Events
Events
Seminars, lectures, conferences, and other events are generally public and recorded.
Upcoming Events
Art Exhibit: Davyd Chychkan, "With Ribbons and Flags,” 2022-2024
“With Ribbons and Flags” is the last project by Ukrainian artist and activist Davyd Chychkan (1986-2025). He created "With Ribbons and Flags" in 2022-2024, before volunteering to fight on the frontline himself.
Home-Making in Displacement Among Ukrainians in Europe and North America: Collective Memories and Re(Dis)Located Heritages in the Wake of Russian Aggression
A lecture by Eleonora Narvselius, HURI Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor of European Studies at Lund University, Sweden
Back to the USSR—and Farther: Russia’s War Against Ukraine, Mnemonic Abuse, and Memoricide
A lecture by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed, Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University
David and Goliath: Understanding the Russo-Ukrainian War
A lecture by Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University
The Carpathians: Periphery or Center?
A lecture by Patrice M. Dabrowski, a HURI Associate, a member of the Board of Directors of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, and editor of H-Poland
Recent Events
2026 HUSI Welcome Reception
HUSI students and instructors are invited to a casual "welcome" reception to mark the opening of the summer term.
2026 HUSI Student Orientation
Private event for HUSI students, including program information, introductions, and library orientation.
Silence Dressed in Cyrillic Letters
Book launch and discussion of Silence Dressed in Cyrillic Letters with author Iya Kiva and translators Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk
Furious Harvests
Book launch and discussion of Furious Harvests with author Alex Averbuch and translators Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky
Culture and Resistance: Why is it Time for a New History of Soviet Dissent?
A lecture by Tatsiana Astrouskaya, HURI Research Fellow at Harvard and Research Fellow at the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe in Marburg
