Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies and its Ukrainian Studies Hub at the University of Notre Dame invites proposals for research paper presentations, panel discussions, and exhibitions for its inaugural conference, to be held at the University of Notre Dame, USA, March 6-8, 2025, titled "Revolutions of Hope: Resilience and Recovery in Ukraine."
Proposals for research paper presentations, panel discussions, and exhibitions must be submitted by September 30, 2024. Proposal reviews and confirmations of acceptance will take place in October.
The Nanovic Institute and its Ukrainian Studies Hub welcome proposals from scholars, artists, and practitioners from all disciplines, especially those whose work focuses on normative questions: questions of values, rights, and norms; questions of dignity and moral imagination; and questions of ethics and faith traditions. The Nanovic Institute encourages proposals that address one or more of the aforementioned questions from perspectives such as the politics, ethics, and history of hope; memory studies; literature and language; culture and identity; the arts; faith and religion; health and wellbeing; Ukraine in the world; everyday realities of war and resilience; and the future of Ukrainian Studies. Proposals may take the form of paper presentations, panels, or exhibitions.
This event will serve as the public launching of the Ukrainian Studies Hub at Notre Dame—a center of research, scholarship, and practice at the Nanovic Institute within the Keough School of Global Affairs. The Hub aims to connect world-class scholars at Notre Dame who are leading Ukraine-centered projects across disciplines. In conversation with UCU and other partners near and far, the Hub is committed to victory and justice in Ukraine, sustaining resilience, and the decades-long process of rebuilding and recovery.
Further specifications on this call to proposals are below:
- Paper presentation submissions: please provide a paper abstract (up to 250 words), a brief biography (up to 100 words), and a CV.
- Panel submissions: please provide a panel abstract (up to 250 words), three to four paper abstracts (each up to 250 words), and a brief biography (up to 100 words) and CV for each participant. Please also indicate who will be the panel chair, or alternatively specify that the Nanovic Institute can assign a chair at its discretion.
- Exhibition submissions (artistic or otherwise): please provide a project description (up to 500 words), including a statement of meaning and details on equipment and setting requirements, with an understanding that priority will be given to projects that meet the criteria of feasibility. Examples of artistic exhibitions may include photography, paintings, textiles or pysanky, film screenings, or other performances. Non-artistic exhibitions will also be considered. In addition to the project description, please include a brief biography (up to 100 words) and a CV from each individual whose work is represented in the exhibition.
There will be a limited number of travel grants for participants in need of financial assistance and without sufficient institutional funding. Those traveling from Ukraine will be given special preference for this funding. Given the inaugural nature of the conference, the Nanovic Institute has waived conference fees. Please direct any questions you may have to ukrainianstudieshub@nd.edu.
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame is committed to Ukrainian Studies and has worked closely with Ukrainian Catholic University since 2004 as part of the Catholic Universities Partnership, which supports, elevates, and develops Catholic higher education and civil society through collaborative research and relationships in postcommunist and post-Soviet Europe. Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the University of Notre Dame has taken strategic and sustained actions to redouble its commitments to support friends and colleagues in Ukraine in need of healing and hope and to rethink Ukrainian Studies research, scholarship, and creative endeavors at the University.
The Ukrainian Studies Hub, working closely with UCU, advances the Keough School’s mission to promote integral human development, countering the integral human destruction of the war. The Hub works directly with UCU leadership and responds to the needs of its partners to bring projects and programs to life that deepen mutual understanding through research and scholarship. It seeks to heal, unify, and enlighten, bridging communities at Notre Dame and Ukraine, from classrooms and boardrooms to the field and the frontlines.