Online colloquium of the Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies in Dresden

On November 20, Associate Professors Y.A. Kiselova and V.Yu. Ivashchenko of the Department of Historiography, Source Studies, and Archaeology took part in the online colloquium of the Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies in Dresden, “Under Pressure. Attacks on Academic Freedom in Democracy and Dictatorship,” dedicated to threats to academic freedom and the situation of scholars at risk around the world. Within the lecture, the project “Moving West: Ukrainian Academics in Conditions of Forced Migration (2014–2024)” was presented, and the talk “Between Mission and Vulnerability: The Experience of Displaced Ukrainian Academics during the Russian-Ukrainian War” was announced.

After the presentation, a lively and substantive discussion unfolded: the participants focused on the specific challenges of conducting oral history projects during wartime, issues concerning the archiving of collected materials, the difficulties of support programs for at-risk scholars, and the future research plans of the project’s authors. The colloquium participants not only posed a number of questions to the presenters but also generously shared their own experiences, enriching the conversation with new perspectives and research insights.