Solidarity with Ukraine – 4EU+ for Ukraine II / International Conference „European Narratives and Identity: Ukraine – A New Perspective”, Paris, 25-26.06.2024

In the end of June the University of Warsaw organised an international conference „European Narratives and Identity: Ukraine – A New Perspective” in Paris, France. The event was one of the activities within the framework of the Project 4EU+ for Ukraine II financed by the National Agency for Academic Exchange of the Republic of Poland.

International Conference „European Narratives and Identity: Ukraine – A New Perspective”.

Place: Paris, France – Société Historique et Littéraire Polonaise, Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris, 6, quai d’Orléans

Date: June 25th-26th, 2024

Content of the conference

Key note lecture: Natalia Yakovenko (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv): Soft Power of Ukrainian Culture in the Activities of Ukrainian Diplomatic Missions Abroad

Narratives of Ukrainian Identity in public discourse

Chair: Olesia Naumovska (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)

Vadym Zheltovskyy (University of Warsaw): Does rhetoric matter? Narratives of Central European leaders on Ukraine’s accession to the EU

Liudmyla Harmash (Sorbonne University): The Language Policy of Ukraine and Its Role in the Development of the Humanities

Bogdana Nosova (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv): Interpretation of Narratives of Historical Memory and Identity in the Ukrainian Media Discourse

Vera Skvirskaja (University of Copenhagen): Decononisation, Epistemic Injustice and Minoritarian Perspectives in Ukraine

Translating Ukrainian Literature: Challenges and Opportunities

Chair: Bohdan Babych (Heidelberg University)

Inna Litvinova (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University): Paradigm Shift of National Self-Identification of Ukrainians: Language Aspect (Based on Poetic Texts of the Russian-Ukrainian War Period)

Tetiana Kachanovska (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv): Problems of Paratextual Mediation in Translation: Translating Contemporary Ukrainian War Poetry into French

Ganna Pletnyova-Fabre (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University): Translation and publication of Ukrainian literature in France since February 24th, 2022: opportunities and pain reason for difficulties

Iryna Odrekhivska (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv): Decoding Anglophone Translations of Ukrainian Literature: Colonial Echoes, Resilient Voices, and Narratives Unbound

Exploring Ukrainian narratives of the war

Chair: Olena Matushek (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University)

Roman Tryfonov (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University): Концептосфера та поетика сучасної української волонтерської публіцистики

Katarzyna Jakubowska-Krawczyk (University of Warsaw): Documenting Experiences of War and Exile: Ukrainian Diaries and Graphic Art Narratives

Olesia Naumovska (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv): The Image of the Hero in Ukrainian Fairy Tales and Contemporary War Narratives

Maryna Vardanian (Heidelberg University): Children’s Literature and Translation as Promotion of Ukrainian Culture

Language Policy and Wartime Discourse

Chair: Liudmyla Harmash (Sorbonne University)

Liudmyla Kravchenko (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv): The influence of the language policy of Ukraine 2014-2023 on the change of the language landscape of the country and on the affirmation of Ukrainian national identity in proper names

Svitłana Romaniuk (University of Warsaw): War has touched everyone. Linguistic features of the addresses of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during wartime

Anastasiia Novoshytska (Heidelberg University): A Corpus-Based Approach to Interpreting Studies: Corpus of Political Speeches in Ukrainian-English Combination

Memory, Decolonization, and Literature: An Analytical Perspective

Chair: Svitłana Romaniuk (University of Warsaw)

Olena Matushek (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University): Політика пам’яті в літературному дискурсі Київської митрополії часів Руїни

Olena Haleta (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv): Ukraine, Europe, humanity: Sophia Yablonska’s journey in search of identity

Marta Zambrzycka (University of Warsaw): The decolonizing potential of Ukrainian literature. An example of Valery Shevchuk’s work.

Constructing National Identity: The Role of Narratives and Symbols

Chair: Maryna Vardanian (Heidelberg University)

Tetiana Grebeniuk (University of Warsaw): Re-mapping Family Memory in Search of Identity: Novels “The Rooster House. A Ukrainian Family Secret” by Victoria Belim and “Echoes” by Larysa Denysenko

Maryana Hirnyak (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv): The Intellectual “in the Embrace of Empire”: the Problem of Individual and National Identity in the Ukrainian Novel of 20 th Century

Yaryna Zakalska (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv): Promotion of Ukrainian embroidery in the world. Translation into English the edition „Imperishable. Ukrainian state symbols in the folk embroidery and weaving”

Svitlana Shekhavtsova (Matej Bel University): Cultural Identity of Ukrainians and Their Adaptation within European Union

Cultural Diplomacy and Deconstructing Stereotypes

Chair: Iryna Odrekhivska (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv)

Viktoriia Pilkevych (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv): Cultural Diplomacy of Ukraine

Olena Shevchenko (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv): Stereotypes VS perception of the country as a basis for cultural diplomacy: the case of Ukraine

Larysa Pavlichenko (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv): The battlefield in the media space: disspelling kremlin narratives