The Prairie Workshop: Decolonizing European and Soviet History
May 11–13, 2023
Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Zoom:
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Thursday, May 11
9:45 a.m. CST—Central Standard Time
Opening Remarks
Nadya Foty-Oneschuk, Interim Director, Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage
Oksana Dudko, Petro Jacyk Postdoctoral Fellow in Ukrainian Studies, Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage
10:00–11:45 a.m. CST—Central Standard Time
Panel 1. European History Syllabi and Decolonization
Chair: Oksana Dudko, University of Saskatchewan
Participants:
Karolina Koziura, New School for Social Research
Nick Kupensky, United States Air Force Academy
Vladyslava Moskalets, Ukrainian Catholic University/University of Illinois at Chicago
Alessio Ponzio, University of Saskatchewan
1:00–2:45 p.m. CST—Central Standard Time
Panel 2. Rethinking Ukrainian and Russian History Curricula
Chair: Iryna Skubii, Queen’s University
Participants:
Oleksandra Gaidai, American University
Martin-Oleksandr Kisly, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Orysia Kulick, University of Manitoba
3:15–5:00 p.m. CST—Central Standard Time
Panel 3. Approaches to Teaching Regional Studies
Chair: Yaroslav Zhuravlov, NASU Institute of History of Ukraine, Kyiv/Bielefeld University
Participants:
Mayhill Fowler, Stetson University
Ian MacMillen, Yale University
Ania Switzer, University of British Columbia
Friday, May 12
10:00–11:45 a.m. CST—Central Standard Time
Panel 4. (Eastern) European Histories: Transnationality, Interdisciplinarity, and Intersectionality
Chair: Mayhill Fowler, Stetson University
Participants:
Anna Hájková, University of Warwick
Yulia Hilevych, University of Groningen
Anna Muller, University of Michigan–Dearborn
Yaroslav Zhuravlov, NASU Institute of History of Ukraine, Kyiv/Bielefeld University
1:00–2:45 p.m. CST—Central Standard Time
Panel 5. Soviet History: Decolonization, Polycentrism, and Indigenization
Chair: Anna Muller, University of Michigan–Dearborn
Participants:
Manuel Ferez, Alberto Hurtado University
Alexander Maxwell, Victoria University of Wellington
Aleks Pomiećko, University of St Andrews
Iryna Skubii, Queen’s University
3:15–5:00 p.m. CST—Central Standard Time
Panel 6. Decolonization Beyond the Classroom: Academic Centres, Archives, and Museums
Chair: Oleksandra Gaidai, American University
Participants:
Jen Budney, Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Saskatoon
Nadya Foty-Oneschuk, Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage, University of Saskatchewan
Valentyna Kharkun, Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University/University of Alberta
Saturday, May 13
10:00–11:45 a.m. CST—Central Standard Time
Round Table. Decolonization: Towards a New Teaching of European and Soviet History?
Moderator: Oksana Dudko, University of Saskatchewan
Participants:
Mayhill Fowler, Stetson University
Botakoz Kassymbekova, University of Basel
Ian MacMillen, Yale University
Lynne Viola, University of Toronto
Organizer: Oksana Dudko, Petro Jacyk Postdoctoral Fellow in Ukrainian Studies
Email: odudko@stmcollege.ca