​Professor Sergiy Posokhov Attends Discussions on Ukraine’s Decolonial Past and Present

On 15–16 July 2025, Professor Sergiy Posokhov, Head of the Department of Historiography, Source Studies and Archaeology, attended the discussion event “Our Postcolonial Past/Present: An Adult and Childlike Conversation,” which was the fourth meeting within the framework of the discussion platform “City on the Line.”

Participants addressed key questions: What does Ukraine’s postcolonial condition entail? How can local histories be preserved amidst the opposing narratives of the “good” and “bad” empire? How can the voices of Crimean Tatar, Hungarian, Romanian, and Yiddish communities be incorporated into the national historical narrative? And how is Europe — and Ukraine in particular — rethinking its colonial past today? The event brought together scholars working at the intersection of history, culture, and identity.

The public discussion “A Decolonial Perspective on Post-Imperial Europe: Regional Experiences” featured contributions from historian Masha Tserovich (EHESS, CERCEC, Paris), cultural scholar Bohdan Shumilovych (Center for Urban History, Lviv), and historian Daryna Mattingly (University of Chichester, United Kingdom). The session was moderated by Artem Kharchenko.

Another public discussion, “Decolonisation Through the Lens of One’s Own Research,” included historian Volodymyr Skloikin (UCU, Lviv), historian and sociologist Elżbieta Kwiecińska (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), and translator and cultural studies researcher Uyām Bleeker (University College London). This session was moderated by Bohdan Shumilovych.