30 June 鈥� 1 July 2015
Sidney Sussex College, 海角社区
An international conference on the future of Polish-Ukrainian relations.
Since 1989, Poland and Ukraine have developed a constructive political relationship that may stand as one of the most remarkable political and social achievements of recent European history. Yet hopes for the future have also听been intertwined with more difficult discussions of an often tumultuous shared past.
At this conference, we听considered how the delicate negotiation between past and future听might continue to develop in circumstances of increasing regional instability after Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine. In this broad context of external threat, we proposed to re-examine the foundation of strong Polish-Ukrainian relations, which have become crucially important for Europe鈥檚 future.
By bringing together scholars and stakeholders from diverse intellectual and political spheres, we cultivated an open exchange of ideas yielding coherent new pathways for the future development of Polish-Ukrainian relations.
Yaroslav Hrytsak (Ivan Franko State University, L'viv)
Norman Davies (St. Anthony's College, Oxford)
Frank Sysyn (University of Alberta)
Robert Frost, University of Aberdeen
Serhii Plokhii (Harvard University)
Mykola Riabchuk, Pawe艂 Kowal, S艂awomir Sierakowski, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Karolina Wigura, Uilleam Blacker, Frank Sysyn, Robert Frost.
Stanley Bill, Andrzej Szeptycki, Igor Lyubashenko, Lyudmyla Kozlovska, Ola Hnatiuk, 艁ukasz Adamski, Serhii Plokhii, Yaroslav Hrytsak
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Conference听speakers included:
艁ukasz Adamski (Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue, Warsaw)
Uilleam Blacker (University College London)
Norman Davies (St. Antony's College, Oxford)
Robert Frost (University of Aberdeen)
Ola Hnatiuk (University of Warsaw)
Yaroslav Hrytsak (Ivan Franko State University, L'viv)
Tadeusz Iwa艅ski (Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw)
Pawe艂 Kowal (former听delegate to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee)
Igor Lyubashenko (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, and听New Eastern Europe magazine)
Serhii Plokhii (Harvard University)
Yohanan Petrovsky-Stern (Northwestern University)
Mykola Riabchuk (Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv)
S艂awomir Sierakowski (founder and editor-in-chief听of Krytyka Polityczna magazine)
Frank Sysyn (University of Alberta)
Andrzej Szeptycki (Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw)
Evhen Vorobiov (Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw)
Karolina Wigura (co-founder and head of political section听of Kultura Liberalna magazine)
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Monday, June 29
Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Films about Reconciliation
17:30听听 Three Stories of Galicia
19:00听听 My Friend the Enemy
鈥� followed by Q&A with director Wanda Koscia
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Tuesday, June 30
William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College
10:00听听 Welcome: Stanley Bill and Rory Finnin
10:15 听 Opening Presentation: Frank Sysyn
11:00听听 Session 1: Current Crisis
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13:00听听 Lunch
14:00听听 Session 2: Historical Perspectives
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16:00 听 Coffee break
16:30听听 Round Table 1: Reconciling the Past
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Wednesday, July 1
William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College
10:00听听 Welcome: Stanley Bill and Rory Finnin
10:15 听 Opening Presentation: Norman Davies
11:00听听 Session 3: Kultura Today
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13:00听听 Lunch
14:00听听 Session 4: Changing Paradigms
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16:00听听 Coffee break
16:30听听 Round Table 2: Forming the Future
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We would like to thank the following partners who听helped make this conference possible:
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London The Foundation for Polish Science The M. B. Grabowski Fund The Oxford Noble Foundation The Polish Cultural Institute in London The Zdanowich Fund of Trinity College
