IAS School of Historical Studies Page on the War in Ukraine

In light of the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, we thought it would be helpful to offer links to relevant information.

  1. AHA Statement on the Invasion of Ukraine

 * The Medieval Academy Blog: Protesting the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

 * IIE Statement on the War in Ukraine

* HURI Statement on Russia's War Against Ukraine

  1. Faculty, past members and professors emeriti of IAS who have written/are writing on the topic:

* Prof. Angelos Chaniotis, School of Historical Studies Professor of Ancient History and Classics

* Prof. Jonathan Haslam, Former George F. Kennan Professor

* Prof. Jack Matlock, Former George F. Kennan Professor

* Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Member SHS, 2019-2020, Prof. of History and Italian Studies at NYU 

* Prof. Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus of the School of Social Sciences

* Prof. Barbara Walker, Member SHS, 2013-2014, Prof. of History, University of Nevada - Reno

  1. Site discussing threats to Ukrainian cultural heritage sites

* Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage

  1. Funding opportunities for scholars currently at risk:

* Please note that the IAS does participate in the Scholars-At-Risk Program:

* Other funding opportunities:

       - Gerda Henkel Foundation provides funds for scholarships abroad and for humanitarian aid

       - In view of the war in Ukraine, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is extending the deadline for nominations of Ukrainian scholars until 18 March 2022 in the current call for nominations of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative

        - War in Ukraine: Information and measures

  5. Important News and Support to assist displaced scholars:     

* ASEEES Initiatives to support displaced scholars and students from Ukraine

* Scholar Rescue Fund

* #ScienceForUkraine Art History Fellowships BHMPI
The Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History, based in Rome, Italy, offers #ScienceForUkraine Art History Fellowships as an immediate action for supporting art historians from Ukraine. Junior and senior researchers, museum curators, art critics are invited to apply for a fellowship of up to one year. Due to the urgency and the circumstances, the Institute will deal with the administrative framework in the course of the open call. Applications: https://recruitment.biblhertz.it/position/9699329

* Central European University with information on how to help displaced students and             scholars: https://mailchi.mp/ceu/4anivxwo3t-11363878?e=06b8440f9b

* Israeli Universities’ Emergency Fellowships for Ukrainians

* The University of Warwick welcomes nominations from Warwick colleagues on behalf of academics who are at-risk as a result of the war in Ukraine

* Science for the Ukraine

* Emergency opportunities for Ukrainians 

* Information for Students Displaced by the Conflict in Ukraine

* How to help Ukraine through World Central Kitchen

 * New University in Exile Consortium 

·      The primary mission of the Consortium is to nurture academics who have been persecuted and uprooted by creating a sense of intellectual community among exiled scholars. 

·      If you are affiliated with a college or university and would like your institution to take the next step toward becoming a member of the Consortium, email them at uieconsortium@newschool.edu. There are a few simple criteria for membership — primarily a commitment by your institution to host an endangered scholar. There are no membership dues.

 

*  Scholar Rescue Fund

·      The Scholar Rescue Fund are launching a Ukraine-specific round of the IIE Emergency Student Fund on Monday, February 28, to provide financial support to Ukrainian students studying at U.S. colleges and universities.

 

* The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships

·      The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is a scholarship program offered to immigrants and refugees in the United States. In order to qualify for the scholarship program, applicants must be planning to attend a graduate-level degree program at an accredited American university on a full-time basis. The scholarships can be awarded to US citizens whose parents were born abroad or who are not US citizens as well as to individuals who were born abroad but are naturalized citizens, adopted by US citizens, green card holders or refugee status. Those who were born abroad but graduated from an American high school may also be eligible.

 

* Finland

· The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters

* Germany

·    DAAD

·           the website of DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service, provides further    information concerning Ukraine.

·      The International Office at your university may be eligible for funding to support scholars from Ukraine by linking them to your university.

·           Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI), DAFI

·      The UNHCR of the United Nations administers the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI) to help refugees afford the cost of post-secondary education. Through the program, recognized refugees can receive free tuition as well as money for books, transportation, housing and food. The program is open to applicants who hold a secondary school diploma, have demonstrated financial need, enroll in a program where the likelihood of employment is high and are under 28 years of age. Only one DAFI award is given out per family. Applicants must be from one of the countries specified by the UNHCR. A full list is available on their website.

 

* Austria

·            Central European University, Vienna

  • Immediate needs: Our number one priority is the safety of our Ukrainian community. With refugees forced to flee to Hungary and across other neighboring borders, we need to extend CEU’s facilities and services. This includes using our Budapestdormitory space for displaced alumni and their families.
    • To assist with housing and hardship support, please make a gift to the Emergency Fund.  
    • If you wish to offer accommodation, employment possibilities, or any other direct support, please contact: development@ceu.edu.
    • Safe harbor for Ukrainian students: We anticipate that the financial hardship caused by this war will extend long into the future. That’s why we’ve established a new scholarship fund—with a goal to raise €750,000—to support 30 Ukrainian students for the next academic year.  
      • Your gift to the Ukraine Solidarity Fund will provide full scholarships, inclusive of housing and living support, that will afford a safe environment for young Ukrainians to study at CEU.
      • If you wish to discuss a named scholarship opportunity as part of this fund, please contact Trisha Tanner: tannert@ceu.edu.

 * Ukraine

·         Center for Urban History/Lviv 

· List/Collection of help for researchers worldwide by Center for Urban History/Lviv in Ukrainian

·  «Come Back Alive!» Charitable Foundation 

· The National Bank of Ukraine special fundraising account

· Independent media reporting

 

* France

· Collège de France, PAUSE program in solidarity with Ukraine

· Deadline: ongoing

· Duration: up to three months

· Contact: pause@college-de-france.fr

· Website: PAUSE 

 

* Poland

· Polish Academy of Sciences 

· Deadline: ongoing

· Duration: up to 3 months with possibility of extension, if necessary.

· Condition: living expenses - 5000 PLN monthly; travel costs from Ukraine to Poland - up to 1500 PLN.

· Contact:  bwz@pan.pl; Mateusz Białas (Mateusz.Bialas@pan.pl)

· Website: PAN

 

* Switzerland

· Swiss National Science Foundation

· Deadline: ongoing

· Duration: 12 months (+up to 12 additional months)

· Conditions: CHF 110 000

· CONTACT: scientific.exchanges@snf.ch and Matt Kimmich matt.kimmich@snf.ch

· Website: SNSF 

· Measures for researchers from Ukraine

* Ukraine and the LGBTQ community

· LGBTQ Ukrainians fight for their country and their lives. Here's how you can help

· A Russian church leader appeared to blame Pride parades and pro-LGBTQ politics for the Russian invasion of Ukraine

· Donations that are supporting LGBTQ+ people trying to flee Ukraine

* Plight of Black Ukrainians, and students from Africa and India studying in Ukraine

* The United Nations Refugee Agency

·  A campaign to fund talented refugee scholars

· UNHCR’s Refugee Scholarships Programme (DAFI – Albert Einstein GermanAcademic Refugee Initiative) enables gifted young refugee students to pursue a university degree or similar higher education. With this campaign, our goal is to give an additional 1,800 refugees across the globe access to higher education by 2023.

* Rapid Response to Preserve Digital Humanities

Dear digital humanists,

My colleagues Anna E. Kijas and Francesca Giannetti (Digital Humanities Interest Group, Music Library Association) and Andy Janco (Digital Humanities Interest Group of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies) are organizing a rapid-response Digital Humanities intervention to secure Ukrainian cultural heritage materials during this war.

They are requesting volunteers to participate in data rescue session on Saturday, March 5th, time to be determined. No programming experience is necessary and you do not have to speak Russian or Ukrainian to participate. Please forward to anyone who may be interested.

 You can register for the event here.

* Assistance for logistical and medical support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine