On Wednesday, June 15, HURI welcomed the 2022 Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute class on Zoom for orientation. For the third year in a row, the program will be held virtually, with courses and supplemental programming, such as the Public Event Series, taking place online.... Read more about Meet the HUSI Class of 2022

In the fourth TCUP Brief, Emily Channell-Justice summarizes key points of a panel held by the Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota, "The War in Ukraine and the Refugee Crisis: History and Present."

In the third TCUP Brief, Emily Channell-Justice examines reports of war crimes committed during Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and assault on Ukrainian cities.

It is with sadness that HURI has learned of the passing of Tamara Nary, longtime HURI Programs Administrator whose hospitality and warmth will be remembered by all who visited HURI during her tenure.... Read more about Remembering Tamara Nary (1947-2022)

In the second TCUP Brief, Emily Channell-Justice looks back at Paul D'Anieri's 2019 publication, Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War, which traces the development of Ukraine, Russia, and their relationship since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.... Read more about New TCUP Brief: The Roots of Russia's Assault on Ukraine

The Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at HURI has launched a new series of short videos designed to bring key insights from events and papers to a broad audience.... Read more about Introducing TCUP Briefs: Bite-Sized Summaries of Expert Insights

With Russia's unprovoked war raging in Ukraine—a war "justified" by the Kremlin on the basis that Ukrainians and Russians are one and the same—learning and using the Ukrainian language has become a tool to counter Russian influence and take a stand against claims that Ukraine should be part of Russia.... Read more about "We're in Business Now": A New Era for Ukrainian Language Learning

HURI is working with the online archiving platform Archive-It and colleagues at Harvard Library's Slavic department to catalog important online records relating to the war and Ukraine's cultural heritage.... Read more about Web Archive Preserves Data Related to Russia's War on Ukraine

Recognizing the need for urgent support of Ukraine’s intellectual community in the face of Russia’s war of aggression, the Ukrainian Research Institute is partnering with the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM, Vienna) to offer non-residential fellowships... Read more about New Non-Residential Fellowships to Support Ukrainian Scholars

The Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at HURI has released a new TCUP Report by Dr. Alan Riley on Nord Stream 2 that outlines the legal trouble the pipeline project would face even if it were to be revived after Russia's war in Ukraine.... Read more about NEW: The End of Nord Stream 2: Germany, the United States, and EU Law

HURI is pleased to announce the release of its first two books in the new Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature series, which makes noteworthy works of Ukrainian literature available in English translation.... Read more about New from HURI: Books by Stanislav Aseyev and Volodymyr Rafeyenko

Vladimir Putin has justified his ongoing invasion of Ukraine on the basis of a bizarre reading of history and accusations that Ukraine is at the same time Lenin’s creation and the homeland of the Nazis.

Much has been said in the last few years...