.JamesLies,C.S.C., inHolyCrossChapel,Stinson-RemickHall
9:00a.m. ParallelPanels1
“ConflictandCreation:ArtasaForceforHopeinWartimeUkraine” Chaired by Tetyana Shlikhar (Notre Dame)
Oksana Ivantsiv (Notre Dame)
Lesia Maruschak (Terra Ercolano)
Alina Mozolevska (Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University)
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (Northwestern)
“SustainableHope:Energy,Environment,andtheFutureofUkraine” Chaired by Diane Desierto (Notre Dame)
Carl Bruch (Environmental Law Institute)
Olga Degtiareva (Odesa National University of Economics)
Albina Dioba (Copenhagen Business School)
Kristina Hook (Kennesaw State University)
Natalia Slobodian (Canterbury Christ Church University)
10:15a.m.—Break
10:45a.m. PlenarySession2
“WhatWeCanLearnfromUkraine’sFightforDemocracy”
Dr. Olesya Khromeychuk (Ukrainian Institute London)
Conversation and Q&A with Michael Pippenger (Notre Dame)
12:00p.m. LunchforConferenceParticipantsinSalonsA/Bofthe SmithBallroomintheMorrisInn
1:30p.m.—ParallelPanels2
“HopeonthePage:ThePowerofUkrainianLiterature inResilienceandRecovery”
ChairedbyRoryFinnin(Cambridge)
DarynaGladun(NotreDame)
TetianaGrebeniuk(ImreKertészKolleg)
AliKinsella(PoetandTranslator)
AnnaRomandash(NotreDame)
“CultureWar:SoftPower,Memory,andIdentity intheFightforUkraine”
ChairedbyIanKuijt(NotreDame)
OlgaFilippova(V N KarazinKharkivNationalUniversity)
OlenaKovalenko(UkrainianInstituteinKyiv)
KhrystynaKozak(NotreDame)
MykolaRiabchuk(InstituteofPoliticalandNationalities'Studiesofthe AcademyofSciencesofUkraine)
2:45pm —Break
3:15pm —ParallelPanels3
“FaithfulHope:ReligionandResilienceinUkraine”
ChairedbyYuryP Avvakumov(NotreDame)
AnnaBisikalo(Harvard)
JoséCasanova(Georgetown)
AndriyKurochka(UCU)
CatherineWanner(PennState)
“HopeontheGround:LivedResilienceduringtheWarinUkraine”
ChairedbyVolodymyrTurchynovskyy(UCU)
A.AustinGarey(KennanInstitute)
SarahD Phillips(Indiana)
KristinaŠliavaitė(VilniusUniversity)
SarahWilsonSokhey(Colorado)
4:30p.m.—Break
5:00p.m. PlenarySession3
“ThePowerofHope:TheRusso-UkrainianWar throughtheEyesofaHistorian”
Serhii Plokhii (Harvard University)
Conversation and Q&A with Taras Dobko (UCU)
6:30–7:30p.m. BuffetDinneratMorrisInnPrivateDiningRooms
Brief remarks by Kathleen Hessert and Paul Ritacco at 7:00 p m
Only open to conference presenters and invited guests
8:00–9:30pm —“ANightofUkrainianPoetryandMusic” atPatriciaGeorgeDecioTheatre,DeBartoloPerformingArtsCenter
Poems and commentary by Halyna Kruk and Natalka Bilotserkivets with translations and commentary by Ali Kinsella
The Women's Bandura Ensemble of Chicago, led by conductor Oksana Rodak
The Indiana Slavic Choir, led by founding artistic director Iryna Voloshyna
Saturday,March8,2025
8:00a.m. HolyMass(Optional)withRev.JamesLies,C.S.C., inHolyCrossChapel,Stinson-RemickHall
9:00a.m. PlenarySession4
“InSolidaritywithUkraine:DiplomaticPerspectives onResilienceandHope”
RevolutionsofHope:ResilienceandRecoveryinUkraine
Jean P Froehly (Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany) Volodymyr Turchynovskyy (UCU
Conversation and Q&A with Svitlana Ramer (Honorary Consul of Ukraine)
10:15a.m. Break
10:45a.m. ParallelPanels4
“HopeintheHeadlines?:TruthandDecolonization intheUkrainianMediaLandscape”
Chaired by John Duffy (Notre Dame)
Katerina Sirinyok-Dolgaryova (Michigan)
Urszula Soler (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland [KUL]), Olha Tkachenko (Polish Academy of Sciences)
“BusinessontheFrontlines:ResilienceandAdaptability inTimesofTurmoil”
Chaired by Magdalena Charzyńska-Wójcik (KUL)
Yaryna Boychuk (UCU)
Alejandro Danylyszyn (UCU)
Georges Enderle (Notre Dame)
Sophia Opatska (UCU)
12:00p.m.—LunchforConferenceParticipants Box lunches will be provided
12:30p.m. PlenarySession5
“RevolutionaryUkraine:AHistoryandPoliticsofHope”
Chaired by A. James McAdams (Notre Dame)
Emily Channell-Justice (Harvard)
George O Liber (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Fr Yuriy Shchurko (UCU)
Sophia Wilson (Southern Illinois-Edwardsville)
1:45p.m.—ConcludingRemarks
Taras Dobko (UCU)
Clemens Sedmak (Notre Dame)
2:00p.m.—Adjourn
3:00p.m. FilmScreening
BrowningCinema,DebartoloPerformingArtsCenter
Opentopublic;ticketsrequired
“PorcelainWar”
withFilmmakersBrendanBellomo,SlavaLeontyev,andAnyaStasenko
5:30p.m.–VigilMass(Optional)withRev.JamesLies,C.S.C., inAllSaintsChapel,JenkinsNanovicHalls
Immediatelyfollowingthefilmevent
ThankyouforattendingtheinauguralconferenceoftheUkrainianStudies
HubattheUniversityofNotreDame Itisfullofopportunitiestolearn, connectwithfellowparticipants,andcontributetothegrowthofthis excitingnewinitiative.
Wewouldalsoliketothankourco-sponsorsfortheirsupport:
DepartmentofGerman,Slavic,andEurasianStudies
KelloggInstituteforInternationalStudies
KrocInstituteforInternationalPeaceStudies
NotreDameDemocracyInitiative
NotreDameGlobal
TheProgramofCreativeWriting
OfficeofthePresident,UniversityofNotreDame
RaclinMurphyMuseumofArt
UkrainianCatholicUniversity
Coverart:Close-upphotographofadamagedwallinNorthSaltivka,Kharkiv, December2022,byIvaSidash Usedwithpermission