Participation in Swiss History Days: Panel on the Invisible Swiss Roots of Ukrainian Intellectual History
On July 9, 2025, members of the project “Mykhailo Drahomanov: Switzerland on Ukrainian Intellectual Map of Europe” co-organized a panel discussion titled Invisible Swiss Roots of Ukrainian Intellectual History as part of The Seventh Swiss History Days. The panel was co-organized and moderated by Prof. Frithjof Benjamin Schenk (University of Basel), who also heads the Ukrainian Research in Switzerland (URIS) initiative.
Location: Universität Luzern, Seminarraum 3B48
Time: Wednesday, July 9, 09:15–10:45
Roundtable on Emigrant and Exile Archives Held During International Archives Week #IAW2025
On Thursday, June 19, 2025, members of our project co-organized the roundtable discussion Emigrants’ and Exiles’ Archives: Challenges of Accessibility as part of International Archives Week #IAW2025. The event began at 14:00 and brought together archivists, historians, and digitization experts to address the complexities of preserving and accessing the documentary heritage of displaced communities.
Co-organizers:
University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukraine)
Special attention was given to archival collections related to Ukrainian emigration. Project participants shared their experience in building the data infrastructure for the Digital Archive of Mykhailo Drahomanov
