International Graduate Student Symposium – Ukrainian Studies

International Graduate Student Symposium – Ukrainian Studies

Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine

Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, University of Toronto

Call for Papers

Submission Deadline: December 1, 2023

Conference Dates: February 9 – 10, 2024

“New Perspectives in Ukrainian Studies: Interdisciplinary Insights”

The University of Toronto’s Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine at the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CERES) is excited to announce a call for papers for its International Graduate Student Symposium in Ukrainian Studies. With our theme, “New Perspectives in Ukrainian Studies: Interdisciplinary Insights,” we aim to offer an interdisciplinary platform of academic exchange for graduate students in the field of Ukrainian Studies. The Symposium will take place at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy on February 9th and 10th, 2024, bringing together young scholars for two days of presentations and in-depth discussions on Ukraine. 

The Symposium is open to all current graduate students and recent graduates (within the past two years). We encourage international applicants to submit their paper proposals. In some cases, we may be able to offer successful applicants some travel funding.

The organizing committee welcomes contributions presenting interdisciplinary, transnational, and comparative perspectives on various aspects of Ukraine’s past, present, and future, including the Russo-Ukrainian war. We invite papers on a variety of topics that may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Literary, media, and cultural representations
• Identity, ethnicity, and minorities in Ukraine (including relations between Ukraine’s diverse peoples)
• Ukrainians in Canada and other diasporic communities
• International relations
• Movements, protests, and ideologies
• Economy, development, and post-war rebuilding
• The Holodomor
• Memory politics

Previous symposia have hosted participants from Canada, the United States, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, England, the Netherlands, and more. We offer our attendees a diverse, professional, and collaborative environment that encourages the constructive exchange of ideas. In particular, we aim to give speakers an opportunity to share their work (including early-stage research) with others and benefit from the feedback of faculty and graduate peers.

Applicants should send a short CV and a paper proposal of no more than 300 words to ukrgradsymposium@gmail.com. In your email, we also ask that you indicate whether or not you will require financial support, and in what amount.

We look forward to receiving your applications!

Kind regards,

The Organizing Committee