Oksana Dudko
@oksanadudko.bsky.social
historian and theatre curator | violence, body, the first world war, and the 1917 revolutions | Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union | also write about contemporary Ukrainian theatre | in theatre when not in the archives
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Oksana Dudko
@oksanadudko.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Gate-crashing “European” and “Slavic” area studies: can Ukrainian studies transform the fields?
Russia’s full-fledged invasion of Ukraine has brought Ukraine to the centre of academic and public attention. The fact that Ukraine did not immediately collapse surprised the global community and f...
doi.org
Check out one of my latest articles on how studying 🇺🇦 can help us rethink area studies and decolonizing approaches to European and Slavic studies. Grateful to the @canslavpapers.bsky.social forum "Approaches to #Decolonization" for offering a platform for broader discussion.
doi.org/10.1080/0008...
doi.org/10.1080/0008...
🇪🇪 TENTH ANNUAL TARTU CONFERENCE ON EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES
🌍 Conference theme: Global Flows and Frictions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
📢 Call for Papers: sisu.ut.ee/tartuconfere...
📅 Dates: June 10–12, 2026, Tartu, Estonia
⏰ Submissions open until: January 25, 2026
#conference
🌍 Conference theme: Global Flows and Frictions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
📢 Call for Papers: sisu.ut.ee/tartuconfere...
📅 Dates: June 10–12, 2026, Tartu, Estonia
⏰ Submissions open until: January 25, 2026
#conference
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
🇪🇪 TENTH ANNUAL TARTU CONFERENCE ON EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES
🌍 Conference theme: Global Flows and Frictions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
📢 Call for Papers: sisu.ut.ee/tartuconfere...
📅 Dates: June 10–12, 2026, Tartu, Estonia
⏰ Submissions open until: January 25, 2026
#conference
🌍 Conference theme: Global Flows and Frictions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
📢 Call for Papers: sisu.ut.ee/tartuconfere...
📅 Dates: June 10–12, 2026, Tartu, Estonia
⏰ Submissions open until: January 25, 2026
#conference
A bunch of amazing postdoc opportunities in Canada!
The Department of History, Classics, and Religion invites applications for the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Alberta. Deadline: December 12. Details here:
www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-...
The Department of History, Classics, and Religion invites applications for the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Alberta. Deadline: December 12. Details here:
www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-...
October 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A bunch of amazing postdoc opportunities in Canada!
The Department of History, Classics, and Religion invites applications for the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Alberta. Deadline: December 12. Details here:
www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-...
The Department of History, Classics, and Religion invites applications for the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Alberta. Deadline: December 12. Details here:
www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-...
On my list now. An important read.
RUTA member Olga Burlyuk has a new essay on the mis-imagination of Ukraine as an empty land. In the text, she scrutinises the all too common suggestions of surrender to Russian occupation as the pornography of land concessions and reminds us:
there are people here
platformraam.nl/artikelen/29...
there are people here
platformraam.nl/artikelen/29...
The myth of the 'empty steppe': how Europe misimagines Ukraine
platformraam.nl
October 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
On my list now. An important read.
Reposted by Oksana Dudko
Join us for our next RUTA webinar on family stories through art, literature, and decolonial thinking, featuring a round table conversation with Elmira Kakabayeva, Aida Sulova & Victoria Sarangova
October 31, 11:00 EST / 18:00 EEST - Kyiv time
Link for registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 31, 11:00 EST / 18:00 EEST - Kyiv time
Link for registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Join us for our next RUTA webinar on family stories through art, literature, and decolonial thinking, featuring a round table conversation with Elmira Kakabayeva, Aida Sulova & Victoria Sarangova
October 31, 11:00 EST / 18:00 EEST - Kyiv time
Link for registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 31, 11:00 EST / 18:00 EEST - Kyiv time
Link for registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Association for the Study of Nationalities @asn-org.bsky.social invites proposals for individual papers, panels, roundtables, and book presentations for the 2026 Annual Convention, May 28–20, 2026.
Submission deadline: November 19, 2025.
Details: www.asnconvention.com
#Conference #ASN
Submission deadline: November 19, 2025.
Details: www.asnconvention.com
#Conference #ASN
ASN World Convention
The ASN World Convention, the largest international and inter-disciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind.
www.asnconvention.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Association for the Study of Nationalities @asn-org.bsky.social invites proposals for individual papers, panels, roundtables, and book presentations for the 2026 Annual Convention, May 28–20, 2026.
Submission deadline: November 19, 2025.
Details: www.asnconvention.com
#Conference #ASN
Submission deadline: November 19, 2025.
Details: www.asnconvention.com
#Conference #ASN
Consider applying if you’re a grad student! I once co-organized this conference, and it was such a wonderful experience.
munkschool.utoronto.ca/petro-jacyk/...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/petro-jacyk/...
October 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Consider applying if you’re a grad student! I once co-organized this conference, and it was such a wonderful experience.
munkschool.utoronto.ca/petro-jacyk/...
munkschool.utoronto.ca/petro-jacyk/...
We’ll be discussing @ivan-kalmar.bsky.social’s White but Not Quite
(@brisunipress.bsky.social) at our next Ukrainian Reading Group meeting.
I love our discussion group and the wonderful people who attend. For me, it’s a source of endless inspiration that keeps me reading no matter what. #URG
(@brisunipress.bsky.social) at our next Ukrainian Reading Group meeting.
I love our discussion group and the wonderful people who attend. For me, it’s a source of endless inspiration that keeps me reading no matter what. #URG
October 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We’ll be discussing @ivan-kalmar.bsky.social’s White but Not Quite
(@brisunipress.bsky.social) at our next Ukrainian Reading Group meeting.
I love our discussion group and the wonderful people who attend. For me, it’s a source of endless inspiration that keeps me reading no matter what. #URG
(@brisunipress.bsky.social) at our next Ukrainian Reading Group meeting.
I love our discussion group and the wonderful people who attend. For me, it’s a source of endless inspiration that keeps me reading no matter what. #URG
Consider applying!!
PhD Position in Ukrainian Studies 🇺🇦
⏱️ Deadline: November 15, 2025
jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...
PhD Position in Ukrainian Studies 🇺🇦
⏱️ Deadline: November 15, 2025
jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...
HSG: PhD Position in Ukrainian Studies (m/w/d)
We are looking for a PhD candidate with expertise in cultural history, history, literary studies, or sociology. Interdisciplinary approaches and comparative aspects in a European or global context are...
jobs.unisg.ch
October 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Consider applying!!
PhD Position in Ukrainian Studies 🇺🇦
⏱️ Deadline: November 15, 2025
jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...
PhD Position in Ukrainian Studies 🇺🇦
⏱️ Deadline: November 15, 2025
jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stell...
The #ASEEES25 conference is coming up! If you work on Eastern Europe and women’s & gender history, consider applying for the #AWSS Travel Grant: awsshome.org/awards/trave...
August 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The #ASEEES25 conference is coming up! If you work on Eastern Europe and women’s & gender history, consider applying for the #AWSS Travel Grant: awsshome.org/awards/trave...
My lecture on the Ukrainian Galician Army, the typhus epidemic, and anti-Jewish violence in 1919 is now available on the Historical Webinar channel.
youtu.be/iQFrBradOM0?...
youtu.be/iQFrBradOM0?...
“IB\HW” Оксана Дудко. «Загрожене тіло нації: тиф, виснаження і розчарування в УГА»
YouTube video by Історичний вебінар\Historical Webinar
youtu.be
July 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My lecture on the Ukrainian Galician Army, the typhus epidemic, and anti-Jewish violence in 1919 is now available on the Historical Webinar channel.
youtu.be/iQFrBradOM0?...
youtu.be/iQFrBradOM0?...
Check out one of my latest articles on how studying 🇺🇦 can help us rethink area studies and decolonizing approaches to European and Slavic studies. Grateful to the @canslavpapers.bsky.social forum "Approaches to #Decolonization" for offering a platform for broader discussion.
doi.org/10.1080/0008...
doi.org/10.1080/0008...
Gate-crashing “European” and “Slavic” area studies: can Ukrainian studies transform the fields?
Russia’s full-fledged invasion of Ukraine has brought Ukraine to the centre of academic and public attention. The fact that Ukraine did not immediately collapse surprised the global community and f...
doi.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Check out one of my latest articles on how studying 🇺🇦 can help us rethink area studies and decolonizing approaches to European and Slavic studies. Grateful to the @canslavpapers.bsky.social forum "Approaches to #Decolonization" for offering a platform for broader discussion.
doi.org/10.1080/0008...
doi.org/10.1080/0008...
Super interesting!
JUST published (free access) Full article: Warrior ethos and the spirit of nationalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Warrior ethos and the spirit of nationalism
In popular culture, nationalism is often associated with the battlefields. The combatants are often deemed to be inspired by a strong sense of patriotic duty. From the French revolutionary armies a...
www.tandfonline.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Super interesting!
Reposted by Oksana Dudko
The Canadian Association of Slavists invites expressions of interest for the position of Editor of Canadian Slavonic Papers, starting in 2026 or 2027. See our website for further particulars: slavists.ca/news/
News
News Zprávy Latest News — SEARCH FOR NEW CSP EDITOR — The Canadian Association of Slavists invites expressions of interest for the position of Editor of Canadian Slavonic Papers, starting in 2026 or 2...
slavists.ca
June 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Canadian Association of Slavists invites expressions of interest for the position of Editor of Canadian Slavonic Papers, starting in 2026 or 2027. See our website for further particulars: slavists.ca/news/
The latest issue of @historyworkshop.org.uk is out now, featuring our forum: “A Conversation on Being Postcolonial When No One Takes Any Notice,” with @ankahajkova.bsky.social, @oksanadudko.bsky.social, @kassymbekova.bsky.social, John Vsetecka, Yuliya Hilevych & Anna Muller.
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
The latest issue of History Workshop Journal is hot off the press - with articles on medieval lordship, trans feminism and meat markets.
Issue 99 is live now on the HWJ website:
academic.oup.com/hwj...
Issue 99 is live now on the HWJ website:
academic.oup.com/hwj...
June 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The latest issue of @historyworkshop.org.uk is out now, featuring our forum: “A Conversation on Being Postcolonial When No One Takes Any Notice,” with @ankahajkova.bsky.social, @oksanadudko.bsky.social, @kassymbekova.bsky.social, John Vsetecka, Yuliya Hilevych & Anna Muller.
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
Podcast for STUDIO Central and Eastern Europe @fcee.bsky.social @KU_Leuven on Ukrainian studies in the West after Russia’s full-scale invasion is out.
Thanks to @MarynaShevtsova for interviewing me.
Thanks to @MarynaShevtsova for interviewing me.
How has Russia’s war in Ukraine reshaped Ukrainian studies in the West?
🎙️Studio Central and Eastern Europe — New episode out, in which historian Oksana Dudko joins political scientist Maryna Shevtsova to discuss how the war helped broaden East European Studies beyond its Russia-centric past.
🎙️Studio Central and Eastern Europe — New episode out, in which historian Oksana Dudko joins political scientist Maryna Shevtsova to discuss how the war helped broaden East European Studies beyond its Russia-centric past.
Oksana Dudko on the War’s Impact on Ukrainian and East European Studies | Studio Central and Eastern Europe
In this episode of Studio Central and Eastern Europe, Oksana Dudko discusses how Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has broadened the field of Ukrainian studies in the West. In conversation with ...
fcee.podbean.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Podcast for STUDIO Central and Eastern Europe @fcee.bsky.social @KU_Leuven on Ukrainian studies in the West after Russia’s full-scale invasion is out.
Thanks to @MarynaShevtsova for interviewing me.
Thanks to @MarynaShevtsova for interviewing me.
During the next meeting of the online 🇺🇦Ukrainian Reading Group I’m hosting, we’ll be discussing @daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social's newly published "Ecocide in Ukraine" @politybooks.bsky.social
#URG 🇺🇦
#URG 🇺🇦
June 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
During the next meeting of the online 🇺🇦Ukrainian Reading Group I’m hosting, we’ll be discussing @daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social's newly published "Ecocide in Ukraine" @politybooks.bsky.social
#URG 🇺🇦
#URG 🇺🇦
So glad that Aleks Pomiećko's "Bound by Exclusion and Violence" is finally out with @utpress. Great news for Belarusian studies and the broader field.
June 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So glad that Aleks Pomiećko's "Bound by Exclusion and Violence" is finally out with @utpress. Great news for Belarusian studies and the broader field.
Reposted by Oksana Dudko
Great to see research recently published in HWJ by @ankahajkova.bsky.social and Oksana Dudko referenced in Swedish newspapers.
Read the full forum article here (free access) - six historians of Eastern Europe discuss decolonizing approaches
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
Read the full forum article here (free access) - six historians of Eastern Europe discuss decolonizing approaches
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Great to see research recently published in HWJ by @ankahajkova.bsky.social and Oksana Dudko referenced in Swedish newspapers.
Read the full forum article here (free access) - six historians of Eastern Europe discuss decolonizing approaches
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
Read the full forum article here (free access) - six historians of Eastern Europe discuss decolonizing approaches
doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
Starter packs might be a bit old, but they’re still a great way to find focused content. Here’s a starter pack of Ukrainian scholars and experts. Please read and share.
If you work on Ukraine and want to be included, feel free to DM.
go.bsky.app/NrWpykf
If you work on Ukraine and want to be included, feel free to DM.
go.bsky.app/NrWpykf
June 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Starter packs might be a bit old, but they’re still a great way to find focused content. Here’s a starter pack of Ukrainian scholars and experts. Please read and share.
If you work on Ukraine and want to be included, feel free to DM.
go.bsky.app/NrWpykf
If you work on Ukraine and want to be included, feel free to DM.
go.bsky.app/NrWpykf
Such a wonderful event to be part of. Consider applying!
The Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine, September 25-27, 2025 in Ottawa, Canada.
Call for proposals: www.danyliwseminar.com
Deadline : 26 June 2025
#Danyliw25
The Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine, September 25-27, 2025 in Ottawa, Canada.
Call for proposals: www.danyliwseminar.com
Deadline : 26 June 2025
#Danyliw25
June 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Such a wonderful event to be part of. Consider applying!
The Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine, September 25-27, 2025 in Ottawa, Canada.
Call for proposals: www.danyliwseminar.com
Deadline : 26 June 2025
#Danyliw25
The Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine, September 25-27, 2025 in Ottawa, Canada.
Call for proposals: www.danyliwseminar.com
Deadline : 26 June 2025
#Danyliw25
Kick-off Konferenz "Eastern Europe’s Invisibilities: Politics, Epistemics, Arts"
University of Zurich, Mai 6-8, 2026
Deadline: July 31, 2025
www.slav.uzh.ch/de/forschung...
Exhibition view of Mykola Ridnyi's Blind Spots (2014/15) @mykola_rrrrr
University of Zurich, Mai 6-8, 2026
Deadline: July 31, 2025
www.slav.uzh.ch/de/forschung...
Exhibition view of Mykola Ridnyi's Blind Spots (2014/15) @mykola_rrrrr
May 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Kick-off Konferenz "Eastern Europe’s Invisibilities: Politics, Epistemics, Arts"
University of Zurich, Mai 6-8, 2026
Deadline: July 31, 2025
www.slav.uzh.ch/de/forschung...
Exhibition view of Mykola Ridnyi's Blind Spots (2014/15) @mykola_rrrrr
University of Zurich, Mai 6-8, 2026
Deadline: July 31, 2025
www.slav.uzh.ch/de/forschung...
Exhibition view of Mykola Ridnyi's Blind Spots (2014/15) @mykola_rrrrr
So happy that our piece with @ankahajkova.bsky.social—"Teaching Eastern Europe in the Age of Russia’s Imperial Invasions: A Conversation on Being Postcolonial When No One Takes Any Notice"—is finally out in @historyworkshop.org.uk
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
May 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So happy that our piece with @ankahajkova.bsky.social—"Teaching Eastern Europe in the Age of Russia’s Imperial Invasions: A Conversation on Being Postcolonial When No One Takes Any Notice"—is finally out in @historyworkshop.org.uk
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
Honoured to receive the Dr. Sergiy & Tetyana Kryvoruchko Award in Ukr History for Acad. Excellence. Receiving this award during the harrowing yrs of Ru’s invasion of UA gave a rare moment to pause & reflect on how lucky I am to be doing what I truly love @uoftartsci.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Honoured to receive the Dr. Sergiy & Tetyana Kryvoruchko Award in Ukr History for Acad. Excellence. Receiving this award during the harrowing yrs of Ru’s invasion of UA gave a rare moment to pause & reflect on how lucky I am to be doing what I truly love @uoftartsci.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social
Season 3 of #URG 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Reading Group keeps going no matter what.
We just wrapped up Autocracy, Inc. by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Love our group and the conversations we’re having!
Next up: The Life and Death of States (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2023) by Natasha Wheatley.
We just wrapped up Autocracy, Inc. by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Love our group and the conversations we’re having!
Next up: The Life and Death of States (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2023) by Natasha Wheatley.
April 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Season 3 of #URG 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Reading Group keeps going no matter what.
We just wrapped up Autocracy, Inc. by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Love our group and the conversations we’re having!
Next up: The Life and Death of States (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2023) by Natasha Wheatley.
We just wrapped up Autocracy, Inc. by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Love our group and the conversations we’re having!
Next up: The Life and Death of States (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2023) by Natasha Wheatley.
Meanwhile, since 2021, I’ve hosted the 🇺🇦 Reading Group #URG, and we just started Season 3. We are a community of scholars of Ukraine who read books on empires, violence, nation-states, and Soviet modernity. Understanding 🇺🇦 is required.
All are welcome.
Collage by @selizetta.bsky.social
All are welcome.
Collage by @selizetta.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Meanwhile, since 2021, I’ve hosted the 🇺🇦 Reading Group #URG, and we just started Season 3. We are a community of scholars of Ukraine who read books on empires, violence, nation-states, and Soviet modernity. Understanding 🇺🇦 is required.
All are welcome.
Collage by @selizetta.bsky.social
All are welcome.
Collage by @selizetta.bsky.social