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We invite you to Ukraine’s European History: Nationhood in the Age of Empires — the first event in our new series exploring Ukraine’s history as an integral part of European history.How did modern Ukrainian nationhood emerge while Ukrainian lands were divided between competing empires and political orders? The conversation will trace this development across several centuries — from earlier traditions of self-rule and the legacy of the Hetmanate to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when questions of language, identity, political representation and national belonging became increasingly central.
Joining us as speakers:
🔹Dr. Serhiy Bilenky — historian and Research Associate at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. He is the author of "Laboratory of Modernity: Ukraine between Empire and Nation, 1772–1914", the first comprehensive English-language study of nineteenth-century Ukraine, examining its development across different imperial, social and political settings.
🔹Maksym Eristavi — Ukrainian journalist, author and public intellectual whose work focuses on Russian colonialism and anti-colonial perspectives. He is the author of "Russian Colonialism 101", an illustrated guide tracing recurring patterns in Russia’s colonial expansion and violence.
Their contributions will be followed by a discussion with:
🔹Mogens Pelt — Associate Professor of History at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen, whose research includes the transition from empires to nation-states and the history of Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean.
🔹Haakon A. Ikonomou — Associate Professor at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen, historian of international organisations, global governance and diplomacy, and Co-Director of HUM:Global.
The conversation will be followed by questions from the audience.
The discussion will explore how these different historical experiences shaped the emergence of a modern Ukrainian political community and how Ukraine’s path to nationhood was connected to broader transformations taking place across Europe.
📅 8 October, 15:00–16:30
📍 Ukraine House in Denmark, Strandgade 27B, Copenhagen
🎟️ Registration: https://tr.ee/A5erhA
Free admission.
The event is co-organised by Ukraine House in Denmark, the Centre for Modern European Studies (CEMES), HUM:Global, and UCPH Geopolitics at the University of Copenhagen.
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Strandgade 27b, Copenhagen, Denmark, Strandgade 27B, 1401 København K, Danmark, Copenhagen , Denmark
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