9 to 11 am, Stockholm time - CET

Presentations:

• Olena Zhyvkova, Deputy-Director General on Research, Curator, and the Keeper of European Painting at The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts in Kyiv.
• Elmira Ablyalimova-Chiyhoz, Expert at the Crimean Institute for Strategic Studies, Kyiv; Former Director of the Bakhchisarai Historical and Cultural Reserve, Crimea/Kyiv.
• Anna Yanenko, Deputy Head of the Research Department of History and Archaeology at the National Preserve "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra," Kyiv; Research Fellow at the National Memorial to the Heavenly Hundred Heroes and Revolution of Dignity Museum, Kyiv; Board member at the Ukrainian Association of Archaeologists.
• Milena Chorna, The National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War; Expert of the Subgroup on Safeguarding Ukraine's Cultural Heritage at the European Commission; Volunteer of the "Museum Crisis Center."

11 am to 1 pm, Stockholm time - CET

Roundtable discussion

Ukrainian and Swedish curators, museum professionals, and heritage experts will cover a wide array of topics, including:

• Activities by Ukrainian museum practitioners, scholars, governmental bodies, and NGOs to protect museums and heritage in Ukraine.
• International collaborations between Sweden and Ukraine in the museum industry and heritage.
• The role of mediators in facilitating exchange and dialogue among stakeholders, including international organizations, museum professionals, lawyers, associations, academics, and activists.
• Legal frameworks for future restitutions and repatriations.
• New practices and approaches for emergency plans, risk assessment management, preservation of collections, and other war-related activities.

Participants include representatives from leading Swedish museum and heritage institutions such as ICOM Sweden, the National Archives, the Swedish National Heritage Board, Nationalmuseum, the Nordic Museum, Moderna Art Museum, the National Museums of World Culture, Södertörn University and Stockholm University.

Organising committee (In collaboration between CBEES, the School for Culture and Education, and the School of Historical and Contemporary Studies at Södertörn University):

• Florence Fröhling,
• Ramona Rat,
• Irina Sandomirskaja,
• Maria Silina,
• Yuliya Yurchuk.

Special thanks to Professor Per Bolin, Vit Kysilka, and Eleonor Jurackova for their support and contributions to the event.

For inquiries please contact Mariia Silina (see the contact details below)

Concept: Maria Silina, an Adjunct Professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a CBEES Visiting Researcher.