About our conference 
We invite scholars to share research and participate in discussions related to Ukrainian studies. We welcome submissions from fields that include but are not limited to: history, literature, memory studies, translation, linguistics, music, film, religious studies, political science, anthropology, sociology, gender studies, and mass media. 

Conference sponsors: 
IU Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures 
Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute 
Ukrainian Studies Organization at IU 

5th Annual Conference (2024) 
Dates: March 21 - 23, 2024 — Virtual 
Description: This year's conference highlights research by the 2023-24 cohort of IU-Ukraine Non-Residential Scholars, with keynote presentations by Oksana Zabuzhko and Serhii Plokhii and participation by several other invited guests. 
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4th Annual Conference (2023) 
Dates: March 23 - 25, 2023 — Virtual 
Description: This year's conference highlights research by the 2022-23 cohort of IU-Ukraine Non-Residential Scholars, with participation by a handful of invited guests and keynote presentations by Mykola Riabchuk and Vitaly Chernetsky (see below). 
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3rd Annual Conference (2022) 
Dates: Mar. 25–27, Apr. 2–3, 2022 — Virtual 
Description: On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine. Civilians and civilian buildings have been targeted, which leads to a humanitarian catastrophe and disastrous destruction in Ukraine. This conference is dedicated to bringing awareness about Ukraine and Ukrainian Studies. Scholars from across the world will deliver talks on a variety of aspects that will help better understand Ukraine’s role and position in the global context. Stand with Ukraine!  Keynote speakers: Dr. Myroslav Shkandrij (University of Manitoba) and Dr. Tamara Hundorova (Ukrainian Free University). 
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2nd Annual Conference (2021) 

Dates: March 19–20, 2021 — Virtual
Description: The Ukrainian Studies Organization at Indiana University stays optimistic about our second convention in March. Please spread the word! The Ukrainian Studies Organization at Indiana University will be holding a second Ukrainian Studies Conference (Taras Shevchenko Conference) which will take place at Indiana University, March 19–20, 2021. Taking into consideration the current uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will announce later if the conference will be online or on campus (Bloomington, IU). Our conference aims to bring scholars from all disciplines to explore the ways in which Ukrainian studies is presented and shaped in the current political and cultural contexts. The conference intends to open an interdisciplinary space where scholars, whose work focuses on an array of inquiries related to Ukrainian studies (of any time period), present their findings and discuss how and what narratives are established to locate and discuss Ukraine locally and globally. In addition to this broad range of topics, we welcome talks and presentations that focus on the exploration of trauma. The events of 2014 ask for the discussion of traumatic experiences triggered by war, dislocation, re-integration into society after military actions, social isolation, sense of lostness, etc. The range of trauma narratives is open (Chornobyl, WWII, deportations, the Holodomor, collectivization, etc.). 
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1st Annual Conference (2020) 
Dates: March 6–7, 2020 
Description: The Ukrainian Studies Organization at Indiana University has the honor to convene the first Taras Shevchenko Conference, which will take place at Indiana University, March 6-7, 2020. This conference aims to bring scholars from all disciplines to explore the ways in which Ukrainian studies is presented and shaped in the current political and cultural contexts. The year of 2014 is a turning point in how Ukraine is discussed and positioned as a political and geographical body, as well as a topos of imagination. The conference intends to open an interdisciplinary space where scholars whose work focuses on an array of inquiries related to the Ukrainian studies (of any time period) present their findings and discuss how and what narratives are established to locate and discuss Ukraine locally and globally. Submissions from any academic discipline are welcome, including but not limited to: history, literature, memory studies, linguistics, translation, music, film, religious studies, political science, anthropology, sociology, gender studies, mass media. Graduate students are welcome to submit proposals. We also invite professionals in nonacademic settings to submit proposals. Please include with your abstract: your full name and your academic or professional affiliation and rank (graduate student, professor, translator, artist, etc.). Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. All submissions will be peer reviewed. The deadline for submission is October 1, 2019.  Please direct inquiries about the conference to Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed (nshpylov@iu.edu) and Ani Abrahamyan (aniabrah@iu.edu).