Welcome Adresses:

- Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal, President of the European University Viadrina, EUV
- Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick, Director of the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION, EUV
- Prof. Dr. Claudia Weber, Manager of the regional office of the “Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft”
- Dr. Sabine von Löwis, Center for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)

Introduction into the GlocalEast-Project:

PD Dr. Carolin Leutloff-Grandits, Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION, EUV

Panel 1: Ethnicity and Politics of Identity

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick (Director of the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION, EUV)

Speakers:

- Prof. Dr. Claudia Weber, EUV: War, ethnicity and politics of identity in Ukraine: a historical perspective
- Dr. Marco Puleri, University of Bologna: Identity dynamics and the making of new/old 'language borders’ in Ukraine': insights into internal political and intellectual debates

Panel 2: B/Orders in Motion (Round Table)

Abstract:
State borders symbolize state sovereignty and mark a territorially constituted social order. The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is not only a violation of state sovereignty, but also an attack on the social order. To what extent have the social orders in the different regions of Ukraine changed as a result of the war of aggression, which boundaries have been contested and abolished, and what new boundaries and dis/orders have emerged? How and by whom are these marked and maintained, and what are the consequences for different parts of the population? How can one live in devastated landscapes? In addition to the disputed state border, we will therefore also look at the consequences of the war for the social order in Ukraine and the significance of (new) social and cultural demarcations and their effects on the social constitution.

Moderator: PD Dr. Carolin Leutloff-Grandits, EUV

Speakers:

- Dr. Sabine von Löwis, ZOiS
- Kateryna Mishchenko, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin (online)
- Dr. Olga Konsevych, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)

Panel 3: Global Migration, Diaspora and Migrant Integration (Round Table)

Abstract:
The war in Ukraine caused the flight of millions of people – either internally or to neighbouring countries and other European states, among them in the European Union, where they were supported by state institutions and civil society and often received access to the labour market. Many found also shelter with or support of relatives and acquaintances who had been on labour migration abroad. In this panel, we want to look at the situation of migrants and migrant integration by considering the impact of gender, family, class and education, civil society and state policies.

Moderator: Dr. Marco Puleri, University of Bologna

Speakers:

- Dr. Viktoriya Sereda, Forum for Transregional Studies Berlin
- Dr. Irina Mützelburg, ZOiS
- Dr. Oksana Dutschak, Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM)

Panel 4: Geopolitics of Shifting B/Orders and Migration (Round Table)

Abstract:
This panel aims at exploring interconnections between space, bordering processes and migration. Classical concepts rooted in geopolitical thinking will be (re)applied to explore spatial understanding(s) of international relations, changing global order and their consequences for human flows. Multilevel perspective, including southern and eastern outskirts of Europe as well as the EU will be employed.

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Jarosław Jańczak, EUV

Speakers:

- Dr. Mykhailo Minakov, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center for International Scholars
- Prof. Dr. Laszlo Andor, currently EUV and former EU commissioner (online)
- Prof. Dr. Dejan Djokic, Goldsmiths, University of London, currently Humboldt University Berlin
- Liliana Filipchuk, CEDOS