Andrii Portnov
Professor of Entangled History of Ukraine at the European University Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder), Director of the Viadrina Centre of Polish and Ukrainian Studies, and a member of the Ukrainian PEN Club
He graduated from the Universities of Dnipro (M.A. in History) and Warsaw (M.A. in Cultural Studies) and defended his Ph.D. thesis (2005) at the Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies in Lviv. Since 2012 he has conducted research and lectured at the Universities of Basel, Cambridge, Geneva, Potsdam, Free University Berlin, Free University Brussels, Humboldt University Berlin, SciencesPo Paris, SciencesPo Lyon, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, Institute for Advanced Study (WIKO) in Berlin, Historisches Kolleg in Munich.
He is the author and co-editor of ten books and numerous articles on intellectual history, historiography, genocide and memory studies in Poland, Russia and Ukraine. His most recent book is "Dnipro. An Entangled History of a European City" (Boston, 2022). He is currently working on the German-language "Introduction to Ukrainian Studies".
He is the author and co-editor of ten books and numerous articles on intellectual history, historiography, genocide and memory studies in Poland, Russia and Ukraine. His most recent book is "Dnipro. An Entangled History of a European City" (Boston, 2022). He is currently working on the German-language "Introduction to Ukrainian Studies".
Reflections on the (im)possibility of a Russian-Ukrainian dialogue onhistory and memory
In my presentation, I will attempt to summarize my reflections on the current state and trends in the development of both Russian and Ukrainian intellectual environments after February 24, 2022, identifying the main points of tension, expectations from the other side, and elements of interdependence between the two discursive fields. I will share my thoughts on such topics as the "decolonization of Russia" and the claiming of Ukraine`s historical and cultural subjectivity, the notion of collective responsibility and the rethinking of "common" history. I will also be interested in the strength of established in Western Europe stereotypes (for example, about Ukrainian "nationalism") and the specifics of the perception of Russian and Ukrainian emigre "voices" in Germany and other EU countries. I will try to offer a historical contextualization and a brief excursion into the history of attempts at Russian-Ukrainian dialogue in emigration of the interwar ('Eurasianists', Dmytro Doroshenko`s discussion with Nikolai Trubetskoy) and postwar ("Vidnova" and "Kontinent" magazines, English-language publications in Harvard and Edmonton) phases in the twentieth century.
Andrii Portnov
Professor of Entangled History of Ukraine at the European University Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder), Director of the Viadrina Centre of Polish and Ukrainian Studies, and a member of the Ukrainian PEN Club
He graduated from the Universities of Dnipro (M.A. in History) and Warsaw (M.A. in Cultural Studies) and defended his Ph.D. thesis (2005) at the Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies in Lviv. Since 2012 he has conducted research and lectured at the Universities of Basel, Cambridge, Geneva, Potsdam, Free University Berlin, Free University Brussels, Humboldt University Berlin, SciencesPo Paris, SciencesPo Lyon, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, Institute for Advanced Study (WIKO) in Berlin, Historisches Kolleg in Munich.
He is the author and co-editor of ten books and numerous articles on intellectual history, historiography, genocide and memory studies in Poland, Russia and Ukraine. His most recent book is "Dnipro. An Entangled History of a European City" (Boston, 2022). He is currently working on the German-language "Introduction to Ukrainian Studies".
He is the author and co-editor of ten books and numerous articles on intellectual history, historiography, genocide and memory studies in Poland, Russia and Ukraine. His most recent book is "Dnipro. An Entangled History of a European City" (Boston, 2022). He is currently working on the German-language "Introduction to Ukrainian Studies".
Reflections on the (im)possibility of a Russian-Ukrainian dialogue onhistory and memory
In my presentation, I will attempt to summarize my reflections on the current state and trends in the development of both Russian and Ukrainian intellectual environments after February 24, 2022, identifying the main points of tension, expectations from the other side, and elements of interdependence between the two discursive fields. I will share my thoughts on such topics as the "decolonization of Russia" and the claiming of Ukraine`s historical and cultural subjectivity, the notion of collective responsibility and the rethinking of "common" history. I will also be interested in the strength of established in Western Europe stereotypes (for example, about Ukrainian "nationalism") and the specifics of the perception of Russian and Ukrainian emigre "voices" in Germany and other EU countries. I will try to offer a historical contextualization and a brief excursion into the history of attempts at Russian-Ukrainian dialogue in emigration of the interwar ('Eurasianists', Dmytro Doroshenko`s discussion with Nikolai Trubetskoy) and postwar ("Vidnova" and "Kontinent" magazines, English-language publications in Harvard and Edmonton) phases in the twentieth century.