2024 TCUP Conference

Decolonizing Ukraine in Theory and Practice

February 2-3, 2024

Tsai Auditorium (S-010), CGIS South Concourse
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

The 2024 TCUP Conference joins current discussions of what it means to decolonize how we think about Ukraine, with a focus on policymaking, diplomacy, and advocacy. Panels will focus on the meaning of decolonization, what a decolonizing practice would look like in policymaking, how to approach Ukraine and its neighbors amidst a perpetual Russian threat. The conference will include four in-person panels that will be livestreamed to our virtual audience for a hybrid discussion that centers Ukraine in policymaking about Ukraine.

Conference Program

Please note, this program is subject to change.

February 2, 2024

9:45 a.m.
Opening remarks

10 a.m.-noon
Panel 1: Foundations of Decolonization

Moderator: Emily Channell-Justice (HURI)
Panelists: Tarak Barkawi (Johns Hopkins); Maria Sonevytsky (Bard College); Catherine Wanner (Penn State/HURI); Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon (University of Pennsylvania)

2-4 p.m.
Panel 2: The Big Picture: Regional Policy

Moderator: Timothy Colton (Harvard)
Panelists: Erica Marat (National Defense University); Norman Naimark (Stanford) Jolanta Szymańska (Polish Institute of International Affairs);
Eugene Finkel (Johns Hopkins University)

4:30-6 p.m.
Keynote Lecture

Dora Chomiak (Razom for Ukraine)

February 3, 2024

10 a.m.-noon

Opening Remarks (pre-recorded)

Oksana Markarova, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States

Panel 3: US Policy in Ukraine

Moderator: Oxana Shevel (Tufts University)
Panelists: Volodymyr Dubovyk (Tufts); Eugene Fishel (
George Mason University); Melinda Haring (Razom); Benjamin Schmitt (University of Pennsylvania)

2-4 p.m.
Panel 4: Ukraine’s Domestic Policy

Moderator: Lena Surzhko-Harned (Penn State Behrend)
Panelists:
Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukrainian MP); Volodymyr Kulyk (Stanford/Columbia); Mariam Naiem (independent researcher); Olga Skrypnyk (Crimean Human Rights Group)

4:30-6:30 p.m.
Closing Reception

Lee Gathering Room (S-030, CGIS South Building)

Please join us for light refreshments and conversation.

Conference Speakers

Program in Ukrainian

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Questions may be addressed to TCUP Director Emily Channell-Justice at emc497@harvard.edu.

HURI follows all Harvard health and safety protocols, including COVID vaccination, testing, and quarantine guidelines. Masks are no longer required at HURI events, but we encourage guests to wear them. Please attend the conference virtually if you are experiencing symptoms or recently tested positive for COVID.

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