Fully Funded International Social Science Summer School in Ukraine is calling for applications. The school is a joint project of the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa (Canada), the Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique (France), The Center for Slavic History at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (France), the LabEx “Writing a new History of Europe” (France).

The Summer School follows a unique format that allows for developing participants’ research projects, as well as exploring the theme of the School in the laboratory of the city. Participants leave the School with new colleagues, new ideas, and a better understanding of their own research in comparative context. The Summer School is explicitly interdisciplinary and follows a workshop format. Each participant will present a pre-circulated paper and receive extensive comments from a group of international faculty, as well as from other participants. Participants are expected to read each other’s work, to contribute actively to discussions, and to participate in the extracurricular program throughout the city. The Summer School will include roundtables and presentations at the seminar, field visits, local interviews and excursions within the region. These off-site activities will contribute to our seminar discussions.

Benefits

• There is no program fee.
• The organizers will cover accommodation, meals, workshops and all excursions.
• The organizers will also cover the the round-trip transfer from Kyiv to Kherson. However, participants (or their institutions) must pay travel expenses from their home country to Kyiv.

Eligibility

• The Summer School is open to PhD students (or students enrolled in a kandidat naukprogram) and young researchers (up to six years removed from their PhD or kandidat naukdegree).
• Proposals strong on theory and empirical research are particularly welcome.
• The working language of the Summer School is English. Thus, the participants must be comfortable working in English.

Applying

Candidates must complete an application form (including a 500 word research project presentation) and send a CV to ukrainesummerschool@gmail.com in order to get considerations for the summer school. You can also send an additional written sample, such as a conference paper, a dissertation chapter, or a publication (optional).