Monday, 13 February 2023

15:30 h Welcome coffee

16:00 h Opening session

16:45 h
A new perspective on the concept of Just War? Moderated by: Noreen van Elk

Andrii Tretiak, Lviv/Ukraine [online]: A reevaluation of the Just War and Just Peace traditions in the context of the war in Ukraine.

Pavlo Smytsnyuk, Princeton/USA: Rome and Constantinople confronting the war in Ukraine: Just War, neutrality and the new world order.

18:30 h Dinner

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Breakfast (individually)

09:00 h
Historical look at geopolitical contexts. Moderated by: Christina Traxler

Dmytro Bondarenko, Odessa/Ukraine: The geopolitical struggle in Central and Eastern Europe (XX–XXI centuries).

Paulina Byzdra-Kusz, Lublin/Poland: The idea of a federation of Poland and Ukraine in the light of the correspondence of the Greek Catholic priest prelate Tyt Vojnarovskyj with the Polish diplomat Jan Stanisław Łoś.

10:15 h Break

10:45 h
The “Russian world” ideology. Moderated by: Christina Dietl

Volodymyr Shelukhin, Kyiv/Ukraine: A logical experiment in politics: second scholasticism in creating Russian imperialism.

Nadiia Volik, Ternopil/Ukraine: Ukrainian Churches and the ideologeme “Russian world” (“Russkii mir”): history and present status.

12:15 h Lunch

13:45 h
Ukrainian identity shaping. Moderated by: Noreen van Elk

Olha Holovina, Dnipro/Ukraine [online]: Origins of Ukrainian democratization and processes of Ukrainian modern identity shaping.

Alina Mozolevska, Saarbrücken/Germany: The transformation of Ukrainian identity and the other. Narrating and living the Russian-Ukrainian war.

15:00 h Break

15:15 h
Perceptions of the war in Western Europe. Moderated by: Thomas Schulte-Umberg

Roman Sigov, Louvain-la-Neuve/Belgium: Consequences of Russian propaganda in Europe.

Iuliia Korniichuk, Warsaw/Poland: Friends or foes?: religious organizations and European institutions in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine.

16:30 h Break

17:00 h
Women and gendered political rhetoric. Moderated by: Alexandra Palkowitsch

Joanna Stepaniuk, Warsaw/Poland: The Ukrainian female migrants in Warsaw: the perspective of their sociocultural status.

Mariana Myrosh, Leuven/Belgium: The gender aspect of political rhetoric and its origins: the case of Ukraine.

18:30 h Dinner: Viennese Heurige

Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Breakfast (individually)

09:00 h
Spotlight on Crimea. Moderated by: Olha Uhryn

Gulnara Abdulaeva, Kyiv/Ukraine: Crimea between two occupations. How the annexation affected the history of the indigenous people of Ukraine – Crimean Tatars.

Elmira Ablyalimova-Chyihoz, Kyiv/Ukraine: Colonization through destruction and distortion: the case of the Bakhchisaray Khan's palace.

10:15 h Break

10:45 h
The role of Muslims and the colonial past for Ukrainian statehood and the politics of memory. Moderated by: Khrystyna Fostyak

Andrii Zhyvachivskyi, Port Republic/USA: Muslims in the struggle for the Ukrainian cause and Ukrainian statehood.

Oleksandra Terentyeva, Innsbruck/Austria: The war and the decolonial memory discourse in Ukraine.

12:15 h Lunch

14:00 h Guided City Tour

19:00 h
Public lecture “Impunity breeds War Crimes. How to fight it?” by Oleksandra Matviichuk

Thursday, 16 February 2023

Breakfast (individually)

09:30 h
Cultural Impacts I. Moderated by: Christina Dietl

Oleksandra Filonenko, Saarbrücken/Germany: A mythology for Ukraine: Tolkienian discourse of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

10:15 h Break

10:45 h
Cultural Impacts II. Moderated by: Olha Uhryn

Iryna Hnidyk, Zhovkva/Ukraine: The Ukrainian cultural heritage in the European context. The current situation under the conditions of war.

Olesia Lloyd-Mayer, Lutsk/Ukraine: Ukrainian sacred art in times of war.

12:15 h Lunch

13:45 h
Cultural Impacts III. Moderated by: Alexandra Palkowitsch

Yaryna Zakalska, Kyiv/Ukraine: The role of prayer and the church under the conditions of war. Anthropological and folkloristic aspects of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Tetiana Kutsyr, Lviv/Ukraine: Ukrainian traditional embroidery. A manifestation of national identity in times of war.

15:00 h Break

15:15 h
State-confessional relations. Moderated by: Christina Traxler

Mechyslav Yanauer, Kyiv/Ukraine [online]: Administrative and legal regulations of the relationship between state and churches in Ukraine before and after the Russian invasion of 2022.

Oleksandra Kovalenko, Kyiv/Ukraine: The violation of religious freedom in occupied territories in Ukraine since 2014.

16:30 h Break

17:00 h
Impact of the war on communities and individuals. Moderated by: Thomas Schulte-Umberg

Maksym Vasin, Seattle/USA [online]: The impact of the Russian invasion on faith-based communities in Ukraine.

Anton Tarasyuk, Kyiv/Ukraine: First-hand accounts of people living through the war in Ukraine: ethical and theological aspects.

18:30 h Dinner

Friday, 17 February 2023

09:00 h
Peacemaking potentials of religious actors. Moderated by: Khrystyna Fostyak

Kateryna Budz, Edinburgh/UK: ‘Overcome Evil with Good’ (Romans 12:21): The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church’s responses to the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Patrice Hrimle, Bad Gleichenberg/Austria: Peacemaking activities of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew regarding the war in Ukraine.

Tetiana Kalenychenko, Kyiv/Ukraine [online]: Religion at war: Ethical perspectives for religious leaders in Ukraine.

10:30 h Break

10:45 h Closing session (moderated by Thomas Mark Németh and Thomas Prügl)

12:15 h Lunch