The Ukraine List (UKL) #474 compiled by Dominique Arel Chair of Ukrainian Studies, U of Ottawa http://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/ukraine/ www.danyliwseminar.org 28 June 2015 **Danyliw 2015 Seminar: Call for Papers (Deadline Reminder: 30 June 2015)** 2-Kule Doctoral Fellowships in Ukrainian Studies, 2016-2010 3-Inaugural Issue of the Journal of Ukrainian Politics & Society (JUPS) 4-World War II Conference, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (October) 5-Ukrainian Studies Imperiled at the University of Greifswald 6-Jessica Zychowicz New PostDoc at Jacyk Center, U of Toronto 7-Web Links: Pew Survey on NATO/Russia Polarization, IRSEM on Crimea One Year Later, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung on US/German Views on Ukraine, Kritika Special Issue on Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Sakwa et al. on Ukraine and Russia 8-New Book: Marples & Mills, eds., Ukraine’s Euromaidan 9-New Book: Brogi, Dyczok et al., eds., Ukraine 20 Years After Independence 10-Human Rights in Ukraine: Halya Coynash, Donbas Betrayed 11-Macleans’s (Canada): The Fight to Heal Soldiers’ Bodies and Minds 12-The Guardian (UK): Bringing Down a Statue in Sloviansk 13-Jerusalem Post: Luhansk Rebel Leader’s Anti-Jewish Conspiracy Mindset 14-SkyNews (UK): Russian Soldiers' Deaths Raise Ukraine Questions 15-Anders Aslund: Ukraine’s Economic Reforms Proceed, But Too Slowly 16-YaleGlobal: Rojansky and Minakov, The New Ukrainian Exceptionalism 17-Foreign Policy: Why Ukrainians Are Speaking More Ukrainian 18-Mediapart Blog: Anya Stroganova, My Visit to Moscow as a “Fifth Columnist” 19-Daily Beast: Anna Nemtsova, Ukraine’s Wonder Woman **Thanks to Anders Aslund, Nykolai Bilaniuk, Kevin Costa, Halya Coynash, Marta Dyczok, Edmond Huet, Nadiya Kravets, Irina Malska, Céline Marangé, Anna Nemtsova, and Roman Zurba** #1 **Deadline Reminder: 30 June 2015** 11th Annual Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa, 22-24 October 2015 CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS The Chair of Ukrainian Studies, with the support of the Wolodymyr George Danyliw Foundation, will be holding the 11th Annual Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine at the University of Ottawa on 22-24 October 2015. Since 2005, the Danyliw Seminar has provided an annual platform for the presentation of some of the most influential social science research on Ukraine. The extraordinary events that have unfolded in Ukraine since 2013 will be the center of attention. The Seminar will also incorporate wider perspectives, by exploring the many political, historical, sociological and cultural factors relevant to our understanding of the current crisis. The Seminar invites proposals from scholars and doctoral students (in political science, anthropology, sociology, history, law, economics and related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities), as well as practitioners from non- governmental and international organizations, journalists, and policy analysts on topics falling under the following thematic clusters (the examples given below are not exhaustive): --political violence and the war in Donbas --political/security aspects of the conflict with Russia (EU, OSCE, US, Canada) --internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees --economic transformation (energy sector, corruption, international aid) --political transformation (electoral politics, parliamentary coalitions, rule of law) --competing public narratives: traditional media, social media, state propaganda --the rise of civil society (Maidan, volunteer groups, “self-defense” units) The Seminar will also consider proposals that incorporate wider perspectives on the conflict, such as: --historical memories and political contestations --the formation of linguistic, regional and national identities --Ukrainian nationalism and Russian nationalism --Soviet/post-Soviet elites (political/economic) and social networks --culture and politics: Ukrainians, Russian, Jews, Poles Presentations at the Seminar will be based on research papers (4000-5000 words) and will be made available, shortly after the panel discussions, in written and video format on the Seminar website and social media. The Seminar will privilege intensive discussion, with relatively short presentations (10 minutes), comments by the moderator and an extensive Q&A with Seminar participants and assembled public. This year's Seminar will also include several special events. To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Danyliw Seminar in 2014, a special website was created at www.danyliwseminar.com. The site contains the program, all papers in blog format, videos of the presentations, interviews with all panelists, and over a hundred photographs. The site will soon incorporate announcements and materials concerning Danyliw 2015. Videos of presentations and interviews with participants at the Danyliw 2014 Seminar can be found on the Danyliw Seminar YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX1dVZqseZQDBe2VBKlQTfg/videos. A Facebook page for Danyliw 2014 was also created at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Danyliw-Seminar- 2014/874438662581143?fref=ts. People interested in presenting at the 2015 Danyliw Seminar are invited to submit a 500 word paper proposal and a 150 word biographical statement, by email attachment, to Dominique Arel, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, at [email protected] AND [email protected]. Please also include your full coordinates (institutional affiliation, preferred postal address, email, phone) and, if applicable, indicate your latest publication or, in the case of doctoral applicants, the year when you entered a doctoral program, the title of your dissertation and year of expected completion. The proposal deadline is 30 June 2015. The Chair will cover the expenses of applicants whose proposal is accepted by the Seminar. The proposals will be reviewed by an international selection committee and applicants will be notified in the course of the summer. The Seminar is made possible by the generous commitment of the Wolodymyr George Danyliw Foundation to the pursuit of excellence in the study of contemporary Ukraine. # Kule Doctoral Scholarships on Ukraine Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa Application Deadlines: 1 December 2015 (International Students) 1 February 2016 (Canadian Students) The Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa, the only research unit outside of Ukraine predominantly devoted to the study of contemporary Ukraine, is announcing the third competition of the Drs. Peter and Doris Kule Doctoral Scholarships on Contemporary Ukraine. The Scholarships will consist of an annual award of $20,000, plus all tuition, for a maximum of four years. The Scholarships were made possible by a generous donation of $500,000 by the Kule family, matched by the University of Ottawa. Drs. Peter and Doris Kule, from Edmonton, have endowed several chairs and research centres in Canada, and their exceptional contributions to education, predominantly in Ukrainian Studies, has recently been celebrated in the book Champions of Philanthrophy: Peter and Doris Kule and their Endowments. Students with a primary interest in contemporary Ukraine applying to, or enrolled in, a doctoral program at the University of Ottawa in political science, sociology and anthropology, or in fields associated with the Chair of Ukrainian Studies, can apply for a Scholarship. The application for the Kule Scholarship must include a 1000 word research proposal, two letters of recommendation (sent separately by the referees), and a CV and be mailed to Dominique Arel, School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences Building, Room, 7067, University of Ottawa, 120 University St., Ottawa ON K1N 6N5, Canada. Applications will be considered only after the applicant has completed an application to the relevant doctoral program at the University of Ottawa. Consideration of applications will begin on 1 February 2016 and will continue until the award is announced. Please note that international students seeking to enroll in a doctoral program are encouraged to apply by 1 December 2015. The deadline for Canadian students is 1 February 2016. The University of Ottawa is a bilingual university and applicants must have a certain level of French. Specific requirements vary across departments. Students interested in applying for the Scholarships beginning in the academic year 2016-2017 are invited to contact Dominique Arel ([email protected]), Chairholder, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, and visit our web site (http://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/ukraine). #3 From: "Kravets, Nadiya" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 12:01 PM Subject: JUPS: launch of the first issue and the website in Kyiv, June 25 It is with great pleasure that I would like to inform you about the launch of the 1st Issue of JUPS and of our new website: http://jups.krytyka.com/. [The inaugural issue has articles by Paul J. D’Anieri, Rory Finnin, Oxana Shevel, Benjamin Kutsyuruba & Serhiy Kovalchuk, Anna Postelnyak and Jessica Zychowicz –UKL] (…) Issue 2 is in the works and we plan to launch it in November with the successive issues coming out every April and November. We are awaiting our ISSN number and will begin indexing the journal afterwords. I am currently in Kyiv on research and I am organizing the launch of this issue and the website together with Krytyka at the Fulbright Office, on Thursday, June 25, at 6pm. (…) I would also like to take this opportunity and thank Oleh Kotsyuba, Chief Online Editor of Krytyka, for helping us with the preparation and the making of the JUPS website.