Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies

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Founded in July 2023, the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies (VCPU) merges the Center for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies and the Chair for Entangled History of Ukraine into a new research institution at the European University Viadrina. The VCPU focuses on interdisciplinary research on Polish and Ukrainian history and the present day, as well as on the transfer of science-based and up-to-date knowledge about Poland and Ukraine to the public.

Interdisciplinary conferences, workshops, open lectures, summer academies, research trips as well as university lectures and seminars by the VCPU’s academic staff and international guest researchers, several publication series, an academic blog and a YouTube channel stimulate research on Poland and Ukraine and underline the special role of the Viadrina as a place of European intellectual exchange.

Große Scharrnstraße 59, DE 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
+49 335-5534 2445
vcpu@europa-uni.de
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Große Scharrnstraße 23a
DE 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Räume 301-311

News

"Borders in red" out now!

Borders in Red shows how Lenin and his Bolshevik leadership embraced the nationality question as a way of managing diversity and institutionalized it as a means of governance. Stephan Rindlisbacher uses the making of national borders as a lens through which to examine the Bolsheviks' fundamental shift from proletarian internationalism to ethnonational federalism sui generis.

VCPU Annual Review 2023-2024

VCPU looks back on their achievements in research, teaching, and transfer 2023/24. Read our full report in English, German, Polish, or Ukrainian.

Wirtschaftsjunioren verleihen zum 21. Mal ihren Preis an Viadrina-Absolventinnen

Am vergangenen Freitag, dem 14. März 2025 kürten die Wirtschaftsjunioren Ostbrandenburg die besten wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Abschlussarbeiten der Viadrina. Der 21. Preis der Wirtschaftsjunioren ging an drei Absolventinnen, die ihre Arbeiten während eines Science Slams im BLOK O vorstellten. Auf dem zwetien Platz landete Daniel Sadecki, der für seine Arbeit über Wirtschaftsstandort Frankfur (Oder) – Słubice im Vergleich zu Guben – Gubin in der Grenzregion auch schon mit dem Viadrina-Oscar ausgezeichnet worden war. Die Masterarbeit von Daniel Sadecki wurde von Prof. Dr. Dagmara Jajeśniak-Quast betreut. Als Zweitgutachterin wirkte Frau Dr. Anna Steinkamp. Inzwischen legen die Ergebnisse der Studie von Herrn Sadecki als 15. Band der Schriftenreihe Interdisciplinary Polish and Ukrainian Studies vor.

Our new blog Entanglements. Polish and Ukrainian Studies

Over a year ago, the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies (VCPU) was launched. Today, we're thrilled to mark our first anniversary with an exciting milestone: the launch of our new academic blog, "Entanglements. Polish and Ukrainian Studies". This blog builds on the experience of the Polish Studies Blog (Pol-Int) and serves to network different research institutions and to transfer knowledge about the region from different disciplines to the general public.

Events

May

Between Hope and Reality. Modernization and Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. Annual conference of the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies

22.05.2025 bis 23.05.2025

May

International Scientific Conference "Invisible Intermediaries of Linguistic Worlds". In Memoriam Karin Wolff

30.05.2025 bis 31.05.2025

Jun

Tuesday 16.15

Book Presentation: Stephan Rindlisbacher "Borders in Red. Managing Diversity in the Early Soviet Union"

Research | Teaching | Transfer

Research

The research carried out at the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies is dedicated to Poland and Ukraine in a broad transregional context, considering the close entanglements – commonalities as well as conflicts – in this multi-layered contact zone. Recognizing the cultural and political agency of Poland and Ukraine, we treat our research as an integrative endeavor with a strategic interdisciplinary focus.

Teaching

In line with its research focus, the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies pursues the strategy of integrating Polish, Ukrainian, as well as Central and Eastern European studies into as many courses at the Viadrina as possible. For this reason, courses are generally offered in English and German, together with a number of seminars in Polish and Ukrainian, and are aimed at students from all three faculties at all levels of qualification – BA, MA and PhD.

Transfer

We want to share the results of our enquiries with the public. Scientifically based, trustworthy knowledge and information, especially about the complex situations and conditions in Central and Eastern Europe, are urgently needed in Germany. In order to transfer the findings of the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies projects into an enlightened public debate, we will further develop our existing formats.