Challenges and Opportunities for EU Heritage Diplomacy in Ukraine

The conference brings together a consortium of 15 universities working at the intersection of EU foreign policy, heritage diplomacy, and memory politics in Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

The conference is connected to the project "Challenges and Opportunities for EU Heritage Diplomacy in Ukraine" that explores the role of cultural heritage within the EU’s external action, co-funded by the EU within the ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Policy Debate action. It brings together a consortium of 15 universities working at the intersection of EU foreign policy, heritage diplomacy, and memory politics in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. The project is coordinated by KU Leuven under the leadership of Professor Lien Verpoest.
The conference brings together researchers and stakeholders and includes presentation of the results of the project (teaching, research, policy recommendations), networking activities, and discussion of plans for the future.
The Consortium consists of the following universities:
• KU Leuven, Belgium
• Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy, Ukraine
• Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
• University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• University of Hong Kong, China
• Ilia State University, Georgia
• Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland
• National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA), Ukraine
• Université de Lille, France
• Universität Regensburg, Germany
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
• Södertörn University, Sweden
• Tartu University, Estonia
• University of Toronto, Canada
• Tufts University, United States of America

The conference will take place at Södertörn University, 4-5 June.

For a full program and registration, please write to Yuliya Yurchuk: yuilya.yurchuk@sh.se