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4th Doctoral School in Urban Geopolitics:
Urban Perspectives
on the russian War in Ukraine
October 9-12, 2022
Lviv
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The University of Oslo, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the City Institute (Lviv), in collaboration with partners of the Norwegian Research Council-funded UKRGEOPOL research project, are delighted to invite doctoral candidates to the Urban Perspectives on the Russian War in Ukraine Doctoral School
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| The event will be held in English and Ukrainian. Sufficient knowledge of English is thus essential for participation |
The event comprises a series of lectures, panel discussions (on “IDPs in the city” and “Life in the occupied cities”) as well as a practical task
The practical task will explore topics related to post-war urban repopulation and reconstruction
A field trip to Sykhiv, the biggest housing estate in Lviv from the 1970-80s will be included
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12 fully funded places are available: free accommodation in shared twin rooms, breakfasts and lunches, a welcome dinner, and travel costs up to UAH 1600 (ca EUR 40)
Deadline: September 29, 2022
Notification of acceptance:
September 30, 2022
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Confirmed speakers and panelists:
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Please apply here:
https://forms.gle/HcjgXdGxGNJutbGg6
Download Doctoral School Call
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Michael Gentile, Prof., University of Oslo
Eugenia Kuznetsova, Dr., Kyiv School of Economics
Anton Kolomieitsev, Chief Architect of Lviv
Tetiana Zhuk, journalist, "Skhidnyi Variant", Donetsk
Olena Denysenko, Dr., Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
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Ángel Torres-Adán, Dr., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Kostyantyn Mezentsev, Prof., Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Diana Berg, Mariupol Art-Platform "Tiu"
Grygorii Pidgrushnyi, Prof., Institute of Geography, Kyiv
Ihor Pylypenko, Prof., Kherson State University
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3rd Doctoral School in Urban Geopolitics:
Cities, Identities and Spaces of Information
September 15 - October 29, 2021
virtual space
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Seminar 1
Identity construction and negotiation in Ukraine: between official informal and invisible narratives
Dr. Abel Polese (Dublin City University)
Moderator: Dr. Sven Daniel Wolfe (University of Lausanne)
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Seminar 2
The Role of Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories in Russian Security Thinking
Dr. Martin Kragh (Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Uppsala University)
Moderator: Dr. Eugenia Kuznetsova (Kyiv School of Economics)
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Seminar 3
The (post)industrial town: Urban identity between 'local' and 'global'
Dr. Nadir Kinossian (Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography)
Moderator: Prof. Michael Gentile (University of Oslo)
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Seminar 4
Dealing with the Uneasy Past: Mediated Memory and Urban Activism in Kharkiv
Dr. Ivan Kozachenko (Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
Moderator: Prof. Oleksii Musiezdov (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University)
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Seminar 5
Renaming and Reclaiming Urban Spaces. Decommunization of Urban Identities in Ukraine
Dr. Valeria Lazarenko (Cedos, NGO Centre for Society Research)
Moderator: Dr. Oleksii Gnatiuk (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
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Seminar 6
Performing nation and its emplacements: re-assessing citizenship in post-1991 Ukraine
Dr. Valeria Korablyova (Charles University in Prague)
Moderator: Prof. Kostyantyn Mezentsev (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
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Seminar 7
Discussions on Donbas cities after 2014: role of industrial heritage
Dr. Iryna Sklokina (Center for Urban History)
Moderator: Dr. Olena Denysenko (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
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2nd Doctoral School in Urban Geopolitics:
Life in geopolitical falt-line cities
September 28 - October 10, 2020
virtual space
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| Organisers: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the University of Oslo, in collaboration with partners of the Norwegian Research Council-funded UKRGEOPOL research project. It took place over four days - "Days of Urban Geopolitics" and a virtual field trip to Dnipro, the city which was originally supposed to host this Doctoral School event. Within the scope of the Doctoral Scool, participants gained insights into socio-spatial polarization, identity, and IDP-related issues in cities. |
Lecture: IDPs in post-Soviet cities – the case of Georgia
Prof. Joseph Salukvadze, Tbilisi State University
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Lecture: IDPs and the media in geopolitical fault-line cities
Dr. Eugenia Kuznetsova, Kyiv School of Economics
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Lecture: Not even past: contested urban memories of Ukraine`s unresolved conflict
Dr. Tatiana Zhurzhenko, University of Vienna
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Virtual fieldtrip “Encounters in fault-line cities – getting a sense of Dnipro”
guided by Prof. Kostyantyn Mezentsev, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Discussant: Dr. Sven Daniel Wolfe, University of Lausanne
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Lecture: The causes and consequences of the war in eastern Ukraine: An economic geography perspective
Dr. Vlad Mykhnenko, University of Oxford
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First International Doctoral Summer School in Urban Geopolitics:
Urban Identities, Geopolitics and Urban Policy
6-9 June 2019, Kharkiv
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| The Doctoral School provided an open and informal atmosphere for mutual exchange among young scientists and distinguished senior researchers, followed by a field trip to the twin cities of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, located in the Ukrainian government-controlled area of the Donbas. There was intense, productive, interdisciplinary and international dialogue and learning at the intersection of urban identities, geopolitics and urban policy |
Opening, welcome speeches by Vice-Rector Prof. Anton V. Panteleimonov and Head of the hosting department Prof. Liudmyla Nemets
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Participants
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Lecture: Urban geopolitics
Dr. Sven Daniel Wolfe, University of Lausanne
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Lecture: Geopolitical fault-line cities
Prof. Michael Gentile, University of Oslo
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Lecture: Urban fences, Europeanness and urban identity
Prof. Kostyantyn Mezentsev, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
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Lecture: Urban identities in south-eastern Ukrainian cities: the case of Kharkiv
Prof. Oleksiy Musiyezdov, V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University
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Lecture: Comparing conflicts at the edges of the metropole
Prof. Taras Kuzio, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy & Johns Hopkins University
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Lecture: Countering misinformation and disinformation
Dr. Evgenia Kuznetsova, Kyiv School of Economics
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Discussion of and feedback on PhD students' work with Prof. Gentile, Prof. Kuzio, Dr. Kuznetsova, Dr. Wolfe and Prof. Mezentsev
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Full-day field trip to the Donbas (Kramatorsk/Sloviansk)
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Field day in Kharkiv
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