Appel à propositions: 20ème séminaire de recherche Danyliw sur l’Ukraine Contemporaine (Chaire d’études ukrainiennes, Université d’Ottawa)

Le séminaire de recherche Danyliw est un des événements phares de la recherche en études ukrainiennes. Organisé par la Chaire d’études ukrainiennes de l’Université d’Ottawa avec le soutien de la fondation Danyliw, il rassemble des chercheurs et chercheuses du monde entier. Ce séminaire offre un cadre unique pour engager une discussion scientifique sur un large spectre de sujets touchant l’Ukraine contemporaine. Il est une plateforme qui contribue à diffuser certaines des recherches les plus influentes en études ukrainiennes. La 20e édition du séminaire annuel se tiendra du 24 au 26 septembre 2026. L’Observatoire relaie l’appel à propositions en anglais, avec une proposition de traduction. Toutes les informations (en anglais) disponibles ici.

Actualité des études ukrainiennes

7–10 minutes

20th Annual Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine
Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa, 24-26 September 2026

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Proposal Deadline: 24 June 2026
Send Proposals to darel@uottawa.ca AND chairukr@gmail.com
You must also fill out a Fact Sheet at https://bit.ly/4ukpc5j.

The Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine will celebrate its 20th anniversary on 24-26 September 2026. The Seminar is hosted by the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa with the support of the Danyliw Foundation in Toronto.

Since 2005, the Danyliw Seminar has provided an annual platform for the presentation of some of the most influential academic research on Ukraine — from scholars, including doctoral students, based in Ukraine, the rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, or anywhere in the world. The 2026 Seminar will be in-person only. The Seminar, as always, is committed to including and bringing over a significant number of scholars from Ukraine, including those still in Ukraine and those displaced abroad.

The 20th Annual Danyliw Seminar invites proposals from scholars, including doctoral students, in political science, anthropology, sociology, history, law, economics and related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities— on a broad variety of topics falling under thematic clusters. Policy analysts, practitioners from non-governmental and international organizations, journalists, and artists are also invited to submit proposals. We welcome both topics related to the current war and to Ukrainian studies in general. Among suggested topics:

  • warfare (military tactics/strategy, drones, air defense, military aid)
  • geopolitics (ceasefire negotiations, postwar scenarios, NATO, EU, China, Global South)
  • international crimes (war of aggression, atrocity crimes, tribunal)
  • media (international reporting, disinformation, state propaganda, social media)
  • history/memory (imperial, interwar, Holodomor, WWII, Soviet, Maidan, Donbas, Crimea, full-scale invasion)
  • civilians (army mobilisation, anti-corruption, resistance, collaboration)
  • culture and war (religion, language, literature, arts, cinema)
  • migration (internally displaced persons, refugees, diasporas)

Authors of new books (published in 2025-2026) and filmmakers with new documentaries (2025-2026) are also most welcome to send proposals.

Presentations at the Seminar will be based on research papers (4,000-6,000 words), to be sent two weeks before the event. The Seminar favors intensive discussion, with relatively short presentations (12 minutes), followed with an extensive Q&A with the moderators and Seminar participants.

People interested in presenting at the 2026 Danyliw Seminar are invited to submit a 500 word paper proposal and a 150 word biographical statement, by email attachment in a single Word document, to Dominique Arel, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, at darel@uottawa.ca AND chairukr@gmail.com.

Note that a biographical statement is not a CV, but a written paragraph. The same requirements apply to submissions regarding a new book (500 word abstract in this case) or new film (which must include a secured screening link).

Please also include your full coordinates (institutional affiliation, preferred postal address, email, phone, and Twitter/X or Bluesky handle [if you have one]). Indicate also your coordinates on WhatsApp. If applicable, indicate your latest publication or, in the case of doctoral or post-doctoral applicants, the year when you entered a doctoral program, the title of your dissertation and year of (expected) completion. IMPORTANT: if you require a visa to enter Canada pleased indicate whether you already have a valid one, or will require one.

You must also fill out a Fact Sheet at https://bit.ly/4ukpc5j.

The proposal deadline is 24 June 2026. The Chair will cover the visa, travel and accommodation expenses of applicants whose proposal is accepted by the Seminar. The proposals will be reviewed by an international program committee.

The Danyliw Seminar website (danyliwseminar.com) contains the programs, papers, videos of presentations and photographs of the past Danyliw seminars. Materials from 2024 and earlier appear in the top menu. Scroll down the main page to access the printed programs (PDF) of the previous seminars.

The Danyliw Seminar is made possible by the generous commitment of the Wolodymyr George Danyliw Foundation, and of its director Andrew Danyliw, to the pursuit of excellence in the study of contemporary Ukraine and the support Ukrainian scholars in times of war.

Cordially, 
DOMINIQUE AREL, Chair of Ukrainian Studies, University of Ottawa (Canada) 
MAYHILL FOWLER, Stetson University (US) 
ANNA COLIN LEBEDEV, Université Paris Nanterre (France) 
DARIA MATTINGLY, University of Chichester (UK) 
OXANA SHEVEL, Tufts University (US) 
IOULIA SHUKAN, École des hautes études en sciences sociales [EHESS] (France) 
YULIYA YURCHUK, Södertörn U (Sweden)
Danyliw 2025 International Program Committee