Annual Conference of the German-Ukrainian Historical Commission to be held in Warsaw ( 10.09.2023)

Early Modern Statehood and Society in the Ukrainian Lands: Forms and Concepts

The annual conference of the German-Ukrainian Historical Commission is organized in cooperation with the German Historical Institute Warsaw.

The organizational committee of the conference includes Prof. Dr. Miloš Řezník (German Historical Institute Warsaw), Prof. Dr. Yvonne Kleinmann (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg), and Dr.Volodymyr Sklokin (Ukrainian Catholic University Lviv).

Conference venue: Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau, Pałac Karnickich, Aleje Ujazdowskie 39, PL-00-540 Warszawa 

Format: hybrid (online and offline participation possible)

Languages: English and Ukrainian

The German-Ukrainian Historical Commission is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. 

For organizational questions please contact:

duhk@lrz.uni-muenchen.de  / +49 89 2180-3056 

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