Mykola Haievoi Center for Modern History
@mhc-modern-history.bsky.social
The MHC is a joint research center of the LMU Munich and the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. It is researching the history of the rule of National Socialist Germany and the Soviet Union under Stalin in Ukraine.
Website: https://www.lmu.de/mhz/en
Website: https://www.lmu.de/mhz/en
“Learning from Hitler. Where #Trump ’s 28-point plan resembles the #MunichAgreement of 1938 and where it differs.” Saturday’s @faznet.bsky.social print edition: MHC director Schulze Wessel about similarities that “cannot be overlooked”. Munich paved the way to #WW2. See www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Worin sich Trumps 28-Punkte-Plan und das Münchner Abkommen ähneln
Großmächte verhandeln über den Kopf eines bedrohten Staates hinweg und setzen Bedingungen, die faktisch einer Kapitulation gleichkommen: Worin Trumps 28‑Punkte‑Plan an das Münchner Abkommen von 1938 e...
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November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Learning from Hitler. Where #Trump ’s 28-point plan resembles the #MunichAgreement of 1938 and where it differs.” Saturday’s @faznet.bsky.social print edition: MHC director Schulze Wessel about similarities that “cannot be overlooked”. Munich paved the way to #WW2. See www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
1/ „Today, the future of Germany and the future of Ukraine depend upon one another. It’s high time to become aware of the shared German-Ukrainian history as well”, says Munich-based prof. Martin Schulze Wessel in today's @szde.bsky.social. The historian’s book, published today, has the title:
Schulze Wessel, Martin | Die übersehene Nation
Deutschland und die Ukraine seit dem 19. Jahrhundert. 2025. 978-3-406-82174-5. Dass Deutschland wegen der Verbrechen des Zweiten Weltkriegs eine historische Verantwortung gegenübe…
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November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
1/ „Today, the future of Germany and the future of Ukraine depend upon one another. It’s high time to become aware of the shared German-Ukrainian history as well”, says Munich-based prof. Martin Schulze Wessel in today's @szde.bsky.social. The historian’s book, published today, has the title:
1/ „Heute hängen die Zukunft #Deutschland |s und die der #Ukraine voneinander ab. Höchste Zeit, dass wir uns auch der gemeinsamen Geschichte bewusst werden“ - @schulzewessel.bsky.social über sein JETZT erscheinendes Buch "Die übersehene Nation. D und UA seit dem 19.Jahrhundert". Autor im Interview:
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
1/ „Heute hängen die Zukunft #Deutschland |s und die der #Ukraine voneinander ab. Höchste Zeit, dass wir uns auch der gemeinsamen Geschichte bewusst werden“ - @schulzewessel.bsky.social über sein JETZT erscheinendes Buch "Die übersehene Nation. D und UA seit dem 19.Jahrhundert". Autor im Interview:
1/ New book! Elite students of the www.en.osteuropastudien.uni-muenchen.de/index.html interviewed German politicians about the (pre-)history of #Russia ’s war 2022-? In a vivid discussion in Munich, they presented the outcome. One impression: As soon as politicians are out of office, they ...
Elite Graduate Program for East European Studies - LMU Munich
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November 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
1/ New book! Elite students of the www.en.osteuropastudien.uni-muenchen.de/index.html interviewed German politicians about the (pre-)history of #Russia ’s war 2022-? In a vivid discussion in Munich, they presented the outcome. One impression: As soon as politicians are out of office, they ...
october 6, 2025: Mykola Hayevoy, a graduate student and PhD candidate in History at UCU, after whom the Center for Modern History was named, was included in the “List That Shouldn’t Exist” by Forbes Ukraine.
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A List That Shouldn’t Exist: Mykola Hayevoy Included in Forbes “30 Under 30”
Mykola Hayevoy, a graduate student and PhD candidate in History at UCU, after whom the Center for Modern History was named, was included in the “List That Shouldn’t Exist” by Forbes Ukraine.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
october 6, 2025: Mykola Hayevoy, a graduate student and PhD candidate in History at UCU, after whom the Center for Modern History was named, was included in the “List That Shouldn’t Exist” by Forbes Ukraine.
www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
Nov. 6-7, 2025, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Berlin: On the international symposium “Echoes of Empire: Soviet Monuments and the Machinery of Disinformation” center member Gelinada Grinchenko will speak about the "Historical Perspective on Remembrance Practice." de.ui.org.ua/symposium-ec...
Symposium „Echoes of Empire: Soviet Monuments and the Machinery of Disinformation“ in Berlin - Das Ukrainische Institut in Deutschland
Symposium „Echoes of Empire: Soviet Monuments and the Machinery of Disinformation“ in Berlin Das Programm auf Deutsch lesen Read the programme in English Am 6. und 7. November 2025 findet in der Botsc...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Nov. 6-7, 2025, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Berlin: On the international symposium “Echoes of Empire: Soviet Monuments and the Machinery of Disinformation” center member Gelinada Grinchenko will speak about the "Historical Perspective on Remembrance Practice." de.ui.org.ua/symposium-ec...
1/ One year after its foundation, the MHC held its first annual conference in Lviv, #Ukraine. Historians convened at UCU.edu.ua cellar conference hall to discuss Cold War and #Soviet history and the role #Nazi accusations played in this context. In the final discussion, www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
Event report: First MHC annual conference in Lviv, 6-7 October 2025
Historians from nine countries gathered on-site and online to discuss “The Politics of Nazi Accusations: The Soviet Union and anti-Soviet Nationalisms in the Cold War”
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October 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
1/ One year after its foundation, the MHC held its first annual conference in Lviv, #Ukraine. Historians convened at UCU.edu.ua cellar conference hall to discuss Cold War and #Soviet history and the role #Nazi accusations played in this context. In the final discussion, www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
1/ TODAY: Historian Karl Schlögel received the intellectual Germany's finest award, the "Peace Prize of the German Book Trade", concluding the Frankfurt Book Fair @buchmesse.de . He recalled how he discovered Central & Eastern Europe and greeted and thanked the people of #Ukraine , especially :
October 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
1/ TODAY: Historian Karl Schlögel received the intellectual Germany's finest award, the "Peace Prize of the German Book Trade", concluding the Frankfurt Book Fair @buchmesse.de . He recalled how he discovered Central & Eastern Europe and greeted and thanked the people of #Ukraine , especially :
Our annual conference "The Politics of Nazi Accusations: The Soviet Union and anti-Soviet Nationalisms in the Cold War" ist starting TODAY you can still register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
International conference "The Politics of Nazi Accusations: The Soviet Union and anti-Soviet Nationalisms in the Cold War" October 6-7 2025
The conference will have a focus on the Ukrainian case, but it also intends to include other cases. The Cold War will be the core period that the conference aims to address, but also the use of simila...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Our annual conference "The Politics of Nazi Accusations: The Soviet Union and anti-Soviet Nationalisms in the Cold War" ist starting TODAY you can still register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
1/ #Nazi Accusations. Join us on October 6/7 for a conference on past and present, on fact and fiction. Why do #Russia’s leaders describe a Jew in #Ukraine, president #Zelensky, as “Nazi”? What is the tradition of Nazi Accusations after #WW2 and #Holocaust? Which role did they play during ...
September 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
„February 2022 is, for me, THE great breach in the last decades“, say historians, professors Madeleine Herren-Oesch (Basel) and Dominik Geppert (Potsdam). #historikertag #history The bi-annual „parliament“ of historians in #Germany, Historikertag.de , is debating great power politics. Bonn 2025.
September 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
„February 2022 is, for me, THE great breach in the last decades“, say historians, professors Madeleine Herren-Oesch (Basel) and Dominik Geppert (Potsdam). #historikertag #history The bi-annual „parliament“ of historians in #Germany, Historikertag.de , is debating great power politics. Bonn 2025.
MHC Center member Prof. Gelinada Grinchenko @gelinada.bsky.social will be participating at the 23rd IOHA Conference Kraków (16.-19. September 2025)
"Re-Thinking Oral History" as a chair and lecturer (more details below)
ioha2025.conference.pl/en
"Re-Thinking Oral History" as a chair and lecturer (more details below)
ioha2025.conference.pl/en
the 23rd IOHA Conference - Home
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September 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
MHC Center member Prof. Gelinada Grinchenko @gelinada.bsky.social will be participating at the 23rd IOHA Conference Kraków (16.-19. September 2025)
"Re-Thinking Oral History" as a chair and lecturer (more details below)
ioha2025.conference.pl/en
"Re-Thinking Oral History" as a chair and lecturer (more details below)
ioha2025.conference.pl/en
1/ Historian Mykola Haievoi, graduate of Ukraine’s ucu.edu.ua/en/, died at 28. He fell as a volunteer in combat against Russian forces August 27th, 2024. Soon, the MHC was named after Haievoi. Now, a year later, historians commemorated their colleague in his home town Uzhhorod where he was buried.
Ukrainian Catholic University
Український Католицький Університет є відкритою академічною спільнотою, яка живе східно-християнською традицією і виховує провідників суспільства, професіоналів, для служіння в Україні та за її межами...
ucu.edu.ua
September 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
1/ Historian Mykola Haievoi, graduate of Ukraine’s ucu.edu.ua/en/, died at 28. He fell as a volunteer in combat against Russian forces August 27th, 2024. Soon, the MHC was named after Haievoi. Now, a year later, historians commemorated their colleague in his home town Uzhhorod where he was buried.
„The key question in the #Ukraine negotiations is not the territories. It is the security guarantees“ for 🇺🇦 , says MHC Co-director, ucu.edu.ua/en/ historian Yaroslav Hrytsak in Germany’s weekly @zeit.de „Without credible Sec. guarantees, our sons, grandsons will be forced to fight again and again.”
Ukrainian Catholic University
Український Католицький Університет є відкритою академічною спільнотою, яка живе східно-християнською традицією і виховує провідників суспільства, професіоналів, для служіння в Україні та за її межами...
ucu.edu.ua
August 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
„The key question in the #Ukraine negotiations is not the territories. It is the security guarantees“ for 🇺🇦 , says MHC Co-director, ucu.edu.ua/en/ historian Yaroslav Hrytsak in Germany’s weekly @zeit.de „Without credible Sec. guarantees, our sons, grandsons will be forced to fight again and again.”
#Ukraine summit in #Alaska. Mr. putin’s and Trump’s „swapping of territories” talk: A lie. The barbarian wants to devore, not to “exchange” anything. See the partitions of #Poland 1772-95 and #Czechoslovakia 1938-39, as described by prof. Schulze Wessel in Friday’s FAZ : www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Trump trifft Putin: In Alaska droht ein zweites Münchner Abkommen
Die Agenda von Putin und Trump bei ihrem Treffen in Alaska lässt einen Rückfall in diplomatische Praktiken vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg vermuten. Ein Blick in die Geschichte zeigt: Das hätte fatale Folge...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
#Ukraine summit in #Alaska. Mr. putin’s and Trump’s „swapping of territories” talk: A lie. The barbarian wants to devore, not to “exchange” anything. See the partitions of #Poland 1772-95 and #Czechoslovakia 1938-39, as described by prof. Schulze Wessel in Friday’s FAZ : www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Born in the #USSR: “I graduated in history, but I had no idea about the #Holocaust nor about its dimensions...”, says prof. Hrytsak from #Ukraine. Learn why, and what Holocaust means to Ukraine and #Russia today - from this report: www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
Yaroslav Hrytsak - Mykola Haievoi Center for Modern History
ucu.edu.ua
July 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Born in the #USSR: “I graduated in history, but I had no idea about the #Holocaust nor about its dimensions...”, says prof. Hrytsak from #Ukraine. Learn why, and what Holocaust means to Ukraine and #Russia today - from this report: www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
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Join us tomorrow:
Conversation about Research on the Holocaust with Yuri Radchenko, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Kai Struve, @schulzewessel.bsky.social and myself.
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Conversation about Research on the Holocaust with Yuri Radchenko, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Kai Struve, @schulzewessel.bsky.social and myself.
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Webinar “Researching the Holocaust in a Time of War: Ukrainian and German Perspectives”
The webinar will address questions of Holocaust research in Ukraine and in a broader European context before the background of the current Russian war against Ukraine.
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July 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Join us tomorrow:
Conversation about Research on the Holocaust with Yuri Radchenko, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Kai Struve, @schulzewessel.bsky.social and myself.
@mhc-modern-history.bsky.social
Conversation about Research on the Holocaust with Yuri Radchenko, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Kai Struve, @schulzewessel.bsky.social and myself.
@mhc-modern-history.bsky.social
1/ “Witnessing the War on Ukraine”: The annual conference will be held in Uzhhorod, July 28-31. It serves as a platform for oral history, ethnography, memory studies, and witness literature. 2025 topic: “Testimonies as Cultural Heritage for Future Memory Landscapes”. www.ualberta.ca/en/canadian-...
Witnessing the War on Ukraine Summer Institute 2025
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July 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
1/ “Witnessing the War on Ukraine”: The annual conference will be held in Uzhhorod, July 28-31. It serves as a platform for oral history, ethnography, memory studies, and witness literature. 2025 topic: “Testimonies as Cultural Heritage for Future Memory Landscapes”. www.ualberta.ca/en/canadian-...
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Historische Zäsuren stellen neue Fragen an die Geschichte. Zu den zentralen Themen der Sommerschule des Mykola-Haievoi-Zentrums an der UKU in Lviv gehörte, welche Fragne der aktuelle Krieg an die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts stellt.
www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
Event report: Summer School in Lviv
Mykola Haievoi Center holds its first Summer School in Lviv
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July 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Historische Zäsuren stellen neue Fragen an die Geschichte. Zu den zentralen Themen der Sommerschule des Mykola-Haievoi-Zentrums an der UKU in Lviv gehörte, welche Fragne der aktuelle Krieg an die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts stellt.
www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
Webinar I July 22, 6pm
“Researching the Holocaust in a Time of War: Ukrainian and German Perspectives”
Martin Schulze Wessel (LMU), Yaroslav Hrytsak (UCU), Yuri Radchenko (UCU), Andrea Löw (Institute for Contemporary History Munich), Kai Struve (LMU)
Registration lmu-munich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
“Researching the Holocaust in a Time of War: Ukrainian and German Perspectives”
Martin Schulze Wessel (LMU), Yaroslav Hrytsak (UCU), Yuri Radchenko (UCU), Andrea Löw (Institute for Contemporary History Munich), Kai Struve (LMU)
Registration lmu-munich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: MHZ-Webinar “Researching the Holocaust in a Time of War: Ukrainian and German Perspectives”. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about ...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: MHZ-Webinar “Researching the Holocaust in a Time of War: Ukrainian and German Perspectives”. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about ...
lmu-munich.zoom.us
July 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Webinar I July 22, 6pm
“Researching the Holocaust in a Time of War: Ukrainian and German Perspectives”
Martin Schulze Wessel (LMU), Yaroslav Hrytsak (UCU), Yuri Radchenko (UCU), Andrea Löw (Institute for Contemporary History Munich), Kai Struve (LMU)
Registration lmu-munich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
“Researching the Holocaust in a Time of War: Ukrainian and German Perspectives”
Martin Schulze Wessel (LMU), Yaroslav Hrytsak (UCU), Yuri Radchenko (UCU), Andrea Löw (Institute for Contemporary History Munich), Kai Struve (LMU)
Registration lmu-munich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
1/ EINLADUNG: #Russland s Krieg gegen die #Ukraine. Rhetorik, Geschichte, Politik. Diskussion mit Martin Schulze Wessel, Petra Stykow, Riccardo Nicolosi (Historiker/Politologin/Slawist).
#München, Di., 15.7., 19 Uhr. Adalbert-Stifter-Saal, Sudetendeutsches Haus, Hochstr. 8. (S Rosenheimer Platz)
#München, Di., 15.7., 19 Uhr. Adalbert-Stifter-Saal, Sudetendeutsches Haus, Hochstr. 8. (S Rosenheimer Platz)
July 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Lecture by Prof. Gelinada Grinchenko @gelinada.bsky.social on
"Preserving the Past, Living the Present: Filming WWII Oral Histories Amid Russia’s War on Ukraine"
Tue, 15.07.2025, 8:30 a.m., on-site
MSA, Prague "Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability"
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"Preserving the Past, Living the Present: Filming WWII Oral Histories Amid Russia’s War on Ukraine"
Tue, 15.07.2025, 8:30 a.m., on-site
MSA, Prague "Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability"
msaprague2025.dryfta.com/86-registrat...
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July 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Lecture by Prof. Gelinada Grinchenko @gelinada.bsky.social on
"Preserving the Past, Living the Present: Filming WWII Oral Histories Amid Russia’s War on Ukraine"
Tue, 15.07.2025, 8:30 a.m., on-site
MSA, Prague "Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability"
msaprague2025.dryfta.com/86-registrat...
"Preserving the Past, Living the Present: Filming WWII Oral Histories Amid Russia’s War on Ukraine"
Tue, 15.07.2025, 8:30 a.m., on-site
MSA, Prague "Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability"
msaprague2025.dryfta.com/86-registrat...
Rückblick: „Vadim Sidur zum 101. Geburtstag – ein Abend für den Bildhauer“ (28.06.2025)
Ein vom MHZ veranstalteter Abend mit Moderatorin Dr. Renata von Maydell (Slavistik Konstanz), dem Schauspielduo Antonia Braun und Bernhard Hanuschik sowie der Geigerin Doris Orsan.
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Ein vom MHZ veranstalteter Abend mit Moderatorin Dr. Renata von Maydell (Slavistik Konstanz), dem Schauspielduo Antonia Braun und Bernhard Hanuschik sowie der Geigerin Doris Orsan.
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Veranstaltungsbericht: Ein Abend für den Bildhauer Vadim Sidur
Am 28.06.2025 veranstaltete das Mykola-Haievoi-Zentrum in Kooperation mit der Slavistik der Universität Konstanz einen Abend zum 101. Geburtstag des in der Ukraine geborenen Bildhauers Vadim Sidur.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Rückblick: „Vadim Sidur zum 101. Geburtstag – ein Abend für den Bildhauer“ (28.06.2025)
Ein vom MHZ veranstalteter Abend mit Moderatorin Dr. Renata von Maydell (Slavistik Konstanz), dem Schauspielduo Antonia Braun und Bernhard Hanuschik sowie der Geigerin Doris Orsan.
www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
Ein vom MHZ veranstalteter Abend mit Moderatorin Dr. Renata von Maydell (Slavistik Konstanz), dem Schauspielduo Antonia Braun und Bernhard Hanuschik sowie der Geigerin Doris Orsan.
www.lmu.de/mhz/de/aktue...
July 1, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Online lecture by MHC historian prof. Gelinada Grinchenko @gelinada.bsky.social on
“Oral history of war, occupation, and liberation: Kharkiv 1941-1945”
Registration: www.jhbholocaust.co.za/event/sessio...
IHRA Webinar Series "Othering, Occupation, Violence, and Denial"
“Oral history of war, occupation, and liberation: Kharkiv 1941-1945”
Registration: www.jhbholocaust.co.za/event/sessio...
IHRA Webinar Series "Othering, Occupation, Violence, and Denial"
Session 5 – Othering, Occupation, Violence, and Denial - The Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
Join us for the IHRA Webinar Series, in collaboration with the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre (JHGC), Eastern European Holocaust Studies: Interdisciplinary Journal of the Babyn Yar Holocaust...
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June 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
July 1, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Online lecture by MHC historian prof. Gelinada Grinchenko @gelinada.bsky.social on
“Oral history of war, occupation, and liberation: Kharkiv 1941-1945”
Registration: www.jhbholocaust.co.za/event/sessio...
IHRA Webinar Series "Othering, Occupation, Violence, and Denial"
“Oral history of war, occupation, and liberation: Kharkiv 1941-1945”
Registration: www.jhbholocaust.co.za/event/sessio...
IHRA Webinar Series "Othering, Occupation, Violence, and Denial"