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Historian of Soviet Ukraine. Michigander. O's fan in exile.
🚨 Spread the word! Research grants for those working on
#Ukraine
-related topics, sponsored by Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S. Fellowships of $5,000 each.
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Shevchenko Scientific Society is offering 4 Ukrainian Studies Research Fellowships ($5,000 each)
https://mailchi.mp/shevchenko.org/e10cagyupr-17996722?fbclid=IwY2xjawQhGV9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeIu7Qe9yV_gOdQkM8tOI__CB2_EjZAb3ulg1ag1Mq7mw2YbS8BGuc5-9ocig_aem_zaTmEVq7L1WOnflN97xltA
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This is unreal. A couple of guys with... zero background in the humanities used AI to destroy millions of dollars worth of grants from the National Endowment for... the Humanities. Reason we have this high quality reporting is that there is a lawsuit.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...
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When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/arts/humanities-endowment-doge-trump.html
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Glad to be part of this "teach-in" on
#Ukraine
at UMich with such brilliant colleagues. My topic was "realism" in U.S.-Ukraine relations. Next time I'll keep the "um's" to a minimum.
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WCEE Teach-In On Ukraine: Where Are We Today, Four Years Into the War?
YouTube video by umichWCEE
https://youtu.be/XdmHCVzhDSY?si=_xhjOcWBk2v67l8C
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This article reminds us why accountability for Russia matters so much. In our haste to "make peace," we should never lose sight of the moral clarity of 2022.
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In 2022, the world had moral clarity over Russia’s invasion. Now in Ukraine we ask: where has that gone? | Sasha Dovzhyk
We could never have imagined such tolerance of Putin’s criminal war. We normalise the horror just to survive, says Sasha Dovzhyk, a writer, editor and cultural manager
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/24/ukraine-where-has-moral-clarity-gone-russia-invasion-putin?fbclid=IwY2xjawQKmJFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJzTVhocndGbWplcExZS3V5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtI1xK_KA8wwlJPns0wiYjfMGOrQlrwUrLrzOH5wlRc6WSLaomIIc8mHYsyQ_aem_jYQozz0cy1UQcfaSDAIPBA
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"Disinformation campaigns, ingrained stereotypes, and a 'Russia-first' mentality still impede public understandings of the war. The need to publicize Ukrainian perspectives remains acute." Honored to be the Shevchenko Scientific Society's member of the month.
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Member of the Month: Markian Dobczansky – Shevchenko Scientific Society
https://shevchenko.org/news-events/news/member-of-the-month-markian-dobczansky/
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Steve Peers
4 months ago
A quick explanation of how this borrowing to assist Ukraine will work. "Enhanced cooperation" means EU law is being used, but some Member States opt out. The process has been applied a few times before, but never before re the EU budget. 1/
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Mark N.V. Temnycky
5 months ago
In my
@forbes.com
article, I discuss how the European Union and Ukraine are collaborating on defense efforts and innovation to strengthen European national security
www.forbes.com/sites/markte...
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EU And Ukraine Deepen Defense Ties To Strengthen European Security
Through continued defense collaboration and dialogue, Ukraine is gradually integrating with the EU as both work to strengthen European national security.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marktemnycky/2025/11/15/eu-and-ukraine-deepen-defense-ties-to-strengthen-european-security/
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Marci Shore
5 months ago
"The 28-point peace plan that the United States and Russia want to impose on Ukraine and Europe is misnamed. It is not a peace plan. . .Awkward wording, evident throughout the document, suggests that at least some of it was originally written in Russian."--
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
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The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/trumps-war-peace/685024/
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Help us get the last 3% toward the goal of $50,000 for Ukrainian Studies at Illinois. Proud to have been part of this fundraiser with USF and REEEC/Slavic @ Illinois.
#ukraine
@aseees.bsky.social
@razomforukraine.org
givebutter.com/AZ54kP
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University of Illinois - Ukrainian Studies
Support Ukrainian Studies at Illinois!
https://givebutter.com/AZ54kP
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Dep't of Education cuts come for college students & grad students studying foreign languages. FLAS fellowships have been around for 67 years, building and maintaining America's capacity for engaging the world.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
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Education Dept. cuts Foreign Language and Area Studies funding - The Daily Illini
This month, the federal government notified the University that the Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship program will not be funded.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/champaign-urbana/education/2025/10/05/dept-of-education-cuts-funding-foreign-language/
6 months ago
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Very important article about area studies funding in the U.S. Should Americans speak other languages? Do we need experts on the world outside the U.S.? If this funding is not released, we may interrupt a vital pipeline and destroy opportunities for students.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Federal Grants for Area Studies and Foreign Language at Risk
Expected funding for National Resource Centers, which are dedicated to language and area studies education, never came through this summer. Experts worry this could spell disaster for the already-stru...
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/08/25/federal-grants-area-studies-and-foreign-language-risk
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Simon Hix
11 months ago
Delighted that my paper with
@kevincunning.bsky.social
on "Still second-order national elections? Evaluating the classic model after the 2024 European elections" has just been published by
@wepsocial.bsky.social
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Any students learning Ukrainian this summer and need help with tuition? Scholarships are now available from the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S.! Apply by May 15.
#ukrainian
@stevenseegel.bsky.social
@oxanashevel.bsky.social
shevchenko.org/summer-langu...
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Summer Language Scholarship 2025 – Shevchenko Scientific Society
https://shevchenko.org/summer-language-scholarship-2025/
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Maria Popova
12 months ago
Ru ceasefires are always lies. Time for a broader audience to learn what Ukrainians have known for 11 yrs.
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Christopher Miller
about 1 year ago
Russia just killed dozens of Ukrainians in a missile strike on Palm Sunday, a day after Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin, shook hands and posed for cameras. Witkoff visited an Orthodox Christian cathedral. Today church-goers were targeted. Report w/
@maxseddon.bsky.social
on.ft.com/42k2tuc
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Russia targets Ukrainian city on Palm Sunday
[FREE TO READ] Dozens killed and at least 80 injured in missile attack on Sumy
https://on.ft.com/42k2tuc
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The Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S. invites applications from Ukrainian scholars, writers, and artists for six month remote fellowships.
shevchenko.org/second-call-...
#standwithukraine
#ukraine
about 1 year ago
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ASEEES Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies
about 1 year ago
ASEEES Urges Support for the US Department of Education Title VI Program We call on the Secretary of Education and members of Congress to work to preserve the Title VI program, a critical means by which the U.S. fosters necessary expertise on the regions of the world. Statement:
tinyurl.com/2nesy56n
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Sander Tordoir
about 1 year ago
Did anyone have this one on their bingo card? Norway is edging towards a new EU membership bid, as one of Europe’s richest countries ponders how to survive in the world of Donald Trump
www.ft.com/content/3c25...
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Why Norway is edging towards a fresh EU membership bid
Also in this newsletter: Ireland’s pharma industry braces itself for Donald Trump’s tariffs
https://www.ft.com/content/3c2516a5-7066-40f8-afce-1a529fad2955
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Jacob Öberg
about 1 year ago
🚨🚨 Brave contender for speech of the year. Every word of it rings true to me. Claude Malhuret is a proper role model for European politicians in these chaotic and existential times for Europe. Take 8 minutes of your time and listen carefully. It is worth it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIK9...
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Speech againt Trump, by french senator, Claude Malhuret. ( English subtitles )
YouTube video by Alain Cazes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIK9vbQRwBQ
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Michael Kofman
about 1 year ago
The suspension of U.S. assistance for Ukraine is a very unfortunate and significant development, but it may not have immediate impact. Ukraine is far less dependent on the U.S. for day to day battlefield needs in 2025, than it was in earlier periods of the war. 1/
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Proud to have been there today in Champaign-Urbana.
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https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/ui-students-staff-rallying-for-peace-as-war-in-ukraine-continues-into-2025/
about 1 year ago
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Congrats to literary scholar Vitaly Chernetsky
@globalrhizome.bsky.social
on his election as President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S. today! Here he is giving his first remarks as president today in New York City.
over 1 year ago
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Come work at the European Union Center at the U of Illinois. The EU Center is seeking an Associate Director. More info and for application portal, visit the link:
illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#EuropeanUnion
#EU
#EUstudies
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
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Associate Director, European Union Center
Duties & ResponsibilitiesGrant Development and Management • Identify and evaluate potential external funding opportunities, based on the mission o...
https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/12645?c=illinois&referralToken=MX8lYTz4-EapwaM-jNL-bA
over 1 year ago
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What happened?!?! This is crazy. At least we have Good Judy's grand opening to look forward to here in Champaign-Urbana.
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over 1 year ago
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Looking forward to this panel discussion about Ukrainian Studies in NYC this weekend:
shevchenko.org/event/bringi...
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@globalrhizome.bsky.social
#ukrainianstudies
over 1 year ago
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Daniel Bellingradt
over 1 year ago
If you wanna reach the historical communities of the blue skies, consider using this established hashtag that reaches out to all fields with historical perspectives:
#skystorians
So, users of
#historians
#historian
#bluestorians
#blustorian
#history
etc, join in and enjoy. Let's boost this posting
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Bravo to NY Times for picking up on this aspect of the war. Ukrainian culture is a form of resistance.
#Ukraine
If anyone would like a gift link, send me a DM.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/w...
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Writers Silenced by Stalin Get New Life Amid War in Ukraine
The Soviet regime killed a generation of literary artists in the 1930s. Their legacy is being reclaimed as Ukraine fights to preserve its cultural heritage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/world/europe/stalin-ukraine-writers-war.html
over 1 year ago
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Champaign Showers
over 1 year ago
if you'll let me abandon the endless bits for just a moment to acknowledge how much it rules to just be competitive at football. this is all us lifers could ask for, really. this rules. Bert rules. illini football is fun. ok thanks back to our regularly scheduled programming.
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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine
over 1 year ago
I created a starter pack of academics working on EU 🇪🇺 politics and European integration 👇. Let me know if you want to be added.
go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp
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Cambridge Ukrainian Studies
over 1 year ago
"I have a nightmare: Western students walking along a Mariupol beach 20 years from now, entertaining claims that it is 'eternal Russian land' and ignoring the Ukrainian families deported and killed there since 2022. "Because that is how generations of Western academics have treated Crimea." 4/5
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Lots of good starter packs flying around. Try this one for scholars of nationalism.
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Oxana Shevel
over 1 year ago
Thank you, Dafna, for the endorsement! We had a great book panel at
#ASEEES24
. Anyone interested in purchasing the book, 30% discount code (PSH30) is in my pinned post on the other platform.
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Hello to Boston, this year’s
#aseees
host city!
#aseees2024
over 1 year ago
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Working on a little 🇺🇦 Starter Pack. Send me other accounts to add!
go.bsky.app/LXdmvMv
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over 1 year ago
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Laura Dean 🇱🇻🇺🇦
over 1 year ago
1000 days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine continuing the war Russia started in 2014. When I visited Ukraine in March 2024 every single town I visited from Kyiv, Ternopil, Lutsk, Lviv, and Uzhhorod had memorials to those killed by Russian aggression.
#StandwithUkraine🇺🇦
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Olga Onuch
over 1 year ago
New starter pack on Russia’s war against Ukraine, and on Russia and Ukraine experts & journalists. Send me a private message if you want to be added.
go.bsky.app/23BTWVx
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Oksana Dudko
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Uilleam Blacker
over 1 year ago
However it came about, I'm grateful for so many new followers here. If you want to read what I've written on Ukrainian/east-central European culture/history (sometimes some politics), or my translations of some fabulous Ukrainian authors, its mostly gathered at this website:
www.uilleamblacker.com
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"Yesterday a missile hit. Tonight, we have poetry" by Iryna Tsilyk h/t to
@globalrhizome.bsky.social
for highlighting this essay in
@theguardian.com
about poetry, Kherson, and the role of art in wartime.
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
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‘Yesterday a missile hit. Tonight, we have poetry’: the writers drawing crowds on Ukraine’s frontlines
As Ukraine remains under Russian bombardment and the election of Trump adds a new level of fear, its residents are turning to the power of literature to console and inspire in even the darkest days
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/14/poetry-readings-ukraine-frontline
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Have been lurking for a while on BlueSky and now will start actually posting here. Guess I should introduce myself.
reeec.illinois.edu/news/2024-11...
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REEEC Welcomes New Associate Director, Dr. Markian Dobczansky
We're very pleased to announce that Dr. Markian Dobczansky will become the new Associate Director of the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center at Illinois, starting on November 18th. Dr. Dobczan...
https://reeec.illinois.edu/news/2024-11-15t152215/reeec-welcomes-new-associate-director-dr-markian-dobczansky
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Working on a little 🇺🇦 Starter Pack. Send me other accounts to add!
go.bsky.app/LXdmvMv
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Here is what is on my reading list for historical context about the Russo-Ukrainian war.
@oxanashevel.bsky.social
@popovaprof.bsky.social
@efinkel.bsky.social
and Serhiy Bilenky belong on your bookshelf!
#ukraine
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