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The second UKRAINETT+ annual conference, entitled The War and Beyond: Perspectives on Ukrainian Culture and Society, will take place in Bergen 14 – 15 October 2025.
By the deadline for panel and paper proposals on 1 May 2025, the organizers received a high volume of sumbissions and faced a challenging task in selecting the papers and panels to be included in the conference programme.
The conference will feature two keynote lectures and five panel sessions with parallel presentations. A detailed programme will be published in early September.
Please check the conference website for the most up-to-date information.
Keynote speakers
Bohdana Neborak is a journalist, curator of cultural projects and editor at «The Ukrainians Media». Her presentation, titled Culture Bridges in Europe and Ukrainian Literature During Wartime: Identity, Resistance, and Cultural Dialogue, will explore how Ukrainian literature creates a space for discussing and reflecting on contemporary realities. More information is available here.
Dr. Uilleam Blacker, Associate Professor of Ukrainian and East European Culture at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies, is also a translator of Ukrainian literature. His presentation, titled Living on the Edge: Ukraine, Overcoming Empire and Cultural Entanglements, explores Ukraine’s complex history as a source of creativity, resilience, and global cultural engagement. More information is available here.
