{"id":3552,"date":"2026-03-11T07:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/?page_id=3552"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:16:37","slug":"online-conference-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/ro\/online-conference\/online-conference-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Online Conference 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Petrach Program
Annual Online Conference 2025<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Understanding Wartime Ukraine<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Held April 15, 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The 2025 Petrach Program Online Conference<\/strong> focused on how war is reshaping Ukraine\u2019s identity, institutions, social well-being, and international role, bringing together scholars for evidence-based discussion across disciplines.\u00a0 <\/span>Across five moderated panels, the program examined Ukrainian identity and culture at home and abroad<\/span>, wartime threats to well-being<\/span>, the relationship between war, peace, and society<\/span>, the workings of domestic politics<\/span>, and Ukraine\u2019s world <\/b>presence<\/span> in wartime.\u00a0 <\/span>A core group of presenters, the Petrach Program Ukraine Studies Fellows, was\u00a0joined by invited chairs, discussants, and speakers from partner institutions.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Key Themes & Discussion Topics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Identity, Culture &
Decolonization<\/b><\/h3>

  • Ukrainian identity and culture beyond borders<\/b><\/span><\/p><\/li>

  • Education and values formation in wartime<\/p><\/li>

  • Minority politics and cross-border tensions<\/p><\/li>

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    Well-Being, Displacement & Societal Resilience<\/b><\/h3>

    • Migration intentions and displacement pressures<\/p><\/li>

    • Health and human security in wartime\u00a0<\/p><\/li>

    • Psychological dimensions of war and propaganda<\/p><\/li>

    • Recovery visions across government, civil society, and communities<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Politics, Governance & Ukraine\u2019s Global Role<\/b><\/h3>

      • How wartime conditions shape domestic political behavior and informal institutions<\/p><\/li>

      • Regional\u2013national political dynamics under war<\/p><\/li>

      • Public diplomacy, soft power, and foreign public opinion<\/p><\/li>

      • Ukraine\u2019s strategic meaning in foreign policy and international responses beyond Europe<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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        Panel Speakers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Ukrainian Identity and Culture at Home and Abroad<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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        Austin Garey,
        George Washington University<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Marian Lopata,
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        Mykola Riabchuk,
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        Taras Samchuk,
        Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Henry Hale,
        George Washington University<\/h3>

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        Andrew Wilson,
        University College London <\/h3>

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        Coping With Wartime Threats to Well-Being<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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        Roman Molikevych,
        Kherson State University<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Valeriia Palii,
        National Psychological Association of Ukraine<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Judyth Twigg,
        Virginia Commonwealth University<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Oksana Yakushko,
        George Washington University<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Robert Orttung,
        George Washington University<\/h3>

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        Gwendolyn Sasse,
        Humboldt University Berlin<\/h3>

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        War, Peace, and Society<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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        Yuliya Bidenko,
        Karazin Kharkiv National University<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Yurii Latysh,
        State University of Londrina<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Pavlo Smytsnyuk,
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        Borys Kormych,
        National University Odesa Law Academy<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Peter Rollberg,
        George Washington University<\/h3>

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        Dominique Arel,
        University of Ottawa<\/h3>

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        The Workings of Ukrainian Domestic Politics<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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        Erik Herron,
        National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Uliana Movchan,
        CEPA, V .N. Karazin Kharkiv National University<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Vadym Osin,
        Dnipro University of Technology<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Irina Rabotyagova,
        V .N. Karazin Kharkiv National University<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Sharon Wolchik,
        George Washington University<\/h3>

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        Jordan Gans-Morse,
        Northwestern University<\/h3>

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        Nadia Bureiko,
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        Henry Hale,
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        Gerard Toal,
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        Alla Zakharchenko,
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        Michelle Kelso,
        George Washington University<\/h3>

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        Paul D\u2019Anieri,
        University of California<\/h3>

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        Petrach ProgramAnnual Online Conference 2025 Understanding Wartime Ukraine Held April 15, 2025 The 2025 Petrach Program Online Conference focused on how war is reshaping Ukraine\u2019s identity, institutions, social well-being, and international role, bringing together scholars for evidence-based discussion across disciplines.\u00a0 Across five moderated panels, the program examined Ukrainian identity and culture at home and abroad, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":3510,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3552","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3552"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3592,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3552\/revisions\/3592"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrachprogram.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}