All workshop events take place at the University of Passau, Nikolakloster 211, Innstrasse 40
For zoom attendance, please register at
https://uni-passau.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u5YvduqgpjIoG9eFdpXPgxclDSyf4bi6UwTP
Friday, June 28
10:00 Welcome: Karsten Fitz (American Studies, Passau)
10:05 Introduction: Grit Grigoleit-Richter (American Studies, Passau)
10:30 – 12:00 Opening Lecture: "Just Like Us? -- Ukrainian Refugee Migration and the
Hierarchies of Race and Belonging"
Jannis Panagiotidis (Research Center for the History of Transformations,
University of Vienna, Austria)
Moderator: Grit Grigoleit-Richter
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break (lunch provided)
13:00 – 15:00 Panel I: The Diversity of Ukrainian Migration
Chair: Eunike Piwoni (Sociology, Passau)
"From Students to Refugees: Students' (Im)mobility in the Wake of the Russian
Invasion of Ukraine"
Ezenwa Olumba (Conflict, Violence, and Terrorism Research Centre, University
of London, UK)
"Perspectives on Mother- and Refugeehood: Ukrainian Forced Migrants in Berlin
and Frankfurt Oder"
Jonna Rock (German Center for Integration and Migration Research, DeZIM,
Berlin, Germany)
"'There's no such a bad rush. Everything has its time': Perspectives of
Displaced Mothers from Ukraine in Germany"
Elen Fübbeker (Philosophy of Education and Social Pedagogy, University
of Rostock, Germany)
***Coffee Break*** (coffee provided)
15:30 – 17:30 Panel II: Inclusion, Return, Language
Chair: Florian Töpfl (Political Communication, Passau)
"Navigating New Realities of Social Inclusion in Times of Crises through
(Ukrainian) Forced Migration: Local-level Governance Challenges and
Adaptations for Urban Resilience"
Nora Ratzmann & Denis Zeković (German Center for Integration and
Migration Research, DeZIM, Berlin, Germany)
"Going Back Home in War: Ukrainian Refugees and Returnees"
Neonila Glukhodid (Political Science, Northwestern University, USA)
"Ukrainian-Russian Bilingualism in the War-Affected Migrant and Refugee
Communities in Germany and Austria: Language Attitudes and Vitality"
Vladislava Warditz (Slavic Studies, University of Cologne, Germany)
17:45 – 19:15 Lecture: "'May God Have a Photograph of This' -- Narratives of the War in
Ukraine and Ukrainian Refugees in US and German Fiction 2014-2024"
Miriam Finkelstein (Slavic Studies, University of Konstanz, Germany)
Moderator: Karsten Fitz
19:45 Dinner at Innsteg restaurant, Innstrasse 15 (self-pay)
Saturday, June 29
10:00 – 11:30 Opening Lecture: "Ukrainian Refugees in the United States -- Permanent
Settlement Through Temporary Protected Status"
Halyna Lemekh (Sociology and Criminal Justice, St. Francis College, USA)
Moderator: Werner Gamerith (Regional Geography, Passau)
***Coffee Break***(coffee provided)
12:00 - 14:00 Panel III: Integration in Germany and the United States
Chair: Oleksandr Zabirko (Slavic Studies, University of Regensburg, Germany)
"Working Abroad During and After the War at Home: Comparative Perspectives
on the Right to Work for Ukrainians in the United States and Germany"
Janine Prantl (Institute of European Law, University of Fribourg,
Switzerland)
"'They let us in but don’t know what to do with us': The Integration of
Ukrainian Refugees in the United States"
Claudia Sadowski-Smith (English, Arizona State University, USA)
14:00 - 14:15 Closing Remarks: Iuliia Lashchuk, European University Institute, Florence, Italy